Wee Technical Question for Verlinden kits

[daviddunlop]

I took some time this passed week to see what needed to be done to start the assembly of the Maybach Engine Kit I purchased a while ago for my Tiger I.

The first thing I noticed was the plastic parts do not come on a typical sprue assembly. Rather, they seem to have been formed onto a thin, brittle type of plastic which acts as a support.

What is the best way to remove this plastic support? It looks as if the smooth side of a part is joined up to the surface of the support plastic, and the support stuff is quite thin and brittle, but it would seem very time consuming to have to sand all these parts free. Would brake fluid set them free.

I've never worked with Verlinden kits before so I do not know if this process is common to all their kits, or unique to the Maybach Engine kit.

Please feel free to flow forth with ideas.

Cheers,


David

[STEINER]

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[daviddunlop]

Thanks for the interesting article, Steiner.

Most helpful.


David