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When I am working fast to complete a project like this, I don't saw or sand the butts of these folks just use diagonal cuts to snip off what I don't want and then glue them into the seats. This is much faster.

 

I looked for a photo but do not have one so I will have describe my method when I put interiors in several silhouette cars and had to make the seats as well as put people in them.  Using 36" wood stock from my LHS, I made several 36" long benchs, painted them, then glued people down (five minute epoxy) the figures and then when all was hardened, cut roughly 1" lengths of the bench off as I needed to fill the interior.  It was fast and effective - looks good through the windows.

On a few of the seated people I have had to alter where the legs were to long, I have first cut off the shoe or boot, then taken out a portion of the leg and replaced the shoe or boot with a touch of epoxy.

 

This is very easy and simple and it is very hard to notice the difference in the leg length. I only do this when the legs are visable such as the legs on my fork lift operators, etc. 

I used epoxy this time around to glue them in. I have used CA and hot glue in the past, and the hot glue seemed to come loose after a period of time.

 

I had to cut off many of their legs/shoes to get them to sit down after I sanded their butts off. I had to sand some of their backs as well as their butts, just to get the right angle so they actually sit back in their seats like they should. otherwise they looked like they were are reclined in the seat with a large gap between the back of the seat and their back.  

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