Nachtjaeger Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 Ok gentlemen Im curious on this one. I know a couple of friends that love to paint their parts on the sprue and the other 3 will paint their parts off the sprue and use every holder they own to secure them while painting. I usually will paint some on the sprues and others off. CANicoll 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 I've always been an "off" guy, as I never saw the point of having to come back and clean up the clipped sprue attachment points and touch up the paint, possibly causing a mismatch. It makes more sense where that isn't a factor, but I find working with parts while still on the sprue pretty unwieldy. Kev Uncarina, Ryan, Basta and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 16 minutes ago, LSP_Kevin said: I've always been an "off" guy, as I never saw the point of having to come back and clean up the clipped sprue attachment points and touch up the paint, possibly causing a mismatch. It makes more sense where that isn't a factor, but I find working with parts while still on the sprue pretty unwieldy. I cant say I could have said it better myself. mkd1966 and Nachtjaeger 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlbertD Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 (edited) Off for me. More often than not the part needs to be cleaned up including seam lines and the points where it's attached to the sprue. It's usually easy to attach a cleaned up part to a toothpick (cocktail sticks for you guys who drive on the wrong side of the road) or something for spraying or brush painting. Edited October 1, 2020 by AlbertD Out2gtcha, Basta, MikeC and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nachtjaeger Posted October 1, 2020 Author Share Posted October 1, 2020 1 hour ago, LSP_Kevin said: I've always been an "off" guy, as I never saw the point of having to come back and clean up the clipped sprue attachment points and touch up the paint, possibly causing a mismatch. It makes more sense where that isn't a factor, but I find working with parts while still on the sprue pretty unwieldy. Kev Exactly.......makes sense. LSP_Kevin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 15 hours ago, Out2gtcha said: I cant say I could have said it better myself. Yes also any model worth presenting needs mold seam lines cleaned up too. Yes you can do this on the sprue but you wont get all of it. Too much risk and the short cut of no seam removal takes it out of consideration...for me anyway. Out2gtcha, thierry laurent, Woody V and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 In between for me, I clip parts from the sprue but leave a "tail" usually with the part number on, then I can hold them with clips and paint them in batches, I only leave one point of contact so clean up is easy. This also makes it easy to hold parts when detail painting is called for. Cheers Dennis Landrotten Highlander, Nachtjaeger and LSP_Kevin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 I would say 90% of the time i paint off sprue. The parts that do get a on sprue pain job get the same treatment as dennismcc mentioned above Main reason like mentionned by others is parts clean up and tests fit. I also like todo most assemblies/dry fit unpainted since tamiya extra thin makes a mess on painted surfaces Nachtjaeger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.B. Andrus Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 90% off sprue - 10% on. Nachtjaeger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonH Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 I am doing more and more off the sprue. In fact I try and build as much as possible before paint (even if that means some tricky masking) to ensure a good glue joint. So, maybe 10% on sprue. Phantom2 and Nachtjaeger 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boiss123 Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 For me depends on the size of the part for large and medium parts off sprue, very small parts I paint on the sprue. Nachtjaeger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 I do what Dennis describes. Removing the mold seams is hard to do on the sprues. Larger parts are cleaned up and taped to cardboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CANicoll Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 Actually, I tend to paint the small parts ON sprue since the clean up is minor (as noted by Kev) but I also take note of the sprue attachment and if it is in a too noticeable location, then OFF it goes. One of my more extreme examples... Painting small bits on the sprue Uncarina, Out2gtcha and Nachtjaeger 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nachtjaeger Posted November 10, 2020 Author Share Posted November 10, 2020 11 hours ago, CANicoll said: Actually, I tend to paint the small parts ON sprue since the clean up is minor (as noted by Kev) but I also take note of the sprue attachment and if it is in a too noticeable location, then OFF it goes. One of my more extreme examples... Painting small bits on the sprue Very Cool!!! Out2gtcha and CANicoll 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 11 hours ago, CANicoll said: Wow, how do you keep from over-spraying the decals after assembly Chris? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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