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| Subject: | Re: Pre-painting on the sprue |  |
| Date: | Oct 7, 2007 |
| From: | Bruce Probst | |
>How many people pre-paint the model parts on the sprue?
Sure. Frankly I don't know how people can bear not to! Waiting until after the build is finished would guarantee (for me, at least) that some hard-to-get-a-brush-to area would be left visible.
>Can someone explain this on more detail?
Um, you work out what colour(s) you want the part to be, and paint it accordingly. :)
Of course I'm only referring to small interior parts, or detail parts, or parts that will end up partly covered by other parts. Anything that will be completely "exterior" (or otherwise easily accessible) is not painted until after assembly.
>Do you remove the mould lines, fill in knock-out pin marks before painting?
Well, sure. To the extent that it's possible. Particularly fiddly bits might require a different approach, but that's decided on a case-by-case basis.
>What about if the part needs modifiying?
Depends. :) I don't anticipate "modifying" many parts in my modelling career, though. |
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 | Pre-painting on the sprue - Paul A. Owen - Oct 7, 2007 |
| . . . Re: Pre-painting on the sprue - John Yarosh - Oct 7, 2007 |
| . . . Re: Pre-painting on the sprue - Michael Bedard - Oct 7, 2007 |
| . . . Re: Pre-painting on the sprue - Bruce Probst - Oct 7, 2007 |
| . . . Re: Pre-painting on the sprue - John Murcutt - Oct 8, 2007 |
| . . . Re: Pre-painting on the sprue - Gary Cooper - Oct 8, 2007 |
| . . . No, too many downsides - Jason - Oct 8, 2007 |
| . . . Re: Pre-painting on the sprue - Keefe, Kevin R - Oct 8, 2007 |
| . . . Re: Pre-painting on the sprue - James Bilbrey - Oct 10, 2007 |
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