 ephriam01 wrote: |
| As a new guy to ship modelling I have taken on HMS Howe for a reiend! I have completed the lower deck which I pre painted......IN THE WRONG COLOURS!!!! Thanks to this forum & WEM's I have now got the correct colours so I would like to take what I have done apart and start again! Is this possible? Is there a way to undo parts that have been glued with plastic cement? Mark |
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Before you get too involved in destroying the progress you have made, are you satisfied with the assembly of the deck?
Why not proceed with the painting process presented by Mike Ashey in his Kalmbach book - 'The Basics of Ship Modeling - an illustrated guide'. I'll bet that someone from the front office will pop in with a where to buy offer right soon. Repaint the deck with the desired color. Don't worry about overspray on the bulkheads or down the sides of the hull. If you get deck paint on the deck fixtures - thats ok. When the deck color is dry begin masking. Use little snippets of masking tape, the 3M blue tape is good. Tape around the deck fittings, leaving them exposed. Tape the deck adjacent to the bulkheads. Tape up to the deck edge, but not over. Use emough snips of tape to cover well (here more is better). Burnish down well.
Spray your deck fittings the hull and bulkhead color. If you have multicolor camouflage pattern spray the lightest color. Mask the light pattern and repeat for the medium and dark colors. Do not remove the deck mask until all the painting is complete.
You are making more work for yourself if you try to disassemble the parts.
Oh, and you may want to include in your next similar post some information as to what type of glue you used. A CA joint may actually break easily due to its lack of shear strength (it breaks when moved sideways but not when pulled apart). A solvent glue (MEK or Tenax) may require cutting since the solvent fuses the two parts as one and a solvent such as acetone only makes the problem worse.