VonHoldinghausen Posted January 13, 2023 Share #1 Posted January 13, 2023 Dear friends! In a distant future, far, far away, I hope to have much more time for modelbuilding Hence I have now (among other kits) bought Billings "Calypso"-kit. It looks very nice I must say, very much so compared to the Billings-kits I built early 80s. This one has a ABS-hull though. A first one for me. What might be the best way to cut away the excess ABS plastic? Simply scoring with a sharp knife a few tines, and then breaking of the excess plastic, piece by piece? Thats what I do with styrene sheets anyway. Any other tips, hints or tricks? The ABS is rather thick in this case... Kind regards, Pontus thibaultron and mtaylor 2 Quote Finishing Titanic 1/350 scale from Minicraft, Plastic. Partly scratch. Loads of PhotoEtch. Upcoming builds: Syren from MS 1:64, Pegasus from Victory Models 1:64, Surprise from AL 1:48 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wefalck Posted January 16, 2023 Share #2 Posted January 16, 2023 A hand-held electrical drill with an abrasive cutting wheel might be another option. VonHoldinghausen, Canute, thibaultron and 2 others 5 Quote wefalck panta rhei - Everything is in flux Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonHoldinghausen Posted January 16, 2023 Author Share #3 Posted January 16, 2023 Thank you! That might be true. I read somewhere though that it might melt instead the plastic. I guess i will try though. With bodys for bigger RC-cars I happen to know they score the surface and then simply break off the excess plastic, thats why I was curious if that technique could be used fot such hulls also (it is not the same material though). Cheers! mtaylor, thibaultron and Canute 3 Quote Finishing Titanic 1/350 scale from Minicraft, Plastic. Partly scratch. Loads of PhotoEtch. Upcoming builds: Syren from MS 1:64, Pegasus from Victory Models 1:64, Surprise from AL 1:48 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wefalck Posted January 16, 2023 Share #4 Posted January 16, 2023 Whether plastics melt during mechanically working them depends on how much energy you put into them over what interface - or in simple terms: when you run the cutting tool too fast, you are putting too much energy into the cut ... mtaylor, Roger Pellett, Canute and 2 others 5 Quote wefalck panta rhei - Everything is in flux Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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