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Sunday's update...

Decided to work on the photo-etch crew figures. These are sooooo small. Kirk, Sulu, the Navigator, and Scotty had to be cut from the fret before painting since I needed to bend their legs and arms using tweezers and PE pliers and didn't want to mar the paint in the process.

Here's a pic of what would end up being the wee Sulu figure after I bent his arms down and bent him at the waist. Both the helmsman and navigator had to have their legs amputated to fit into their seats unfortunately. Poor Sulu:

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I used foam tape to hold the seated figures still while I painted them:

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Some of the figures I left on the fret to paint. Left to right here are a redshirt, Spock, McCoy, and Rand:

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The figures were glued onto the bridge using Elmer's clear glue. I liked it better than CA because it's easier to remove the figures if I want to reposition them. Also less messy:

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Next thing is to work on how to light it. I have a few ideas.

<blockquote data-quote="trekriffic" data-source="post: 145520" data-attributes="member: 11008">Sunday&#039;s update...Decided to work on the photo-etch crew figures. These are sooooo small. Kirk, Sulu, the Navigator, and Scotty had to be cut from the fret before painting since I needed to bend their legs and arms using tweezers and PE pliers and didn&#039;t want to mar the paint in the process.Here&#039;s a pic of what would end up being the wee Sulu figure after I bent his arms down and bent him at the waist. Both the helmsman and navigator had to have their legs amputated to fit into their seats unfortunately. Poor Sulu:[ATTACH=full]46512[/ATTACH]I used foam tape to hold the seated figures still while I painted them:[ATTACH=full]46513[/ATTACH]Some of the figures I left on the fret to paint. Left to right here are a redshirt, Spock, McCoy, and Rand:[ATTACH=full]46514[/ATTACH]The figures were glued onto the bridge using Elmer&#039;s clear glue. I liked it better than CA because it&#039;s easier to remove the figures if I want to reposition them. Also less messy:[ATTACH=full]46515[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]46516[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]46517[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]46518[/ATTACH]Next thing is to work on how to light it. I have a few ideas.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="trekriffic, post: 145520, member: 11008"] Sunday's update... Decided to work on the photo-etch crew figures. These are sooooo small. Kirk, Sulu, the Navigator, and Scotty had to be cut from the fret before painting since I needed to bend their legs and arms using tweezers and PE pliers and didn't want to mar the paint in the process. Here's a pic of what would end up being the wee Sulu figure after I bent his arms down and bent him at the waist. Both the helmsman and navigator had to have their legs amputated to fit into their seats unfortunately. Poor Sulu: [ATTACH=full]46512[/ATTACH] I used foam tape to hold the seated figures still while I painted them: [ATTACH=full]46513[/ATTACH] Some of the figures I left on the fret to paint. Left to right here are a redshirt, Spock, McCoy, and Rand: [ATTACH=full]46514[/ATTACH] The figures were glued onto the bridge using Elmer's clear glue. I liked it better than CA because it's easier to remove the figures if I want to reposition them. Also less messy: [ATTACH=full]46515[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]46516[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]46517[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]46518[/ATTACH] Next thing is to work on how to light it. I have a few ideas. [/QUOTE]

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