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05-30-2008, 09:41 AM
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| beach side   Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: In the Basement building Hiluxs and shit
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|  Nice write up Ryan  , I have heard of this trick before but wasnt sure if it was indeed just cutting with thread. |
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05-30-2008, 10:17 AM
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| ~The Scale Shop~   Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: KILLEEN TX
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| spyder wire fishing like and a couple bic pens works great too. great job on the cuts! |
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05-30-2008, 04:04 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: back in Portland, OR
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05-30-2008, 07:25 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sawyer
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I'm glad to see that I could share a tip thats new and useful to so many people, I'll make sure it's not the last time. Ryan. | ||
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05-31-2008, 03:25 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: back in Portland, OR
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05-31-2008, 04:17 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Connecticut
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| Nice Ryan...I would never have thought of that! Excellent write up. |
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05-31-2008, 08:22 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: We-Go, Chi-Town, Ill
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| I've tried cotton before it only ripped, maybe next time I'll try synthetic or spiderwire instead (I know that stuff works well on fingers!) |
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06-01-2008, 10:36 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: May 2008 Location: Fayetteville
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| OMG i should have read this last night INSTEAD of hacking up a new body and then getting TICKED off and buying another body... and wasting another 70$ being a novice sucks!!! and its Expensive:-( |
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06-01-2008, 11:00 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Grand Rapids
Posts: 140
| that is sweet. now i dont have to be scared of making a misstake on cuting my bodies....wow that makes it sound like i cut my self..lol thanks for the tip. |
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06-02-2008, 07:03 AM
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| Be the reason...   Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: NE Ohio
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| Good writeup... this used to be the ONLY way I would cut stuff when I used to build models.. Great results every time... |
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06-02-2008, 01:17 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: rancho cordova (da cho)
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| thats awsome wish i would have known that b4 i hacked up mine oh well  |
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06-04-2008, 10:15 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Portland
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| Just wanted to thank you. This is faster and more accurate than xacto blades or my dremel. Makes me wonder what else I am doing the hard way  |
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06-05-2008, 05:08 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Osaka, Japan
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| That's great, I want to be the first to nominate this for the "Cheap tricks" sticky thread! Just wish I had heard about it before I tried to use a rusty cheese grater to trim my Skool Bus body! |
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06-05-2008, 05:25 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: back in Portland, OR
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06-06-2008, 10:27 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Beechview/Pittsburgh
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| Simply amazing.. I am just trying to think what I can try this on before attacking a Tamiya Jeep YJ |
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06-07-2008, 10:45 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: lackawaxen, pike county. PA
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| great idea i've been doing 1/24 scale models forever and never thought of this....what weight thread are you using....i have some heavy thread that i use for making canvas hunting bags for my muzzleloaders and can't snap it by pulling it with my hands to where i'm not cutting myself....to where i have regular thread that snaps at the lightest pull by hand, i can't see this thread working at all..................bob.... |
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06-07-2008, 06:56 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sawyer
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I hope that everybody gives it a try and feel free to post up your pics here. Peace out... Ryan | |
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06-07-2008, 07:17 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Grand Junction
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| Hrm cheap body scissors, which I dont own a set of body scissors......Thanks for the idea man. |
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06-09-2008, 04:41 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Fenton, MO
Posts: 216
| Great idea! Have you tried dental floss? It should be stronger than thread. I used to use it to remove emblems on cars without hurting the paint or messing up the emblem. It's an old paint and body trick for 1.1 vehicles. |
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06-21-2008, 12:38 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: santa monica
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| Ryan, Thanks a TON for this tip. I tried it today and I couldnt believe how EASY it cut.   I used "all purpose" thread I bought at the drug store, no special thickness or anything. And it wasnt hard to keep it from breaking-steady pressure, count to 30 strokes and feed some more...I used the blue tape as a straight edge and cutting like this is slow enough that its easy to keep to the line. Also cuts pretty cleanly. |
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