Interesting Bones,
Thanks for that; appears I have the same burnishing tool from old
graphic arts days
collecting dust. I look forward to giving it a try.
Bob Penikas
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
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