https://scifikitbash.com/ Fri, 08 May 2026 13:23:05 +0000 MyBB https://scifikitbash.com/showthread.php?tid=606 Tue, 15 Oct 2024 10:42:38 -0400 MrRobot]]> https://scifikitbash.com/showthread.php?tid=606 https://scifikitbash.com/showthread.php?tid=576 Wed, 15 May 2024 10:42:26 -0400 jcoffman99]]> https://scifikitbash.com/showthread.php?tid=576
IF we fill that, I may have to look at ways to generate some revenue as the prices go up a good bit after the 100GB plan.]]>
IF we fill that, I may have to look at ways to generate some revenue as the prices go up a good bit after the 100GB plan.]]> https://scifikitbash.com/showthread.php?tid=434 Thu, 22 Feb 2024 23:10:31 -0500 NecronautDrummer]]> https://scifikitbash.com/showthread.php?tid=434
What are some techniques, tools, or strategies you have for harvesting the needed or desired parts?

My first go-to is to freeze the assembly for about 24 hrs to see if any parts assembled possibly using CA glue can snap off. Cold makes CA kind of brittle and easier to break. There is also CA de-bonder, found in most decent hobby shops. Wargaming mini's are often assembled with CA glue, and this tends to be everyone's first step in stripping and cleaning up someone else's work.

My second and more successful technique is to use LA's Totally Awesome 1:1 with tap water, inside a heated ultrasonic cleaner. Immerse the bonded parts in the mix and warm the parts to 60 to 75 Celsius (140 F to 167 Fahrenheit). This can soften resin-based model and plastic cements enough to pry them apart successfully. This also softens CA glue bonds.
The Totally Awesome also loosens many paint and primer applications. The ultrasonic function further cleans your donor parts.

I do not own an ultrasonic knife. Is it worth it for harvesting parts? I have a mostly built 1/24 Bandai Panther G arriving imminently in the mail (my first 1/24 Panther kit).]]>
What are some techniques, tools, or strategies you have for harvesting the needed or desired parts?

My first go-to is to freeze the assembly for about 24 hrs to see if any parts assembled possibly using CA glue can snap off. Cold makes CA kind of brittle and easier to break. There is also CA de-bonder, found in most decent hobby shops. Wargaming mini's are often assembled with CA glue, and this tends to be everyone's first step in stripping and cleaning up someone else's work.

My second and more successful technique is to use LA's Totally Awesome 1:1 with tap water, inside a heated ultrasonic cleaner. Immerse the bonded parts in the mix and warm the parts to 60 to 75 Celsius (140 F to 167 Fahrenheit). This can soften resin-based model and plastic cements enough to pry them apart successfully. This also softens CA glue bonds.
The Totally Awesome also loosens many paint and primer applications. The ultrasonic function further cleans your donor parts.

I do not own an ultrasonic knife. Is it worth it for harvesting parts? I have a mostly built 1/24 Bandai Panther G arriving imminently in the mail (my first 1/24 Panther kit).]]> https://scifikitbash.com/showthread.php?tid=402 Fri, 16 Feb 2024 08:22:41 -0500 jcoffman99]]> https://scifikitbash.com/showthread.php?tid=402

Thanks for your patience during the move. It took a lot longer than it should have, but I'm still new at all this stuff.

John]]>

Thanks for your patience during the move. It took a lot longer than it should have, but I'm still new at all this stuff.

John]]> https://scifikitbash.com/showthread.php?tid=350 Thu, 03 Aug 2023 08:45:58 -0400 jcoffman99]]> https://scifikitbash.com/showthread.php?tid=350
This will allow you to include images in your messages now. The basic MyBB software didn't allow for this.

Please let me know if you have any issues.

Thanks,
John]]>
This will allow you to include images in your messages now. The basic MyBB software didn't allow for this.

Please let me know if you have any issues.

Thanks,
John]]> https://scifikitbash.com/showthread.php?tid=349 Tue, 01 Aug 2023 21:24:34 -0400 jcoffman99]]> https://scifikitbash.com/showthread.php?tid=349
John]]>
John]]> https://scifikitbash.com/showthread.php?tid=287 Mon, 13 Mar 2023 11:07:54 -0400 jcoffman99]]> https://scifikitbash.com/showthread.php?tid=287
John]]>
John]]> https://scifikitbash.com/showthread.php?tid=284 Mon, 13 Mar 2023 07:41:08 -0400 bwayne64]]> https://scifikitbash.com/showthread.php?tid=284
Joe]]>
Joe]]> https://scifikitbash.com/showthread.php?tid=270 Wed, 01 Mar 2023 17:22:02 -0500 bwayne64]]> https://scifikitbash.com/showthread.php?tid=270 on the desktop, so may just be on the phone. Wish there was a way to show the issue, but that's beyond my web skills, lol.]]> on the desktop, so may just be on the phone. Wish there was a way to show the issue, but that's beyond my web skills, lol.]]> https://scifikitbash.com/showthread.php?tid=232 Sat, 19 Nov 2022 22:45:51 -0500 jcoffman99]]> https://scifikitbash.com/showthread.php?tid=232 https://scifikitbash.com/showthread.php?tid=140 Sun, 06 Nov 2022 04:10:07 -0500 swhite228]]> https://scifikitbash.com/showthread.php?tid=140 Star Trek:
  Star Trek The Original Series
  Star Trek The Next Generation
  Star Trek Deep Space Nine
  Stat Trek Voyager

Gerry Anderson 
  Torchie the battery boy
  Joe 90
  Supercar
  Thunderbirds
   Stingray
  Captain Scarlet
  UFO
  Space 1999
  Terrahawks

Star Wars:
all Star Wars Movies and shows listed like the others

Battlestar Galactica
Bucki Rogers
Project UFO....
And other main topics as needed an example Would be something along the lines of:
Star Trek the Original Series
    U.S.S Enterprise screen used models
          11-foot model
            3 foot model
            AMT kit
             Catspaw metal model
              2 inch model

  Klingon D7


As stuff gets posted it will be easier to keep it in order if we could have a folder to put things into rather than just a long list of post about everything.]]> Star Trek:
  Star Trek The Original Series
  Star Trek The Next Generation
  Star Trek Deep Space Nine
  Stat Trek Voyager

Gerry Anderson 
  Torchie the battery boy
  Joe 90
  Supercar
  Thunderbirds
   Stingray
  Captain Scarlet
  UFO
  Space 1999
  Terrahawks

Star Wars:
all Star Wars Movies and shows listed like the others

Battlestar Galactica
Bucki Rogers
Project UFO....
And other main topics as needed an example Would be something along the lines of:
Star Trek the Original Series
    U.S.S Enterprise screen used models
          11-foot model
            3 foot model
            AMT kit
             Catspaw metal model
              2 inch model

  Klingon D7


As stuff gets posted it will be easier to keep it in order if we could have a folder to put things into rather than just a long list of post about everything.]]> https://scifikitbash.com/showthread.php?tid=132 Thu, 03 Nov 2022 09:10:43 -0400 jcoffman99]]> https://scifikitbash.com/showthread.php?tid=132