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| Subject: | Re: Pre-painting on the sprue |  |
| Date: | Oct 8, 2007 |
| From: | John Murcutt | |
Hi Paul,
On the whole I try to assemble the kit as fully as possible, before I start painting.
However when there are items that I wish to paint before assembling, I remove the part from the sprue, fill and clean up the individual item and check for fit; then I will use a mixture of methods to hold the parts for painting. I use Tamiya tape, doubled over so the sticky side is up, Blu-Tack has its place and for some larger items, I sometimes tack them to a piece of old sprue, with a tiny amount of super glue, which you can gently snap away at the end.
Using these techniques, I can manage to deal with most parts that require painting and finishing before attachment.
I have found that when painting detail items on the completed build, you can often find ways to mask them, with things like post-it-notes or a small piece of paper.
I hope this gives you some creative ideas.
John |
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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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