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maxmwill
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Posted: Wednesday, August 06, 2014 - 10:59 AM UTC
While I have put together a few resin engines, and a resin kit, the engines and the kit were all on sprues, so it was relatively easy to remove the parts, file and sand smooth, and attach.

However, I have a couple cockpit kits, one the CMK cockpit kit for the 1/48 Academy Hughes 500D, and a 1/48 Eagles Talon Vacform Dinah cockpit.

These parts aren't on sprues, some being collected on bars, while others with lots of flash that is thick.

I am aware that resin is quite brittle, so I'm not quite sure how to free the parts without risking breaking any of the smaller pieces, as well as the larger pieces.

Any pointers?
Tojo72
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Posted: Wednesday, August 06, 2014 - 03:17 PM UTC
You can use a razor saw, I also clean up pieces with my small Dremel tool
maxmwill
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Posted: Wednesday, August 06, 2014 - 03:26 PM UTC
That's what I thought, but, I wasn't very sure.
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Posted: Thursday, August 07, 2014 - 01:31 AM UTC
This is what you want. They are fantastic.

http://umm-usa.com/onlinestore/product_info.php?cPath=21_28&products_id=35
maxmwill
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Posted: Thursday, August 07, 2014 - 04:56 AM UTC
Thanks for the link.

Yes, that looks very nice; fine teeth in a saw is always a plus.

But right now, I can't buy that, as my account is currently tapped out.

But, I did find something that it making it easier for me to cut the parts out.

I went back into my little shop and looked through a large drawer for anything I could use to hold small relatively delicate parts.

I found a machine vise, something that would be bolted to the bed of a drill press to hold pieces of metal firmly in place for accurate drilling.

It is heavy, it is old(and until now, forgotten), and while there is a bit of surface rust, still very sound, and the threads on it are still very good(if memory serves me well enough, just before I put if away, I put s coat of light oil on the threads to help keep any rust from forming).

I don't need to bolt it to my bench; its weight is sufficient unto my needs, and with the fine threads, I can incrementally tighten it without worrying about shattering what I'm trying to hold.

And it worked, because I've started separating parts.
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