r/Gunpla 1d ago

CUSTOMIZING Recommendations to split fingers

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I’d like to take these fingers and separate the middle finger cause I am a man-child. Any tool recommendations so I don’t mangle the absolute hell outta of it?

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u/Karotstix64 1d ago

hobby plastic saw, then exacto knife to remove the excess plastic, then sanding

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u/JDC093093 9h ago

This, I did the same with my Dantalion.

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u/WizofWorr 1d ago

The correct answer is the hobby saw for first cuts

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u/techrat068 1d ago

blokees action prime? Just carefully cut it with a sharp knife. And then trim flat.

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u/ChukFlanagan 1d ago

Could always get a jewlers saw. It's a small hand saw with a diamond coated piece of wire as the saw blade. It's pretty incredible on plastic.

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u/Coffee2547 1d ago

One way to safely separate it is to get a scibing knife, then carefully scribing the "webbing" between the fingers until they are thin enough to be cut while transferring no stress to the actual fingers. Then you can clean up the webbing on the individual fingers.

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u/KibbloMkII 1d ago

i just took my hobby knife, held the fingers somewhere they cant fly off to jupiter, and pressed until they cut apart

works if you dont really care about the final look aside from its not broken

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u/Available-Giraffe863 8h ago

Don't, they'll likely be a lot more loose if you do