What do u do to these?

What do u do to these pain in the ass stuff:
1) Ejector marks on chrome plated parts
2) Mold lines on chrome plated parts
3) Ejector marks on hard to reach interior parts
4) Ejector marks on radiator/intercooler?

Do u ignore them or do u fix them?

i try to fix whatever i can within reason. if you have the right tools you can fix anything. needle files help to sand hard to reach places. Mr. Surfacer helps to smooth out what you've sanded. if you have some sort of metalizer and an airbrush, you can repaint the chromed parts after you have stripped them with a degreaser. it all depends on your resources.

Originally posted by hermanchauw
1) Ejector marks on chrome plated parts

Strip chrome, fill and sand, repaint with chrome paint. Looks better than box stock chrome too.

2) Mold lines on chrome plated parts

Same as above.

3) Ejector marks on hard to reach interior parts

Make a right-angled sanding stick. Some people bend a screwdriver 90 degrees and superglue sandpaper to the tip.

4) Ejector marks on radiator/intercooler?

Scrachbuild a new one. But no one's going to see the marks unless they're deliberately looking for it anyway. Tamiya models usually place the sinkholes facing the interior.

Get rid of them within reasonable bounds...I mean if there's ejector holes placed on the bottom of a race car engine, it's probably going to be covered by the chassis.

One thing that bugs me is the places where chrome parts are joined to the sprues. Lately Tamiya has been molding them a "tab" above the sprue, after you cut it off from the tab you cut the tab off and you get a clean cut. But it's still a pain in the ass on older kits. I can see I'll have lots of sanding work ahead of me on the Enzo, especially the exhaust.

the mold lines on crome stuff really pisses me off. Mainly cause i dont have the resources and maybe the skill to fix it