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One of the gems I found at WonderFest USA in 2007 was an original sculpt by Japanese sculptor Yoshinore Yatake of Accel HP. The sculpt is called "Original Character #3 Future Girl". Yatake-san was there in person and brought several gorgeous kits along. I was fortunate enough to score one of these originals before they sold out (yet another reason to grab an Early Bird pass!). The kit is 1/6 scale and cost $100.
The first order of business is removing the mold release that the casters use to free the resin from the molds. I always remove any contaminants and mold release before I do any cleanup. The reason for this is that even though your model appears solid, the resin is actually very porous. Mold release is a silicon-based compound, and if you sand the resin before you remove the mold release, you will grind the silicone down into the pores of the resin. This can give you all sorts of headaches down the line, particularly when you pull off your masking, only to discover to your horror that your gorgeous skin tone comes up with the tape. Yikes! I use an automotive degreaser called Castrol Super Clean. Purple Power is another option, but I prefer CSC. ALWAYS wear gloves and googles when working with this stuff. I've known guys who've dunked their hands in it and end up looking like zombies when the burned skin starts sloughing off! Seriously, this is some nasty stuff. BE CAREFUL!
I didn't take a shot of Future Girl in Lake Castrol, but here's Byron Jaeron's huge Girl of Steel going for a swim. You can find airtight plastic containers in various sizes at Target and Wally World. Let the parts soak for a while, at least a few hours, but preferably overnight. If you're worried about the resin, check back regularly, but I've never had any problems. Your mileage may vary.
Once I remove the parts from Lake Castrol, I wash 'em up with Soft Scrub and my Big Ass Purple Toothbrush. Rinse thoroughly and set the parts aside to dry.
Here's a tip to prevent losing small parts down the drain. I found this drain screen at the grocery store for a buck. It fits on top of the opening in your sink and helps prevent those small parts from being devoured by the disposal.
I then hit her with a coat of my favorite gray primer. I use gray because it is really easy to see any remaining seams and chingaderras that need cleanup. This is the primer I use - it is a self-etching primer that I get at my local paint jobber and is prob'ly overkill for the kind of models we build. I use self-etching primer because I build multimedia car kits that include lots of white metal and photoetched bits and other primers tend to lift off of metal parts. I've found that I never have any problems with paint lift from resin since I discovered this stuff about three years ago. It is very expensive and most of you will never need an industrial strength basecoat like this. I've recently started using Duplicolor Filler Primer. For more information about DFP, check out the Making of Babs thread.
After the first coat of primer I started the cleanup, using sandpaper, nail blocks (get 'em at beauty supply stores), and sanding foam. I buy faom pads in large sheets and cut 'em up into smaller pads. It takes me hours to clean up my kits. This model was an excellent cast, but it still took me about six hours to clean it up. I know guys who can clean up a kit in an hour, but I treat each separate part as if it is a complete model in and of itself. If you pay this kind of attention to each and every individual part, the finished product will be the highest quality you can make it.
Using a guide coat like this really helps you see the imperfections that you've missed.
One of the gems I found at WonderFest USA in 2007 was an original sculpt by Japanese sculptor Yoshinore Yatake of Accel HP. The sculpt is called "Original Character #3 Future Girl". Yatake-san was there in person and brought several gorgeous kits along. I was fortunate enough to score one of these originals before they sold out (yet another reason to grab an Early Bird pass!). The kit is 1/6 scale and cost $100.
One of the gems I found at WonderFest USA in 2007 was an original sculpt by Japanese sculptor Yoshinore Yatake of Accel HP. The sculpt is called "Original Character #3 Future Girl". Yatake-san was there in person and brought several gorgeous kits along. I was fortunate enough to score one of these originals before they sold out (yet another reason to grab an Early Bird pass!). The kit is 1/6 scale and cost $100.
One of the gems I found at WonderFest USA in 2007 was an original sculpt by Japanese sculptor Yoshinore Yatake of Accel HP. The sculpt is called "Original Character #3 Future Girl". Yatake-san was there in person and brought several gorgeous kits along. I was fortunate enough to score one of these originals before they sold out (yet another reason to grab an Early Bird pass!). The kit is 1/6 scale and cost $100.
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