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  • Member since
    May 2004
  • From: Dallas
Posted by KINGTHAD on Wednesday, August 15, 2007 8:57 AM

I just about finished with my first resin kit and the only problem I had was you have to be careful when removing the parts from the tree. I know this has been said before but wash your parts before painting.

Thad

jwb
  • Member since
    February 2006
  • From: Parkton, NC
Posted by jwb on Tuesday, August 14, 2007 8:38 PM
 ben1227 wrote:

Yea removing those pour stubs is annoying i bet...btw i looked at ur site, thats pretty cool...all the kit reviews n stuff...my favorite was the links to the FSM forums about the guy who made a lot of scratch-built parts for that Curtiss...

Thanks so much! Big Smile [:D] 

Jon Bius

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Posted by ben1227 on Tuesday, August 14, 2007 7:56 PM

Yea removing those pour stubs is annoying i bet...btw i looked at ur site, thats pretty cool...all the kit reviews n stuff...my favorite was the links to the FSM forums about the guy who made a lot of scratch-built parts for that Curtiss...

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jwb
  • Member since
    February 2006
  • From: Parkton, NC
Posted by jwb on Tuesday, August 14, 2007 6:33 PM

I'm building a resin kit right now, Anigrands XP-60. It's my first resin kit, and I'm really enjoying it. It makes you work for it a little bit, but nothing that basic modeling skills can't handle.

I read somewhere on the forums that the secret to building a resin kit is good parts cleanup and patience- good advice! 

Jon Bius

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  • From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State
Posted by rjkplasticmod on Monday, August 13, 2007 7:45 PM

I've only built a couple of resin aircraft kits, both from Planet.  Other than the care required to remove the pour stubs & the choice of glue, they aren't all that different from building a regular injection kit.  They do require more clean up prior to painting to ensure the mold release agent is removed.  If you have any experience using resin detail sets, you know pretty much what to expect.

Regards,  Rick

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  • Member since
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  • From: Green Bay, WI USA
Posted by echolmberg on Monday, August 13, 2007 4:46 PM

I agree.  Anigrand and Planet Models are two great sources of very interesting resin aircraft ktis.  I liked using a slow setting CA to bond most of the pieces together.  As pricey as the kits can be, I wanted to make sure I didn't botch the job up too badly.  Using the slow setting CA helped me establish good part allignment.

Resin is pretty soft to work with so go easy on the sanding.  While my Planet Model kit was wonderful, it still had tiny pin hole air bubbles in the resin.  However, it wasn't anything that the Mr. Surfacer 500 couldn't take care of in one or two applications.  The kit comes bagged in plastic and they really don't have any sprues like the way an injection molded kit has.  Some of the resin pieces will have pour stubs still attached to them so go out and get yourself a good razor saw.  I have a nice little Xacto saw blade for my Xacto handle and that buzzes right through the resin.

Be careful if you use a regular Xacto blade (eg. a #11 blade).  Since resin is brittle, using a blade to trim away some excess resin might cause your part to snap especially if it's a smaller part.  I think I relied more on sanding sticks to remove any burrs or any other protrusions from the resin part.

In my kit, the XP-67, there was pretty much ZERO cockpit detail.  However, there was enough canopy framing to not make it much of an issue.  I actually painted the cockpit black, tossed in a spare WW2 seat and closed it all up.

Get yourself a resin kit from one of those two companies!  You'll be eager for yet another when you're done!

Best wishes,

Eric

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Fort Knox
Posted by Rob Gronovius on Monday, August 13, 2007 6:02 AM
I believe resin planes came before resin tanks. Here is a site that makes resin X-planes. Good stuff, I have ordered from them before. http://www.anigrand.com/
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    August 2007
Resin kits?
Posted by ben1227 on Sunday, August 12, 2007 1:18 PM
Before i start my Buffalo I thought I'd try a resin armor kit or a resin plane (do they make resin planes?) I know you use either super glue or epoxy to bond resin parts, but other than that will the other standard modeling tools be all you need to complete a resin kit? Also, any recommendations for a kit? It has to come from an online source because neither of my hobby shops carry anything resin.
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