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Do you have an exacto knife to shave off thin layers around the opening to make the hole bigger? Old school way I did such tasks before investing in a dremel.
well not sure what else you can do. I know the Famous Covers females were a pain and I usually just made a small slit in the back of the head that would be hidden by the hair
You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be happy anyplace. -Ernie Banks
I used to use a pair of scissors to widen neck holes. Put the closed blades in the hole then slowly turn them adding a little pressure.
if the hole is all ready wider than the scissors you can spread the blades till they touch the sides of the hole. Hope that helps, Good luck.
Making the hole bigger is easy with any knife. The trick is, you let the sharp edge face AWAY from the direction of movement, so that you're scraping rather than cutting.
I'm coming from the standpoint that it first got on there somehow. Even after trimming it wider with scissors or a knife, and although the head is squishy, consider *over-heating* it anyway. When the head has doll hair, I heat the head up in a bag when I put it in a stovetop saucepan's boiling water (so I don't worry about having to dry the hair out afterwards). Sometimes I simply have to make it as hot and as soft as possible, & assemble it with rubber gloves (to reduce my Fred Flintstone grumbling; *wink). Personally, I use a hemostat /scissor clamp (from the hobby shop) first clamped on the elastic beneath the neck post, so I can more easily handle the post (& the post can stay more stationary, or be gripped). Please be careful & let your sore hands rest up. I've pulled & torn my finger skin handling difficult & small, hot toy parts.
Originally posted by JediJaida
It's darned hard to get the female head on the neck post.
Even after softening it in hot water! The stupid little anchor pin for the rubber band went INTO the post, and the whole body fell apart. I'm going to fix it tomorrow but this is ridiculous!
I just got my series 2 DC Classics 12" figures. In all I bought Batman, Robin, Batgirl, Superman, Supergirl, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Shazam, Mary Marvel, Flash, Plastic Man, Joker, Riddler, Penguin.
What worked ...
The costumes really pop at this scale ... the colors look great.
The head sculpts look great at this scale.
Well, I dug up an exact blade and trimmed the neck hole. I still had to do a bit of futzing with the Daisy Duke head, but I got it onto the body.
As for a dremel, are there any good middle of the road brands that aren't too expensive but not too completely cheap anyone can recommend?
I spotted on on ebay for a nice price. What size head should I use for future reference?
If you have a Harbor Freight up your way, the knockoff version they sell is cheap and they have coupons for 20 percent off so even cheaper. I think you could get it at their site too.
You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be happy anyplace. -Ernie Banks
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