Freddy Bear Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 What's the best technique for removing dust from engraved panel lines and engraved rivets after sanding seams/joints/flaws, prior to painting? Washing with water has been inconsistent for me. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One-Oh-Four Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 I second that. I personally use a stiff pig's hair brush (a little better density of the hairs) but the rest is basically as Jim describes it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingco57 Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Thirded, but you can also use a toothpick to clean out the dust. Oh and Eddy, welcome to LSM. Cees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddy Bear Posted January 3, 2016 Author Share Posted January 3, 2016 Thanks, Jim, Erik, and Cees. I was afraid the toothbrush was too coarse and would scratch the plastic. I had not considered the alcohol but will try that too. I assume rubbing (isopropyl) alcohol, which I do use for cleaning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexandr Uhlik Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 I have a very good results using cheap children electric toothbrush. It has smooth yet stiff brush. I am using it also to clean the model before painting. Regards Alexandr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarEast Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 I use my airbrush at high Psi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceman Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Either the airbrush or the cheap brushes sold by Testors work well too, they are fine and course, perfect for cleaning out recessed details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulster Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 I second that. I personally use a stiff pig's hair brush (a little better density of the hairs) but the rest is basically as Jim describes it. Didn't know you could brush a pigs hair. Or why you would. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddy Bear Posted January 7, 2016 Author Share Posted January 7, 2016 Thank you all - very helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingco57 Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Freddy, Very curious what you are working on. Cheers Cees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddy Bear Posted January 17, 2016 Author Share Posted January 17, 2016 A graphic artist friend is big into early Cold War and early post war civilian a/c. He asked if I could find a C-124 without the radome nose. Roden makes a 1/144 scale one, but the quality is VERY POOR. This will take a lot of fudging, and sanding of seams. The engraved panel lines are very shallow - appropriate I suppose for the scale, but sanding will remove a lot. So along with the sanding, I'm rescribing almost all of the lines. A couple of years ago I met the airport director for Willow Run Airport near Detroit. Turns out he is a model builder and flew F-18s for the Marines in the late 90s - early 2000s. He told me Academy made a 1/72 scale model of his very a/c. It's out of production, but I found one, and also obtained Edurd's BIG ED accessories for the kit. So I'm underway with that, too. 1/72 is a bear of a scale - can't wait to get back to 1/32! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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