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Old 12-09-2003, 02:27 PM   #96
willimo
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Re: -=And so it begins: 350Z streetDRAGON=-

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Originally Posted by Artem1985il
Woah dude! Settle down. Have some patience. From the deep scoring and rough, rough edges around the panel lines you are separating, and the fact you said you cut yourself with your knife, it seems to me that you are trying to remove way too much material at one time. For work like this, patience is the key. I know you don't want to hear that, and I know that you want this thing finished soon! But if you take your time, take it easy, and do it right the model will come out a lot better, not to mention saving you some wear on your fingers. Judging by that knife... it looks like you can't replace the blade... I'd say go get a new one, hopefully one that you can change the blade out on. I can actually see the dullness at the tip of that knife. You need a brand spankin' new, sharp blade. Then you need to do what Chrismcgee and I said, make MANY MANY MANY shallow passes over the panel line until it separates. If you're impatiend, to the snappy thing Chrismcgee suggested. It will make for a much cleaner separation, saving you a lot of trouble with putty later. And you really don't want putty where panel lines go, it's a pain to score lines through putty when it comes time. I know you've already done the work, and it's your last model or whatever, but maybe someone else reading through this can learn from you.
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