Good morning! An excellent modeler some years ago showed me how to extract those delicate parts on a PRS spru.
1) Using Zuron clippers, nip off all vertical injection points. 2) Then carefully cut off each corner of the surrounding spru leaving a slender sliver holdings holding the spru sides together. CONSTANTLY CLEAR SCRAP! 3) Then clip through each sliver carefully. 4) Carefully clip away spru material near the anchor points for each part. Note: Use your Xuron cutter to carefully reach into parts and nip their attachment points using the curved inside of the cutter against the round of the spu to release the part. 5) Then slowly clip the parts in a methodical fashion removing parts slowly working your way into the center of the spru. 6.. Make sure you work over a white surface, so small parts do not get lost. According to this expert modeler, it is all about relieving 'tension' in plastic that casuses deflection and therefore breakage in the delicate parts. His comment is S is far easier to work with than HO! Bob McCarthy --- On Thu, 5/26/11, Bob Werre <[email protected]> wrote: From: Bob Werre <[email protected]> Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Re: PRS Reefer Grabs To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, May 26, 2011, 2:19 PM When necessary, I've used an On3 brake rod and clevis set from Grandt. They make it in plastic and brass. They are beautifully done to the point where you can see the cotter pins holding the clevis to the rod. Bob Werre Phototraxx.com On 5/25/11 5:49 PM, Charles Weston wrote: > > On the brake gear, you can replace all the plastic pipes and rods with > wire. The clevises on the brake levers can be carefully drilled out > to take the wire. > > Charles Weston > > --- On Wed, 5/25/11, [email protected] <mailto:gftolhurst%40aol.com> > <[email protected] <mailto:gftolhurst%40aol.com>> wrote: > > From: [email protected] <mailto:gftolhurst%40aol.com> > <[email protected] <mailto:gftolhurst%40aol.com>> > Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Re: PRS Reefer Grabs > To: [email protected] <mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com> > Date: Wednesday, May 25, 2011, 4:02 PM > > > > Thanks Roger, an actual tip--I will give it a try! > > Cheers, > > Fred Tolhurst > > Maryville, TN > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Roger Nulton <[email protected] > <mailto:roger.nulton%40comcast.net>> > > To: S-Scale <[email protected] <mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com>> > > Sent: Wed, May 25, 2011 10:05 am > > Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Re: PRS Reefer Grabs > > Something that’s helped for me is to cut (carefully!) the large sprue > surronding the delicate parts, before trying to cut them out. It seems > to relieve the pressure. > > Roger Nulton > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
