Help with PE parts...

[epi4561]

Hi, I'm relatively new to modeling, and I've never worked with PE pieces before. So I am here seeking some advice. I was wondering if anyone has any experience with the PE set for the Trumpeter 60 Bonneville. If so I have a couple of questions...

the dash trim...

the piece that has PONTIAC printed out across the passenger side. Do I sand off the detail on the plastic kit piece and place the PE part over it, or do I bypass the plastic kit piece all together?

There are a bunch of pieces for knobs.. something like type A and type B. How do I use them? they don't look anything like knobs, just TINY circles.

I just don't want to do something the wrong way and mess up the PE pieces. I appreciate any and all help.

thanks-epi

[Bluemiles22]

I'm not familiar with that particular detail set but as far as scripts, lettering, and badges I would sand those off and use the pe part in its place. As far as the knobs go one circle may be the outer ring and the smaller solid circle may be the actual knob itself. What I would do is leave the plastic knobs there unless they're round, then I would just cut the top flat and put your piece on that.

[Dave Wood]

Adding to what Rich (above) said what I do with separate letters I don't sand them completely off so as you can still have a reference point to locate them also I use clear paint (from the jar) to ad hear the parts,this gives you time to position them. also you might want to do a search for Images of the car and its interior, Just type (in a search box) Images of a 1960 Pontiac Bonneville, and or Images of a 1960 Pontiac Bonneville interior. and when cutting the parts off the rack take some Masking tape and fold it over it self (to form a double sided tape)and place the tape on a hard flat surface than place the parts on the tape this way they won't fly off into space never to be seen again when you cut them off and use a new #11 Blade to cut as close as possible, Be care full the blade is Sharp and the parts will fly hope this helps

Dave