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Cutting Photoetched Parts — and a Rant


SkyKing

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What is the best tool for cutting photoetched parts without damaging them? I don't mean removing them from the fret, but cutting them to fit the area where they are supposed to go?

 

Rant mode on: Why is it that the photoetched parts in many aftermarket detail sets seem to be designed by someone who has never seen the highly detailed resin accessory they are sold with and intended to accentuate? Case in point is the interior set for a common two-seat fighter variant in use by a major US air force (and others), sold by a major eastern European manufacturer of such sets (I won't mention the company's real name; let's call it "God-of-War"). Some of the instrument panels included look to be in a completely different scale and, as designed, clearly will not fit the area to which they are supposed to be affixed without major trimming. Also, why is it necessary to provide photoetched details which will never be seen within the confines of tiny 1/72 cockpits? Why can't some of these details be modeled into the master and cast as an integral part of the resin component?

 

It's enough to drive a confirmed 1/72 scale enthusiast to 1/48 or even 1/32 scale!

 

Rant mode off.

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