tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615782020735321095.post2927532484536667628..comments2024-03-22T10:01:23.989+00:00Comments on Wargaming for Grown-ups: Plastic Fantastic and NotTrebianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02221916804339000102noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615782020735321095.post-42510575910751585332018-09-04T09:36:35.905+01:002018-09-04T09:36:35.905+01:00Simple. Just heat your loft. A couple pf lower ene...Simple. Just heat your loft. A couple pf lower energy greenhouse electric radiators should do it. You don't have a smart meter do you?Trebianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02221916804339000102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615782020735321095.post-31725296943406776912018-09-03T22:35:13.274+01:002018-09-03T22:35:13.274+01:00Down from loft means visible in LOS to the wife wh...Down from loft means visible in LOS to the wife which means either way they are (In Dad's Army vernacular) "Doomed" Geordie an Exiled FoGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01002743056274635657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615782020735321095.post-60062457073184303582018-09-02T20:08:23.734+01:002018-09-02T20:08:23.734+01:00Thanks. At least I didn't pay for them.Thanks. At least I didn't pay for them.Trebianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02221916804339000102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615782020735321095.post-82390067599308117612018-09-02T20:07:59.811+01:002018-09-02T20:07:59.811+01:00Phil S reckons with plastic figures stored in an e...Phil S reckons with plastic figures stored in an environment with fluctuating temperatures that the expansion/ctraction of the plastic causes the structure to breakdown. He worked in the extruded materials business for a while, so he probably knows what he is taling about. Consequently I'd get them down from the lost, and store away from UV as well.<br /><br />I think you are potentially overdoing it. I go for wash/undercoat/paint/varnish and that works fine.Trebianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02221916804339000102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615782020735321095.post-41200121807822054492018-09-02T12:48:22.198+01:002018-09-02T12:48:22.198+01:00I should have also said - I feel your painI should have also said - I feel your painGeordie an Exiled FoGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01002743056274635657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615782020735321095.post-22902056159886762722018-09-02T12:48:05.288+01:002018-09-02T12:48:05.288+01:00Shades of the Airfix "track rot" of the ...Shades of the Airfix "track rot" of the 1970s<br /><br />Quite scary as I have a huge collection of plastics (unboxed but not painted in the loft)<br />I note with old WWII plastics vehicles from a variety of manufacturers the plastics seems to get more brittle with age. <br /><br />I am no chemist or material scientist, I am hoping that the harder 1/72 plastics (Italeri/Revel last better). HaT are on the soft side - but some of their figures are just too interesting to pass up on.<br /><br />Soapy Wash<br />PVA primer <br />Undercoat Grey <br />Vallejo Wash<br />Paint<br />Brybrush<br />Gloss Varnish <br />Matt Varnish<br />Basing to reduce handling <br /><br />But still trying to perfect combinations of teh above<br />Geordie an Exiled FoGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01002743056274635657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615782020735321095.post-71879831493840421512018-08-31T16:38:28.982+01:002018-08-31T16:38:28.982+01:00I thought sunlight was the risk but these look lik...I thought sunlight was the risk but these look like they've been stored in an attic.<br /><br />I have got a box of the Red Box "Militia & Loyalists" and I'm looking to pick up some more and also some Strelets. I was working on the Waterloo Highlanders as I had them and didn't pat for them, which is a price I like a lot.Trebianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02221916804339000102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615782020735321095.post-79512960752845066352018-08-31T13:18:06.421+01:002018-08-31T13:18:06.421+01:00Luckily very few losses for me, probable because I...Luckily very few losses for me, probable because I store mine out of sunlight. Though I did have a batch of Airfix WW1 infantry that broke up on me. have you thought of using the Redbox and Strelets figures for the 15 and 45Fire at Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08816572506887450180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615782020735321095.post-77950026167635219362018-08-31T09:15:01.444+01:002018-08-31T09:15:01.444+01:00I may crumble them up and mix them in with my basi...I may crumble them up and mix them in with my basing sand, so they serve some wargaming purpose.Trebianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02221916804339000102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615782020735321095.post-11751659230967544162018-08-31T09:14:26.452+01:002018-08-31T09:14:26.452+01:00I think they had been stored in a garage or loft, ...I think they had been stored in a garage or loft, although why that should make a difference I don't know. I thought UV was the real threat.