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Removing fuselage panels

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    January 2013
Removing fuselage panels
Posted by Souda99 on Monday, November 16, 2015 10:40 PM

Hey guys, I need some help. I have a 1/72 Tornando that I'm getting ready to build and I ordered an upgrade kit for it from Verlinden. The upgrade kit has some PE panels for the equipment bay in the forward fuselage. Does anyone have a recommendation on the best tool to use to remove panels on the fuselage? I don't think my xacto or scalple would work well and would most likely ruin it. I was thinking a panel scribe but not sure. Any help would be great.

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    September 2012
Posted by GMorrison on Monday, November 16, 2015 11:07 PM

Remove and throw away, right?

Surefire way is to drill a lot of small holes close together around the inside edge of the cut, leaving a little plastic. Cut from one to the other with the tip of an Xacto, or the Fermis method- get a piece of coarse thread and use it as a saw.

File to final size with a little flat needle file.

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Posted by Souda99 on Monday, November 16, 2015 11:30 PM

GM,

 

Thank you for the info. I will grab some scrap and try it out before I try it on my Tornado.

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Posted by mississippivol on Tuesday, November 17, 2015 7:18 AM
It also helps if you can thin the plastic with a motor tool in order to get a scale thickness to the opening.
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    November 2009
  • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
Posted by Don Stauffer on Tuesday, November 17, 2015 9:06 AM

Will you be replacing the panel with anything, like for a hinged panel, or just be doing a removable panel that is assumed to be far enough away from the aircraft to be non-visible?

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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