Should I be worried about doing a resin kit??

[Steve Jones]

Did not realize there had been further feedback on my question so apologies for not replying earlier to your invaluable advice. I have just started this project and indeed the fit and quality is not brilliant. However my first task was to cut out the closed rear and side doors anyway as these will be replaced by open ones. Wespe were good enough to include replacement side doors which were nice. The main parts ie body chassis wheels etc are pretty good. It's the small bits which will understandably need the most attention/replacement. As this will be modelled on the one from guns of navarone there will be a lot of changes and additions so the final look will over shadow the kits short comings. I will place an update when I can in the what's on the bench blog. Many thanks again for all your help. I'm having a lot of fun with this resin malarkey LOL

[Jim R]

Look forward to seeing how you get on. Although I've seen The Guns of Navarone a few times, great film, I don't remember this Humber.
Jim

[Lee Drennen]

I had a couple of these in 1/87 and passed the off to PaulE I think he hates me now after the nightmare I caused him. lol

[minitnkr]

Hate is a strong word.:smiling3: I don't think I've ever hated anyone.

[Steve Jones]

Look forward to seeing how you get on. Although I've seen The Guns of Navarone a few times, great film, I don't remember this Humber.
Jim

Hi Jim. It was the last vehicle they used when they entered the town and gun complex. It had the noticeable tyre on top (Which I need to sort out LOL)

[scottie3158]

Steve,
I have only ever built one full resin kit, that was the little Tilly kindly gifted to me by Allen Dewire. It was fairly straight forward to build just approach it in the same way as a normal kit but always use sharp blades and as you know avoid the dust. The only other thing I did was to score the areas of contact to provide a good key. Good luck I will be looking in.

[Panzerwrecker]

I was apprehensive building my first resin kit for many of the reasons already mentioned. I guess, just like styrene kits, it depends on the manufacturer. Mine was Model Victoria (Italian) and it was a joy to build. Most importantly it was packaged extremely well so there were no major breakages from the off. There were also very few casting blocks to speak off and I only found a few tiny casting bubbles. The instructions were also extremely clear. My only wish was that I had had some of the new rubberised CA as the original clear CA's are stinky, messy and took a while to figure the best way to applicate.


I would advise to first check through all the parts, which after all will be a hell of a lot easier as there will be far fewer of them. Check for distortion, casting issues and broken parts. I had some slight warping on a chassis frame. After emerging in warm water and clamped down with weights overnight worked for me.

Wash all the parts in soapy water, rinse and let dry.

As for the dust I was advised as already mentioned to wet sand. You just have to deal with cleaning up the gloop. Not a biggy when you consider how nasty it can be to your lungs.

I would advise hunting down some of the new rubberised 'black' CA glues. They are awesome. I have had great experiences and would thoroughly recommend Colle21 type https://www.colle21.com/product/colle-21-black/

I don't recall needing any filler on the MV kit (It really was that good) but I have used regular filler since without issue.

As for paint I'm pretty sure a few companies offer specific resin primers these days. I used a UK based automotive acrylic primer without incident. As for chipping I used the 'hairspray method' of chipping without issue too.

I was so impressed by the Model Victoria kit that I purchased another. What I will improve is to strengthen the axle hubs. Although both the axles in the kit were cast over metal rods, the hub connections turned out to be a weak point trying to support all that weighty resin.



Good luck

[rtfoe]

Worry?...I'm not worried for you, Steve. Same process as plastic kits just different adhesive and safety measures. Finely detailed, slightly fragile and bubbles in place of ejector and dimple marks.

Cheers,
Richard

[Mini Me]

That's right..........nothing to be afraid of, you'll either love it or hate it.......there's no middle road. :smiling5:

[Steve Jones]

Worry?...I'm not worried for you, Steve. Same process as plastic kits just different adhesive and safety measures. Finely detailed, slightly fragile and bubbles in place of ejector and dimple marks.

That's right..........nothing to be afraid of, you'll either love it or hate it.......there's no middle road

As I was already warned this Wespe kit is a shocker. Despite how ever much cleaning up I do it will still look awful. It is taking a lot of work to get it to an acceptable standard. All the scratch built additions will hide a lot of the issues. Still having a lot of fun though. Thanks everyone for your input.

[Jim R]

It is taking a lot of work to get it to an acceptable standard. All the scratch built additions will hide a lot of the issues. Still having a lot of fun though.

That sums it up Steve. Your scratch building is excellent and lifts the detail on all you build. Fun is what it's all about.
Looking forward to your progress.
Jim

[Niho]

A dust mask, and if the weather is fine work on clean up outside, i have even cleaned up in a bowl of water to contain particles.
CA or 2 pt epoxy adhesives, caution a resin is brittle, but warpage can be overcome with hot water and clamping if necessary.
Good luck and enjoy
Nick

[Guest]

warpage can be overcome with hot water and clamping if necessary.

Or a hair dryer. Correcting a bigger part’s shape with heat is best done next to a running tap or a bowl of cold water, because then you can use that to set the shape more quickly.

[Guest]

Steve, quite honestly I can't see this being a problem to you with your skill set.
Hope you will blog, or will it be on the tube ?

[Allen Dewire]

Hope you will blog, or will it be on the tube ?

I don't know Dude 2, If he blogs it, fine......But I ain't gonna ride the subway to see him build it...................