Need Assistance in Removing PtF Shoulderpads off Marines

[Lathe Biosas]

It looks like there is no real option for me but to use the Push to Fit Infernus Marines.

 

I've got a sizable chunk of shoulderpads with the chapter emblem on them incoming, and was hoping to be able to use them on most of my Marines. 

 

Is there anyway to remove the shoulderpads that come attached to the arm, easily?

[kabaakaba]

Modeling saw + modeling knife + greenstuff to make it sit peoperly

[Lysimachus]

Yep, it's doable.

 

I think pretty much all the left pads and arms on the Infernus sprue are one piece, so it's just a case of taking a sharp knife and cutting away the pad until you've got down to the usual shape of the upper section of a separate arm.

 

Turn the arm upside down and start cutting downwards under the corners and edge of the pad so you don't accidentally lose any detail from the elbow area.

 

Other than that, it doesn't even need to be perfect, once the new pad is glued on top you won't see any rough bits!

 

[Grotsmasha]

Have you heard of "sprue goo"?  Basically you get some Tamiya Thin Plastic Cement (in the little square glass bottle) and whack some old, cut up sprue in there. A little for a thinner version that fills little gaps, and a lot, a lot, thats thicker to fill larger spaces. I typically use the thicker version.

When replacing modelled on shoulder pads, I do it with hobby clippers once the arms are glues in place, but before the powerpack is attached. I use the clippers to get the basic shape, usually smaller than what is required, then load the inside of the pad with the thick sprue goo and push it into place. If any spills out, I use the brush from a second pot of unmodified Tamiya to push it about and shape it.

*IF* you don't have, or dont want to makr sprue goo, I would still recommend clippers to get the basic shape and then fine tune the shape with a course nail file.

[Heraclite]

Pretty much this. I've removed a lot of shoulder pads from easy to build or monopause marines that came with the Hachette Conquest magazine. Just take your clippers and hack away the shoulder pad while trying to retain the basic shape a marine shoulder has always had underneath the shoulder pad.

 

You have to make sure to keep enough material for the shoulder pad to stick to. But you don't have to be too precise as any ugly cut will be covered by the shoulder pad in the end.

[Firedrake Cordova]

As an alternative to sprue-goo, you could also use acrylic putty (e.g. Vallejo's).