My question is what is the color that is used on the box by Verlinden? iT's like a dark steel-type color, but I want to get the model itself accurate, so I would love some suggestions.
It was a total pain in the butt to get all that out! I would love to know how you did it
Hi Eric
In most resin kits the "pain" is to clean the parts... as you already notice!
I will describe the ways to clear the parts from the pouring blocks:
- big pouring block with big part: razor saw and then sandpaper (wet);
- big pouring block with small parts: cutter, x-acto blade (never try to cut it at first cut - make several passes until it releases all by itself) and sandpaper (wet);
- parts embeded in the pouring block (as you asked):
use a hard flat surface (I use the kitchen marble counter near the sink - source of clean water) , place a sheet of 400 grit sandpaper, wet it (really wet) and the part too. Make eight figures or circular movements, say five clockwise, five conterclockwise and keep cheking for the amount of resin still needed to remove and for the equitity of your work - it should be constant and paralel to the real part. Keep pouring water into the sandpaper (the resin dust is harmfull to your lungs, but if you keep it real wet - no problem). Once you're almost "there" change for a fine grade of sandpaper (600 or 1000) and keep making the circular or 8 movements until you're there!
And this is how I removed the excess of resin.
If further help is needed, I am around!
Skipper
I(...)including Lieutenant Dixon's "lucky" gold piece which was deformed by a bullet (...)
The Chapmann painting on the cover of "Raising The Hunley" by Hicks and Krope,
DOes show the sub in gray, but this is llikely the artist's way of depicting detail. Painting it all black would have made a pretty boring image.
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