Photo Etched "The FIRST TIME"

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Hi All, Well I’m back…I have made some nice out of the box kits. Now I’m doing a Hawker Tempest V from Eduard! It has RESIN PARTS and "PHOTO ETCHED ones also. Can some one tell me what I need to do, the tools I need ect. This is my first experience with Photo Etched items. I have no clue how to glue, bend or for that matter even get them off the tree! Any help will be GREATLY APPRECIATED!! Flyboy (THANKS to ALL you awsome modelers!!)

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Flyboy the getting them off the tree I can help you with. I am still learning the rest myself. Its best to put the parts on a piece of tape or cut them inside a large pastic bag. I use a small nipper called a flush cut pliers found in hardware stores. The bag or the tape keep those small parts from becoming airborne when you snip it. The velocity they achieve is amazing. Oh I picked up a great tip here in case the part hits the floor. Someone said put a flashlight on the floor and the part casts a nice shadow more easily seen then the part. It works!

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Hey Flyboy…good news for both of us. I was just checking the next issue of FSM (November thats is) and there is going to be an article on the basic of photo etch

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THANKS for the TIP’s Tommy!! Thats some GREAT NEWS!! Guess I’ll put the FW190 on hold till then…hehehe…I also saw a tip on the wearing of a plane…the prime,metalize, paint and then sand-scuff deal…Think I’ll do my first "weathering-war/wear on this one also!! MAN…is this forum and mag site GREAT!!

Thanks again!!