Scratch built blocks polishing holder. How I polish my blocks.

[Y.T.]

I modified one of my pinsets to hold the home made blocks as small as 2 mm. Here are pictures explaining the polishing process. First picture shows a crude block. Last-the finished one.

 

[AllanKP69]

This posting would make a nice addition to the Tricks of the Trade topic here at SoS. https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/threads/tricks-of-the-trade.15492/
Allan

 

[Neil_jo]

I modified one of my pinsets to hold the home made blocks as small as 2 mm. Here are pictures explaining the polishing process. First picture shows a crude block. Last-the finished one.

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What's the rotary attachment you are using?

 

[Y.T.]

Here

 

[Neil_jo]

Here

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Sorry I meant the attachment, is that a wire brush?

 

[Y.T.]

I use grey ones #600

 

[Thanasis]

Hi. I was never patient in ship modeling but rather persistent. So when I have to paint small items especially with varnish, I use as in the below photos a homemade device...In short, applying the varnish on the foam strip around the tin and by rotating the small items they get fast painted.
I'm in the subject....
By replacing the foam strip with a strip of sandpaper (as the AI made in the last photo) you can trim the edges on crud parts making them smoother.
I don't use it any more because I'm not patient to scrach small parts...
Thx

 

[Kurt Konrath]

Excellent work on the blocks to make them look more real.

 

[FriCap]

Excellent advice, thank you!

 

[Recusant]

Great idea! I'll get some brushes.

 

[Relic]

I modified one of my pinsets to hold the home made blocks as small as 2 mm. Here are pictures explaining the polishing process. First picture sh

I modified one of my pinsets to hold the home made blocks as small as 2 mm. Here are pictures explaining the polishing process. First picture shows a crude block. Last-the finished one.

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YT,
How did you go about shaping the tips to achieve the geometry pictured? Did you anneal the tweezer tips first?
Also. How did achieve the delicate right angle curl of your tweezer tips to be symmetrical?

 

[Y.T.]

YT,
How did you go about shaping the tips to achieve the geometry pictured? Did you anneal the tweezer tips first?
Also. How did achieve the delicate right angle curl of your tweezer tips to be symmetrical?

I did not anneal it. All shape is done with a file and round nose pliers.