I have used the fine point burnishing tool as my scoring tool for fold lines for years... this, however, is a great new application! Thanks!
-The Haggard On Thursday, February 7, 2013 6:19:55 AM UTC+8, Bones wrote: > > 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.
