Summer finally appears to have arrived here in the UK. Hot weather means time for an ice cream and one of Mrs. Woody and mine favorites is the Magnum Ice Cream - other similar ice cream products are available, etc., etc, and we have consumed a few of these over the last few days. As the Magnum ice cream is basically a chocolate covered ice cream on a wooden stick, once consumed the wooden stick has a model making use. Handy as I will explain!
Having seen examples from other modellers, these sticks can be used to fasten model figures to making the painting task much easier by providing a stable means of holding the figure steady. By using a blob of superglue on the soles of the boots of the figures they can be quickly glued to the wooden stick and more importantly, because of the nature of superglue, easily snapped off when needed.
I had used some acrylic putty to fill some poor fitting joints on the figures and these were cleaned up ready for a repaint.
Having all four figures glued to the wooden sticks, it was an easy job to paint in the uniforms, hands and boots as well as the heads and helmets which are still on their sprue.
Think I will have another ice cream now that is done!
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