disassembling plastic

Tools, Techniques, and Reference Materials Techniques
1

i have just pulled the revell 1/32 F4E Phantom out of the closet to start work on.here are some pics (not mine)

http://nepaoutdoor.com/modelpia/HTML/32-F-4E.htm

it has been partially assembled. what is/is there a safe way to seperate the the parts that have already been glued together.[?][?]

2

Whomever built that one did a very very nice job.
I have considered rebuilding some of my aircraft for a while, requiring a lot of disassembly.I posted a topic on this before.
here’s the link
http://www.finescale.com/fsm/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=15338
also, check out a link posted by oldhooker, who also disassembled an old aurora kit and rebuilt it:
http://modeling.gunsagogo.org/
hope some of these help

3

thanks for the info, i will give the URLs a look, again thanks

4

There was a product out about 1990 or so, and was for sale thru finescale modeler. It was called “glue zapper” - was made by DMC, in LA. A few drops on a cemented joint and it easily disassembled models that had been built over 20 years ago. I cannot find this company, and tried calling them a long time ago, but the number was no longer in service. I would love to know if anyone knows anything about this or if it is still available, or perhaps someone from the finescale staff may have some more info - Sure would like to have a couple more bottles myself!

5

I use enamel paint thinner and it would eat the glue right up, on areas with large portions of glue apply multiple times while pulling the parts apart. careful though parts might tear or break.