With the clamp, you either have to allow for the inner tabs or you have to remove them so the clamp will sit flush when wrapped around a 1.5" diameter tube.
Right side looks more accurate.Which is accurate?
Right side looks more accurate.
I'll be honest, the beige grenade looks the best, but the neck was cast with the windvane unscrewed, and it's missing some material. If you're able to drill straight through (small drill press or lathe) I would use the white neck, beige grenade and putty in the seam-line to smooth it out.
If not, go with the white one, best all around. You're right about chopping the booster, most saw blades take away like 1/16 or 1/8 or material. Now that I'm looking at all this, I remember I did projects like these but was stopped, because I really needed access to a drill press to run straight through everything. A dowel and some glue could hold everything together.
Yeah, am not able to get a perfectly clean and centered bore through all the parts.
Thus, ensuring all the cut surfaces are sanded flat and cobble together without being wonky will be a challenge.
I've gotten some good flush cuts in resin with hacksaws, I rotate them after sinking 1/4 of the way in, rotate, cut, rotate, cut, etc. spiraling around and it usually yields better cuts than running straight through
There are little miter boxes for small parts, but I'm more of a "lets see if I can swing it" kind of person
How many projects are you working on at the same time???
I think I feel overwhelmed just looking at them all.
Yeah, I wouldn't even have the room....but, I guess I take on to many projects as well, they just aren't all model/prop stuff.Hmmm....
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