<br /><br />Yes, they are not going to serve as figures in any way.Trebianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02221916804339000102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615782020735321095.post-19181802242839512412018-08-31T09:11:51.724+01:002018-08-31T09:11:51.724+01:00Did you manage to save any?Did you manage to save any?Trebianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02221916804339000102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615782020735321095.post-57377503959615362982018-08-31T07:12:56.653+01:002018-08-31T07:12:56.653+01:0099% of my old Airfix stuff has been fine, but I wa...99% of my old Airfix stuff has been fine, but I was donated a grab bag of old Airfix commandos which had been stored in a garage for a couple of decades and the figures literally fell to bits.<br /><br />They are unsalvageable, throw them away. Martin Rapierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16788664847205341619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615782020735321095.post-41878456371017603232018-08-30T22:50:58.552+01:002018-08-30T22:50:58.552+01:00Too many figures for a flaming Viking boat burial,...Too many figures for a flaming Viking boat burial, I think a mass grave burial and suitably martial prayers are the best or most suitable Warrior send off to vintage Valhalla for these crumbling Airfix figures. They have fought their last fight. Maybe a small stone cairn on top to mark the place ...Mark, Man of TINhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10485063133593455522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615782020735321095.post-58029474401999451842018-08-30T22:13:26.284+01:002018-08-30T22:13:26.284+01:00I feel your disappointment. It happened to a batch...I feel your disappointment. It happened to a batch of plastic Spencer Smiths I had kept stored for ages. They all went through the bend-and-break test before painting. Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02918057670249529750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615782020735321095.post-36956126779558061652018-08-30T19:44:59.177+01:002018-08-30T19:44:59.177+01:00That's sad to hear. At least I hadn't got ...That's sad to hear. At least I hadn't got as far as painting them.Trebianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02221916804339000102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615782020735321095.post-84236252968872152092018-08-30T19:44:13.408+01:002018-08-30T19:44:13.408+01:00At least I hadn't spent a lot of time on them....At least I hadn't spent a lot of time on them. My existing older figures are bearing up okay, so I reckon that the layers of paint and varnish have sealed in the various oils and chemicals that keep the figures flexible.Trebianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02221916804339000102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615782020735321095.post-8616036087861912742018-08-30T19:42:41.703+01:002018-08-30T19:42:41.703+01:00Thanks for the suggestions. I wondered about under...Thanks for the suggestions. I wondered about undercoating in PVA, and then slapping on the Ronseal to seal the figures. The worry is that the figures won't survive the conversion process. This is actually proving to be the case.<br /><br />I think I'm wasting my time trying to save them. I'll be really annoyed if I put in a lot of work and then some of them snap off at the ankles.Trebianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02221916804339000102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615782020735321095.post-58459386688305241322018-08-30T19:31:48.971+01:002018-08-30T19:31:48.971+01:00Hi Trebbiano,
Oh the horrors of ancient Airfix pl...Hi Trebbiano,<br /><br />Oh the horrors of ancient Airfix plastics! I lost a couple of painted Napoleonic British infantry units due to this so feel your pain!<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />DCDavid Crookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02497436789811496047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615782020735321095.post-33356806683216613582018-08-30T18:38:36.719+01:002018-08-30T18:38:36.719+01:00Ouch, that must be painful.Ouch, that must be painful.Prufrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659918463589870423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615782020735321095.post-17206558650100698532018-08-30T18:16:21.781+01:002018-08-30T18:16:21.781+01:00Large bases might reduce the touching of the figur...Large bases might reduce the touching of the figures.<br />Volley and bayonet rules have nice big bases.<br /><br />The other thing might be to coat them with a PVA after painting.<br />It should dry clear and make a nice skin on the figures.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07011159912925185469noreply@blogger.com