Avoiding some of the frustrations of dealing with small kit parts!
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- Fed up of hunting for small kit parts as you cut them off the sprue and they fly off never to be found? Frustrated in trying to clean up small parts that you just can't hold easily or break as you sand them? I may have a hint or two to make life easier!
Top lad,great advice to all of the placcy modelling mob around the world,trouble is the carpet monster always wins,great vlog
Many thanks for your comment - very much appreciated. That carpet monster must have a quite a few kits worth of parts! Woody
Great tips, Thanks. I've lost so many small bits, and like you says, It's maddening lol.
So obvious, but only when somebody points it out to you!! Thanks.
Hi Paul, Many thanks for your comment and hope the tip is of use. It took me a long time and many lost parts before I came up with this. There is also a comment from @simonleib1992 and he suggests using BluTac instead of masking tape which is a great idea. Woody
Good tip. I prefer using blue tac. Place the spru or bit of cut spru on the blu tac. Gently press it in. The blu tac holds the small bits in place. You can cut them and they don't ping off and get lost in the carpet!. Remove them as you need them
Hi Simon, Many thanks for your comment and your tip on using BluTac which sounds a great idea and I will give it a go. There must be literally thousands upon thousands of lost kit parts in carpets all around the World. Woody
@@woodysmodellingdiary I found the blu tac works in two ways. To stop small bits flying on to the carpet and vanishing. Also for easy cutting of fragile parts and preventing them getting damaged.
Hi Woody, For some reason due to the UA-cam algorithms this video popped up in my feed, well I have to say I just watched this and thought I was in a time warp!
It's 2024 not 1964 buddy, you seem to have been passed by of the fact that us modellers can now buy things such as Tamiya slim jaw precision modelling nippers 74123 or even better single blade nippers by DSPIAE or even the expensive ones like God Hand's. These remove small parts from the sprue with '0 Ping' they truly are the carpet monsters archenemy!....... TBH I don't know of any modeller who still uses a craft knife to remove parts from the sprue!
Do yourself a favour and shell out £30 on a pair of DSPIAE ST-A 3.0 Single blade nippers and you will be amazed and I can assure you will never get a craft knife near a sprue ever again!
You can then update this video with something that will really make a difference when dealing with small parts!
Definitely a couple of useful tips, I'm forever losing bits. Hopefully, Dylan will be posting an update on his 009 layout over the weekend....cheers James 🙂👍