Old Plastic Toy Soldier Repairs
Broken toy soldiers can be picked up very cheaply as most people are not going to repair them. Repairing them is fulfilling although it need not be to the original pose. Below, left to right, Cafe Storme or Mokarex? queen, Cherilea WW2 German, Marksman US naval officer, Marxman Roman. All are made of hard plastic except for the German. The Queen and naval officer just needed new hands. I used plastic coated flower wire and drilled holes to receive it. The Green Stuff started to dry out too fast as I was doing a few figures with the same mixture. The moisturizer I used to shape it also made the Green Stuff very difficult to get to adhere to the wire. I used Super Glue and also some baking soda mixed with graphite to make the additions stick. I had extra difficulty with the Roman's arm. Originally I was going to have his hand on his hip. It wasn't working out well so instead I put his arm behind his back and added a putty dagger! What he is intending I don't know - why be sne
