Re: [GZG] Converting 25mm Resin vehicles

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http://lists.csua.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gzg-lSo maybe just skip
the resin pour. Cut it with a backsaw (handtool
woodworking
is another hobby so I'm set there) or my mitre box. Glue on polystyrene
sheets
that look like diamondplate if I can find them. Attach a RAM mortar
launcher
and
paint.

Then, when that's done I get to convert some 1/300 Wombats.

Roger

On 10/17/05, Adrian Johnson <adrian.johnson@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
> Hi Roger,
>
>
> >My thought was to fill the void with a resin pour. Then I would cut
the
> >troop compartment off and carve the cutoff surfaces.
>
> Too much effort. Martin pointed out using an epoxy putty. That would
be
> much less effort.
>
> I'd consider doing it with plasticard also.
>
>
> >Is this the best way to go about it or should I make a mold of the
wombat
> >and fill in the parts I don't want with modelling clay?
>
> Far more effort than it is worth... unless you want more than one of
them.
>
>
> >If I do the hack and grind method what is the best way to cut resin?
>
> Hand saw. Maybe in a mitre box or a bench vice or something like that.
>
> You could try using a "micro saw" (hand saw with very fine tooth -
Xacto
> makes them - but I've found they take forever to cut through anything
> except thin plasticard and styrene plastic parts)
>
>
> > Will a hot-wire cutter cut it?
>
> No. Not any of the common hobby-type hot wire cutters, anyway. I have
a
> couple of hand held models and my friend has a "table" model, and none
of
> those would do resin. They're designed for blown-foam material, not
for
> something as solid as a big block of resin.
>
> > handsaw? I'd think a circular saw would be a bit much.
>
> Probably, yes.
>
> You could do it with a band saw if you had one that was precise. Maybe
a
> table mounted reciprocating saw (jig saw?) or scroll saw, but I
suspect
> all
> of those might cut out more material than you'd want.
>
> And that assumes you have a band saw sitting around...
>
>
> >Can I carve it with a wood-burning tool or will I need to use a
dremel?
>
> Dremel, and a light touch.
>
>
> Good luck!
>
> Adrian
>
> ps - careful of fumes if you use anything that will cause the material
to
> get hot, like a dremel. And wash your hands well afterwards... (and
wash
> the resin well beforehand, with dish detergent and a scrubbing brush
of
> some kind - but you probably know that already...)
>
>
>
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