Working with resin models.

[Geno]

Hi guys, I'm looking at dis-assembling and reworking a resin built model. How easy or difficult is working with resin? This will be a first for me. I want to take this resin Willys truck apart and paint it to match my Father-in-laws truck. Thanks, Geno.

Edited November 4, 2016 by Geno

[traditional]

Hi Geno,

That'll be an interesting project and I have a few suggestions......stripping paint from some resin materials can cause embrittlement so I would suggest that once you've carefully disassembled the model, you wash the body with soapy water, fine sand, lightly prime and repaint over the existing paint. BosModels use an adhesive to attach the various windows from the outside, and although the windows are reasonably easy to pry off, you'll have to use 5 minute epoxy to replace them...a thin bead of epoxy (applied with a toothpick on the inside of the printed black gasket) will do the trick and any excess smudging can be removed within a half hour or so using alcohol on a Q-tip. 

Resin is quite brittle compared to styrene and you'll have to be very careful when prying off headlights and other exterior parts. Any broken resin parts will, fortunately, glue very durably with thin cyanoacrylate (Crazy Glue).

One of the potential issues with disassembling a Bos model is that the interior may be solidly glued in place within the painted body and can be a bear to remove without causing damage (cracking/splitting) to the exterior of the body near the adhesive points..... you may be wise to use a rotary tool with a fine cutting disc to separate the main parts rather than hoping that they'll break away with a little bending.

I certainly think that the project is worth doing, and with your modelling skills, I know you'll do it justice.....please keep us informed.

P.S. Are you and Curt heading to the Detroit NNL on the 13th?  Larry will be there for sure.

Cheers,

Cliff

 

Edited November 5, 2016 by traditional

[Geno]

Thanks Cliff, I trust and appreciate your help. I want to do it to match this color, It's the color of my father-in-laws. I hope this goes smoothly. Curt hasn't said anything about the Detroit show. I'll have to ask him. Blessings my friend. take care and tell Larry hello for me. Geno.