01-30-2013, 09:26 PM
I just came back from the basement where I've been working on an Intermountain tank car kit. I've been adding handrails to the tank and assembling the tank mounts and bands. Amazing detail but heavy breathing can break the details. Even with sprue nippers it's almost impossible to remove the details from the sprue. In this case, there is almost no clearance between the sprue and the part so it's nigh unto impossible to get the nippers between them. I wound up using a new #11 blade with great care and still wound up breaking one of the bands. 
This isn't my first intermediate level kit but I can see why people opt for ready to run.
end rant.
Tom
This isn't my first intermediate level kit but I can see why people opt for ready to run.
end rant.
Tom
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Occupation: Professional Old Guy (The government pays me to be old.)