Kid Marvelman: Assembly and Painting tips for the shoulder seam

I'm posting the steps that I took to paint and assemble the Kid Marvelman kit in hopes that this helps my customers with the tricky right shoulder seam and painting the chest detail under the crossed arms.

Step 1:
I primed the kit in a white paint so it would be easy to paint with yellow, and test fit the arms to the body.

Step 2:
Here, I have completed the paint-job for both the body and the arms and have thoroughly sealed all parts to protect the paint from the following steps. This allowed for easier access to paint the chest detail. The parts still test fit well.

Step 3:
I have scraped the paint from a small area around the seam on both parts to gain access to the resin for better bonding. I have also cleaned any paint from the surfaces to be glued.

Step 4:
Arms have been glued into position with a "Super" glue gel (gel is better for parts assembly as it fills gaps).

Step 5:
Using my "resin welding" technique of applying a "Super" glue liquid and sprinkling resin dust on it. I have welded over the seam and have sanded the result down smooth to hide the seam (this also strengthens the bond between the parts).

Step 6:
Be sure to rinse all resin and dirt dust from the model before trying to continue the paint-job! (not pictured).

Step 7:
I have re-primed the corrected area (spraying primer into the spray can's cap and using a small brush to dip and apply the primer).

Step 8:
Re-applying the yellow paint over the corrected area and *viola... no more nasty seam.

I hope this has helped.

Kid Marvelman done (Marvelman series complete!)

At last, with the completion of my Kid Marvelman/Kid Miracleman kit, my Marvelman series (3 figures) is finished!

Measuring in at 11 1/2 inches tall, Kid Marvelman/Kid Miracleman comes unpainted in 4 solid white resin pieces. I'll be selling these on eBay, but can be contacted for additional availability.

This kit is more of an intermediate kit than the other two, as it contains a seam at the right shoulder that will need to be puttied once assembled. Due to an amount of detail on his chest under the crossed arms, he can pose a little bit of a painting/assembly challenge. In my opinion, it was far easier, with better painting results, to paint the chest prior to assembling the arms and to repair the paint after puttying the seam for the finished look.

I'll be posting a follow-up to this with the full steps that I used to solve this tricky painting/assembly job.

-Enjoy

(per request) a Sneak Peek at Kid Marvelman / Miracleman kit

Per request of a customer, I'm offering a sneak peek at the progress of the Kid Marvelman / Miracleman kit to be offered in about a month. This will complete my work on the "Marvelman / Miracleman" kit series as I move onto other subjects.

As you can see, I have nearly finished the sculpt. I have both upper and lower torso pieces finished and detailed. I only need to complete the arms and it will be ready to mold. (I've PhotoShop'd the arms in on the second image to give you an idea of the arm pose [across the chest] that I've chosen). Most likely, the upper section of the arms (down to the gloves) will be part of the upper torso cast. The gloves will be cast both together as a separate piece to be glued on in front of the body. I'm making it separate in order to get more separation around them and allow me to create more detail in the body that would be impossible if the gloves were also part of the body mold.

This makes KM a 4 piece kit (upper torso, lower torso, gloves, base).

See the group photo for scale. KM comes up to about the height of MM's chest emblem. [More later as I finish the kit]. -Thanks for looking, ADAM