disassembling...

[YellowMaranello]

Any tips on how to disassemble a model? I need to take apart an unpainted engine so I can paint it and put it back together...

[flyonthewall]

What's it been glued with?

[YellowMaranello]

My guess is rubber cement. I glued it when I was 11, and I know better now. It's also unpainted.

[kicker1_solo]

I'm actually in the middle of doing this too. I've just been using an exactly knife and gently slicing along the seams.

[modelfan1]

Depending on the glue, putting it in the freezer for several hours will
make the glue brittle and easy to seperate !

[kicker1_solo]

bake it in the oven at 400* for 10 minutes. :hehe:

[YellowMaranello]

Originally posted by kicker1_solo
bake it in the oven at 400* for 10 minutes. :hehe:

Sounds like a good idea, although, why not just throw it in a fire for 5?

[kicker1_solo]

Originally posted by YellowMaranello

Sounds like a good idea, although, why not just throw it in a fire for 5?

j00 could step on it and see if it'll come apart

[YellowMaranello]

*pulls out a sledgehammer*
"This is how we fix things in Mother Russia...."
(name the movie)

or....

"In mother Russia, model disassembles you!"

[flyonthewall]

Originally posted by YellowMaranello
My guess is rubber cement. I glued it when I was 11, and I know better now. It's also unpainted.

If it was rubber cement, i dont see how it could have stuck in the first place? If it was super glue then the freezer method might work but if it was regular model glue, then prising it apart is about the best way to do it.