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Preparation

Cleaning Sprues
Submitted by André Boucheré

  • Wash all sprues in warm water with dish soap and let air dry. This will remove any mould release agent and oils from the moulding process.
  • Use furniture tack rags for wiping parts prior to painting, this will remove any lint or dust from your parts; this also works for cleaning airbrush glass bottles.


Storing Parts
Storage caseWhen building a kit I usually clean up all the parts first and store them in a case according to the colour they will be painted. I just make sure I can easily distinguish similar parts. If not, I group the left and right side parts separate.

In the picture, the case contains ALL the prepared parts for the Tamiya 1/12 Yamaha FZR750R (OW01). I also use film canisters to hold very small parts. The case also has a transparent lid to protect the parts and has adjustable divider_r1.gifs. The case also allows me to conveniently stack several kits in progress.
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