>>10696061>if you want to avoid nub marks like these you need to start sanding nubs, or better yet filing with a glass file, instead of just snip-and-go>snip it a little bit further away from the part so there is still nub left and then sand the rest away. some of these can still be removed by sanding (or trimming with an xacto knife), but some of the white marks are stress marks caused by snipping too close to the plastic and won't go away even from that. you can however reduce the size of stress marks by applying a bit of pressure with the back of your thumbnail to the area>of course you would need to take apart the model again to get at the parts to do that so it depends on how much effort you wanna put in.Okay yeah this is my problem. I snip the pieces off of the gate leaving chuncks still attached, after that able to get at the piece better, I use my snippers to trim it as close as possible. And it leaves those white marks.
I read years ago you want to cut it from the gate leaving nubs which it what I do. But I then snip as close as possible, and try to almost shave anything left over using one side of my snipper. Never read to leave the nubs to sand, nor have I heard of a glass file. I have an xacto knife, but I've never used it for model kits. I guess it would be better for trying to trim leftovers instead of scrapping with my snippers. I just ordered another kit because this was so fun, so I'll try using an xacto knife to shave/trim that instead of one side of my snipper and I bet that will make a load of difference. Thanks so much for that
From the sounds of it, this glass file sanding thing is a game changer. As someone who knows nothing about that, is there a particular thing to look for in one? Any recommendations? How do you sand and file parts of the model down and remove the nubs without scrapping or marking the rest of the model?
I have a leftover action base stand from years ago so I plan to build it today for Boba, he's compatible
