| DestoFante | 20 Nov 2009 11:48 a.m. PST |
I read several posts about the topic of head swapping, but I am still confused about one issue: what type of tool do you use to drill into the figure on which I am going to insert the new head? It is my understanding that Peter Pig spare heads come attached to a sort of pin, and that the ideal procedure is to drill inside the neck of the miniature after removing the original head, and glue the new head in. The idea of chopping off (actually, I'll use a X-Acto knife) a head from the beautiful PP is a little bit unnerving… but it is really the drilling part of the work which is holding me back. Thanks! |
| Top Gun Ace | 20 Nov 2009 12:06 p.m. PST |
A pin vise, which is a hand-held drill. It permits fine control of drilling, using small bits for modeling. You can find them at your local hobby shop. |
| Paint it Pink | 20 Nov 2009 12:10 p.m. PST |
Pin vice with suitable drill. Google is your friend. |
| Black Bull | 20 Nov 2009 12:12 p.m. PST |
I find that cutting the head off and leaving a 'V' where the neck was works well then you can trim the head 'peg' to size and fit it to the body with abit of luck you don't need to pin. If you have to pin it the V stops the drill bit from moving about too much. |
| bruntonboy | 20 Nov 2009 12:27 p.m. PST |
Pin vice as above will do. However Peter Pig metal is quite hard so what I do is use the pin vice to do a "starter" hole and then use a mini-drill (dremmel type thing) to drill the hole proper. Much easier. However, a word of warning the figure will get very hot so take care! Graham |
| bruntonboy | 20 Nov 2009 12:42 p.m. PST |
Forgot to add that the heads do indeed come with a long pin/spigot. It does not need to be as long as it is to get a good join, so save yourself some drilling by cutting it down to a shorter length. Graham |
 Doctor X  | 20 Nov 2009 1:54 p.m. PST |
Indeed those figures do get hot. I have involuntarily thrown more than one across the floor in an impulse response to the heat. |
| Mark Plant | 20 Nov 2009 2:20 p.m. PST |
Like Graham, I start the hole manually (usually with a knife point) then use a Dremel to dig a hole as they are quite hard metal. A couple of millimetres is enough. Once you get the hang of it, you can do them quite quickly. |
| Dropship Horizon | 20 Nov 2009 2:34 p.m. PST |
I find that cutting the head off and leaving a 'V' where the neck was works well then you can trim the head 'peg' to size and fit it to the body with abit of luck you don't need to pin. This works for me too! link Cheers
Mark |
| badwargamer | 20 Nov 2009 3:26 p.m. PST |
Taking the head in a small pair of pliers and twisting it off will often take the old head off in a nice clean manner. Can be safer than using a knife!! |
