I’ve been on here for 9 momths and that is the only thing that I do not know what it is. someone want to tell me???
It’s excess styrene that is attached to the kit part. Normally it’s very thin, and trims with a knife blade very easily. Flash can be seen at the mold parting seam and occasionally attached to the ejector pin marks. Flash is more prevalent in lesser quality kits, although I have seen it in some of Tamiya’s offerings.
Gip Winecoff
Gip’s right, although it can be found on what were once very good kits because of wear on the mold joining surfaces.
ok. thanks, I’ve run into that stuff.
If you really want to learn the meaning of the word “flash,” build a Lindberg kit!
Never before or since in the history of modeling…
Or build an ACE kit! [}:)] I’d wager they come close to Lindberg, if not surpass them in amount of flash.
Ditto on Airfix. I have one ship model (Wasa) that is hard to tell where the flash ends and the model begins.
“Kit Flash” is a new uppity rock star.
Kit Flash is that bright flare of light you see when you just open that long-awaited model that you can’t wait to build! [:o)]
… then discover warped pieces, out of scale halves, clear pieces THICKLY attached to the spru… and you fill the box about 1/4th full of Black Powder out in the backyard! [}:)][}:)][}:)]
(just don’t put a snug fitting box-top on when you do it, or your Doctor will introduce you to a new term; “Skin Flash”!!!) [:0][xx(][B)]
Frank
“It’s okay, it’s gone now and can’t hurt you anymore!”
Kit Flash: An old unwanted kit standing at a bus stop opening it’s box top for all it see it’s uglies.
Kit flash, normally happens when the 2 mold halves are not clamped together properly thus allowing the casting medium to flow between the mold halves.