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Small parts
Hi all,
This has come up before I知 sure but I知 new here and just getting back into card models since graduation from college. I知 working on GPM Skdf250 and finding it challenging bending and gluing really small parts. Any tips or tricks or threads that値l help? Thanks |
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For bending small parts I use an old utility knife blade as a guide. I line up the fold line on the edge of the blade and make the fold.
For glueing I put a small dab of glue on a piece of card or plastic or glass then use a toothpick to apply it to the glueing area on the small part. Sometimes some fine tipped tweezers are used to place the part on the model, most of the time my fat fingers suffice.
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Doug has really covered all the main points!
And don't forget to score the folds first with a blunt blade of something similar. I also fold small parts against a small engineer's set square and also on a small piece of plate glass - this helps keep everything nice and square. There's a selection of what I use - the knife is my blunt scoring knife. --------------------- The old adage "practice makes perfect" still holds true - use some scrap paper and practice folding small parts for 30 minutes. You will be impressed at how dexterous you become!
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One word: "magnification"..
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Spot on Fred! And I just rememebred a good light as well!
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Agreeing with the plate glass and straight rule/straight razor as a brake/lift method. I actually use this for photoetch parts in my plastic kits too.
For small round parts, I've taken to using the straight end of steel drill bits and either rolling a "core" to wrap the printed part on, or print the part on thinner paper and rolling up to the printed part diameter. Maybe a little more fiddly, but it does work too.
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FRD I agree whole heartedly on magnification. I use a pair of jewelers specs to see what I知 doing 🙂
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Needle-point tweezers. Optivisor. Score as many lines as possible before cutting. And to avoid losing parts to a gust of wind, an hemostat (I prefer Halsted forceps), or Post-It notes glued to heavy card.
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I score folds with a fat sewing needle in a hobby knife handle. For folding small parts, I use a locking or "reverse" tweezer (one that the spring holds closed) to hold the part and small regular tweezers to fold the part and glue it. (Think of it as getting in touch with your inner lobster.) I have about a dozen pairs of tweezers, half of them reverse tweezers, I find them useful for all sorts of things.
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i think it was Kevin Stephens who told me that you can pick up the really tiny parts by licking the end of a clean toothpick and then touching the part — it’ll stick just enough. Then you transfer it to sharp tweezers for handling.
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