[SF] Ship building & positive resin properties

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Rabidchild

Mongoose
Finally got around to breaking out the Xacto blades and files tonight and I am happy to discover some positive properties of the resin that Mongoose uses.

  • It can be filed quite handily. I am used to other resin models that cannot be filed without destroying a ton of detail.

    It reacts easily to hot water, becoming soft and bendable. All of my Klingon cruisers had wings that were curved upwards in the back. Maybe as a result of how the model lays in storage? In any case, it was a simple matter to dip each wing into a cup of recently boiled hot water for about 15 seconds, bend the wing flat, then run cold water over it to set.

    The models I have also have a few air-bubble craters in them, but the resin seems to leave a sharp edge which works wonderfully with the old modeler's trick of rubbing paraffin over the bubble. The edges scrape paraffin off, filling the holes.

Has anyone else made any discoveries on the hobby side of things?
 
Interesting: I would've thought the paraffin wouldn't take primer very well? What primer do you use please? Is there any special paint prep needed for the paraffin?
 
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