Hi everyone.
I have been interested in getting some AFV club kits, but as far as I know they are all in resin. I have heard some pretty nasty things about resin and I’ve never actually heard what is used to work with it/bond-glue it and the like. If anyone could tell me how this stuff works it would be much appreciated.
Thanks
-Alex
I haven’t done any kits, but I’ve done a number of figures and accessories that were resin. The dust from sanding is pretty substantial… If you’re doing a lot of sanding, I’d suggest a dust mask. For glue, I used Super Glue.
Which AFV Club kits are you looking at?
As far as I know, they are “normal” styrene, perhaps a few including resin parts, but the greater majority being normal styrene kits.
On the other hand, Hobby Fan, which is another branch of the same parent company, produces resin kits, detail sets and figures.
AFV armor kits are regular palstic.
Resin does create dust when sanded, but the dust is inert, an irrantant and nothing more nefarious.There were rumors of it being carcenogenic but they are not true. Simple precautions you’d use in any dusty environment are adequate.
Dust has been mentioned.
Resin must be glued with either CA or epoxy. It does not react to the typical; solvent glues.
Other than these issues, resin may be worked with your typical tools, sanding sticks, files, knives, drills, etc. It may be a bit more brittle than styrene.
Resin paints with your favorite medium, either enamel or arylics. You may need to wash the resin in some warm water with dish detergent to remove mold release.
There is nothing mystical or magical about resin
hehe thanks everyone, its just ive never worked with it before so ive always been kind of afraid of it. [bow] Phil_H I was looking at alot of their 251 halftracks. Mainly just the troop carriers, not any of the modified ones like the Stuka Zu Fuss or anything like that.
One way that resin and styrene are very similar is that how they react to things like drilling and sanding vary wildly from company to company. Not all resins are created equal. If I’m contemplating major surgery on a 1/700 resin ship kit, I’ll generally e-mail the maker and ask their opinion before proceeding.
Good to know.