>>10761979I mean, this is still how even a lot of the "pros" in Hobby Japan and such end up doing it a lot of the time. If you are doing it right you can just hit it with a couple of passes with a sanding sponge or whatever to smooth/blend it in and you're good to go.
>>10761631Yeah a raised surface is easymode for sanding. It's when you have shit inside the crevice on a curved piece of hair that's nightmare mode. Especially since those parts tend not to be very sturdy. I have a set of diamond grit files I got for cheap and it has like a dozen shapes so you can use curved ones to get in there. The shittier but still possible way is to wrap sandpaper around a toothpick.
>>10761451These would unironically be fine but I have bony hands and I feel like they'd kill me to use for long. I just have a $14 pair of nips with silicone handles that are super comfy even for cutting hundreds of times in one sitting. Notice the pic shows the piece being properly cut a cm out so you can follow up with side cutters or whatever then sand it to perfection. My ideal process when the piece allows it would be first/rough cut like that, a side cutter cut much closer in, then glass file it flush, then a pass or two with a buffer to make it perfect (can skip the last step if you're putting on surfacer).
