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Post by Foresight42 on Apr 1, 2005 0:45:38 GMT -5
I hear sprue cutters are a must, I've just been using nail clippers and an exacto knife. I've been thinking about getting a sprue cutter before starting my MG Nu Gundam, its my favorite gundam and I really don't want to screw it up. Do they really work wonders and if so, where's a good place to get them, I found this site, www.widgetsupply.com/page/WS/CTGY/pliers-cut-flushbut I'm not sure which I should get, if any at all. That site also has jeweler files, which I hear are also pretty good. Pretty cheap prices, but I'm wondering if maybe they're too cheap. You know, the whole "You get what you pay for." Any opinions?
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Post by jwm on Apr 1, 2005 9:56:07 GMT -5
See the post "Thoughts on the PG Strike", fourth entry. There is a direct link to a cutter by Testors for around thirteen bucks. JWM
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Post by Foresight42 on Apr 1, 2005 12:56:43 GMT -5
Yeah, but I thought $13 bucks was kinda spendy for cutters. they would have to make like a perfect cut. Anyone know if the cutters on the site I linked to are any good. They have some Excel cutters for $7, but they also have others for like $3 and I don't know how big of a difference its going to make.
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Post by jwm on Apr 2, 2005 0:12:29 GMT -5
On the high cost of cheap tools: I have never bought any tool and wished later that I'd got a cheaper and crummier one. I have however, bought more than one cheap implement and had to go back and spend money again to get a better one. JWM
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Post by Ben-Ohki on Apr 2, 2005 11:52:29 GMT -5
Sprue cutters are a convenience - in my experiences you're just as well to cut at the sprue away from the piece and shave off the excess with an exacto anyway. I find any cutter will squeeze the plastic where the piece meets the sprue and tears instead of cuts. Still, $13 is a decent investment if you're going to go long-term with this hobby.
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Post by Foresight42 on Apr 5, 2005 23:08:31 GMT -5
Well, I just bought a "Xuron 410A Ultraflush Cutting Shear". I read that its the best sprue cutter out there, that it cuts cleanly without leaving a scar, but you will totally break them if you try to cut something hard like wire. I also read that the Testors cutters are the same, just more expensive. I payed about $9 for them, and also got a "flex-pad triple grit polisher/finisher" for about $3. Its kind of like an emery board, but for model kits, with 3 different sanding textures. Ones for scratches, ones for getting the plastic really smooth, and the last is a polisher. I'll let you guys know how both work when I get them.
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Post by Foresight42 on Apr 20, 2005 12:03:00 GMT -5
Well, I finally got my cutters. I ended up paying like $14 after shipping, but I can't recommend the place I got them from because it took forever to get them. Plus, I guess they didn't have that polisher thing I wanted, so instead of not charging my card for it, the charged it anyway and included a check for like $3. I found that pretty annoying. Anyway, the cutters work great, but you still have little white spots in the darker sprues, but they arent as bad. I usually end up taking my excto knife to them anyway, and then taking out too much plastic. ![:P](http://lemonstre.fr/robot-japan/smileys/tongue.png) oh well... I'll probably get some filler anyway. I really need to get some fine sand paper, and maybe an airbrush, but I'll save that for when I actually have money and then I'll touch up all my gundams and make them perfect.
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