Welcome to the Strelets Forum. Please feel free to discuss any aspect of 1/72 scale plastic figures, not simply Strelets. If you have any questions about our products then we will answer them here.
Re: Making cavalry riders sit better on their mounts.
Hi Graham,
A few suggestions
-immerse in BOILING hot water the lower half of rider, leave for up to 30 seconds, remove and force figure onto the horse for a couple of seconds, whilst making sure rider's legs don't move immerse into FREEZING ice water for up to 30 seconds. Then check the fit.
-if above fails, try also scooping into the saddle with a hobby knife into problem areas which may be impeding the position of legs and/or butt of the rider
-if all of the above improves but rider still is somewhat forced off try forcing a pin into the bottom of the rider, then pushing pinned figure into saddle along with a small amount of super-glue or hot glue.
Hope some or all of the above helps! Please keep us posted, as to how you fixed your problem!
Re: Making cavalry riders sit better on their mounts.
I always paint post-mounting as I never intend to take the riders off. Plus, working with the plastic to bend/shape, or fiddle with pinning is easier before painting. And besides, you don't want to damage the paint job...