Laser Cut Formers?

[The Orange]

Hey guys,

Not to be confused with the other thread titled Laser Cut Formers, this one is geared toward the process of building with laser cut and such, rather than discussing if its use is justified.

Has anyone had experience with laser cut formers, such as ones marketed for the major publishing house kits? What are they like? Do they push out and voila there's the former? Or is there cutting involved? Can I use adhesives such as Aleene's or super glue?

I ask because I've wanted to try laser cut formers for a while now, and have actually purchased a set for a model.

Thanks guys!

[Tapcho]

Laser cut parts are great, saves a lot of cutting and offers precision in parts that are difficult to cut free hand like railings and ladders. Formers pretty much save you from laminating parts to a cardboard and cutting them out. So the start of the build gets most of it (for example with a ship model). Another area where laser cut parts are great are tires and tracks - usually hundreds of identical parts and many repetive cuts (boring) so with laser cut set you do those phases easier too.
Parts are paper or various kinds of cardboard depending of their intended use. Any glue that your used to work with your paper models works with laser cut parts too. When using laser cut detail sets on the outer surfaces of the model you have to paint those parts accordingly though there are also parts that are prepainted.
Parts do not pop-out but you have to cut 2-4 notches that hold the part in it's fret. Prety much similar like with the photo-etched sets in the plastic side of this hobby. Hope this helped.

BR Tappi

[josh]

hey orange where have you been?