O'Neils Mercantile & Repair

[Larry C]

I'm eyeballing his figures. Pretty nice looking.

Nice work!

Philip thanks. Rusty Rail's figures are pretty nice and are reasonably priced.
I do have a question. One of the figures is still on the 3D printed forms, for
the lack of a better word, so what's the best way to cut it free cleanly?

[Philip]

I always saw the support close to the figure with a fine tooth "Razor" saw leaving a bit of the support attached to the model and then sand away the support to the anchor point. If you cut it and snap the support off at the model it will leave a tiny crater in the figure. I use a medium emery board and sometime a new #11 blade if I create a crater by accident. It's pretty easy to hide your mistakes, plus the prep primer will fill the voids and stuff. No biggie.

I'd really be more concerned around the thin areas where they connect. Super brittle stuff after it cures for 24 hours.

Work slow.

 
 


 



 

[Rick]

Nice work Larry.

[Larry C]

Philip thanks for the advice on the removal. Since you work with 3D printed items I figured you'd have a process for removal.

Rick thanks.

[friscomike]

Howdy Larry, the additional details are making the scene even better.  Nice work.  Have fun, mike