Raising the Standards

The other night while reaching for a pot of paint, my great mutton fingers caught and snapped off the fighting fish standard of Bard. He wasn’t very happy let me tell you. Anyway, I glued it back with plastic glue but it was never the same. It held okay but I just knew it was a matter of time before it went again. Knowing my luck it would be in the middle of a game.

So I thought I would just try a little model surgery and drill out the pole. I have tried this sort of thing before and always made a pig’s ear out of it. This time I took a smaller drill and made a pilot hole first. This worked a treat and the larger drill bit didn’t eat through the outer plastic. So job done and everyone’s happy again, including Bard. Plastic kits have been a real game changer but they do have their weaknesses.

 Back up and running! Stronger than before, the fighting fish banner flies again!