working with 3D printed naval crewmen

[tegunn]

Eureka! My experiment payed off!! If you get 3d printed crewmen in 1/200 scale(what I'm working in at the moment), you might encounter the difficulty of getting them of their base. I'm referring to the ones from NorthStar (very little frosting and no "webbing" between the legs) which are excellent but still very brittle; so brittle you usually make amputees out of them when separating them from the base they were printed on. What I've discovered is if you heat a cup of water in the microwave and dip the base/crewmen in and wait about 30 seconds, it softens them up enough to separate with a razor(I use a straight edge blade) by shaving them off. It's a timed event and work in groups before the resin gets hard. Then repeat. It gives you the individual crewmen with all their body parts remaining attached..Use the same technique when cleaning up the individual crewmen..

[drasticplastic]

Their figures in 1/350 are even more difficult they way they have them all crowded onto a small wafer. If only they would print them in a row on a long runner. They would also be easier to paint.