New to Resin

And don't forget about a dust mask when your sawing/dremeling/filing!!  The dust from that stuff is hazardous.  

Gene Beaird,

Pearland, Texas

I would think the kit designers should be aware that if the skin is thicker than scale, they would have to narrow the cockpit width by a like amount.  Also, the kits never actually mount the pieces of the cockpit in a scale manner anyways.  The bosses that are in some kits are not in the prototypes, and cockpit parts were virtually never glued to fuselage skins.  There is, of course, a tolerance issue, but I believe the kit mfgs should tolerance on the loose side. It is easier to use a gap filling glue than to shave off just the right amount of plastic in just the right places.

I am not so sure they are actually to wide. The metal skin of an aircraft is not really that thick and I think most plastic models are out of scale in that department, at least I would say that's the case for 72nd kits. Add to this the restrictions on how thin they can get the side walls of a resin pit, if the inside dimensions of the pit are correct then I think its a given that we have to thin both plastic and resin.

It is not just resin cockpits that are too wide!  I have had about half the cockpits of styrene kits be too wide too, so I have to shave them a bit to get a good fitting fuselage seam.

Once you start adding any AM, things do take a bit longer. I have spent whole evening just making up and attaching a few PE parts. Buts it can be really worth it in the end.

Thanks everyone for your feedback. I had not expected the extra amount of time I have to commit to the model but I'm sure it will be worth the effort.

Yes, as others said, there are large  molding attachments to the part you want. To remove them, definitely use a razor saw - I use one of THESE JLC saws. CMK also make one, A rotary tool to finish to size is great.

The larger part of excess resin, I use a saw to get as close as I can then remove the rest either with my mini drill with sander bit or a needle file, depending on the size of the part.

Plastic cement won't work but CA will.

One other thing, make sure you test fit. Its my experience with Aires resin cockpit that you need to thin both the outside of the resin pit and the inside of the fuselage for it to fit. Otherwise you won't be able to close the fuselage. So make sure you do plenty of test fits.

Yes, I find the majority of resin parts come with a large attachment hunk.  I also use a razor saw to cut it away, and then either the dremel or a needle file to clean up the cut area.

Don't use a clippers! Get a razor saw or dremel. At the least, take a new exacto blade and score along the separation line multiple times til the part comes off the stub, then wet sand the rest.

I bought a small Dremel Tool to clean off resin parts.You can also use a small saw and file,but the Dremel was an answer to my prayers for bigger parts.I use super glus to attach resin parts