Airfix 54mm Life Guard 1815

[zenrat]

Ah yes, I remember now.  Thin plastic sheet which would melt due to over-enthusiastic youthful applications of too much tube glue.

[dumaniac]

I am looking forward to watching this one.  I have a couple of these that I started - and then went back to Luft 46.  My skills on figures is mediocre at best.

good luck

[NARSES2]

I can remember trying to use very hot water to help mould the straps and harness to shape. Wasn't very successful from memory. I can remember cutting thin strips of lead from toothpaste tube for a couple of the figures as I got a little older. Think I just copied some Airfix Magazine articles ?. How times have changed

[Mossie]

I'd suggest wine bottle foil if you can get it in time, it's heavier and holds it's shape well.  Another for future projects would be Parafilm M, great stuff, you can stretch it thin or roll it into heavier thicknesses.

[jcf]

I have loads of thin foils of various types: wine bottle 'lead' (which it isn't and hasn't been for a long time);
pewter foil; various thicknesses of soft aluminum etc.


The problem is time as various real world events have hampered bench time, including what may be
a case of summer bronchitis, which sucks.

[zenrat]

I'd suggest wine bottle foil if you can get it in time...

Glug, glug, glug, hic, done!
Pie tray foil is also useful and never in short supply in stately zen mansions.

Hope you're mistaken in your diagnosis Jon, but if not then may it be a minor case.

[jcf]

Mods can you move this to the Figures category in Projects, please.
Events have conspired against completion within the allotted time.
Thanks, Jon

[dumaniac]

The wine lead/foil is a good option. It is thicker than al-foil. It also hangs better due to its our weight.  Paint it leather brown and there you go. 

[NARSES2]

Moved as requested

[jcf]

Ta, Chris. 

The aluminum foils I have are thicker than 'kitchen-foil' being art-foils intended for
embossing.