I'm interested in this technique, can you explain it a little more? --- On Wed, 2/6/13, Bones <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Bones <[email protected]> Subject: [Papermodels II 47832] a building trick To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, February 6, 2013, 5:19 PM This may not be news to old hands here but may be of some use to somebody. Ages ago I bought a burnishing tool, pictured, for mainly rounding or dishing card parts. Also in the photo is the beginnings of my build of the Big Arnie model and it's dozens of strips tab glued together, at least the head is !. One of the problems with tab glued parts is the inevitable lapped join that happens after the parts are glued together and while painting the edges minimises this, it's still obvious. What I've been doing with Arnie is to use the burnishing tool to force the lower edge up to the same height as the upper edge. This gives the same effect as a butt joined edge and makes the model much nicer to look at. The photo shows the tool propped up (can't hold pieces and photograph at the same time with my busted ex-tradie hands) with the ball of the tool on the join. Some parts can't be treated this way since not all the joins are accessible from the back due to tight curves but it works well on the bigger bits. Anyone else have any luck doing this ? Bones -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
