Mounting Vehicles to paint

Started by Orcs, 16 August 2020, 08:21:44 AM

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Orcs

Looking for better Ideas on how to mount vehicles to make them easier to paint
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Lord Kermit of Birkenhead

EWhat are you doing at the moment ? For 6mm I use sticks and blu tack, otherwise dont bother, since I brush paint the undercoat
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Steve J

I mount mine on tongue depressors, stuck on with double sided tape. It makes them easy to handle, except say the King Tigers or other heavy bits of metal where you have to be a bit more careful when moving them around. Some blu-tac underneath would be a good as a secondary fix.

fsn

Quote from: Steve J on 16 August 2020, 09:54:21 AM
I mount mine on tongue depressors

I use Copydex or Bostic/Uhu depending on the size of the vehicle.
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Lord Kermit of Birkenhead

I use uhu for figures as they have a lower footprint to mas  ratio !
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sultanbev

Standard rule - if it's 10mm or smaller - base it first then paint; if it's 15mm or more, paint first then base.

John Cook

I paint all my SCW/WW2 vehicles, and figures, on their bases.