Well apart from causing a mild disturbance of my wife - "what the hell is that !", I left the figure soaking in the Dettol overnight and this morning I cleaned him up with an old toothbrush under a running tap - and was duly impressed !
The cleaned figure - nice and shinny and a big hole in the the horse's withers (?) . I think the original figure was a hollow cast Life Guard but I'm going to make him into a mounted Prussian/German Officer .
The finished figure , holes filled up with 'green stuff' and a Irregular Miniatures Picklehaube head added, these figures are meant to be freestanding but I've added a base for stability . Will give him an undercoat when the filler is dry and post a photo when he is painted and varnished .
Worked a treat, just like new!
ReplyDeleteRegards, James
Much to my surprise !
DeleteNice job Tony. I've used Dettol for removing paint from plastic figures but I haven't tried it for metal ones - good to know it works!
ReplyDeleteIn 50 years of gaming I've never tried removing paint , very pleased it was a success .
DeleteGood going there Tony- the Detol worked a treat- certainly like to see the results when the Officer and his Mount are painted. Regards. KEV.
ReplyDeleteYes very pleased with the results - now to get him painted .
DeleteLooks good so far!
ReplyDeletePlesantly surprised how it turned out .
DeleteNice figure, I always use bleach to strip enamel paint but did learn early on not to use the wife's toothbrush to clean the castings off...
ReplyDeleteMade sure I used an OLD one !
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