Here is one of the Robot's feet. As you can see, there is a pesky mold seam intersecting a number of elevation changes. If improving it takes the same as a normal clean up....then....you know the drill.
File the round detail so it is flat.
Mark the disc detail with a bwack snarpie. Spreek engrish, troop!
Using a small drill, find and mark the center.
Go to your rod stock/styrene and find a standard size that matches the detail. In this case it's .060.
Drill it out using a drill size slightly smaller, in this case a # 53 @ .059. You can ream it for a tight fit. Hey there!
Expunge the detail completely.
With the detail gone you can GO TO TOWN and get rid of the parting line. You can't mess up something that is not there.
I now take the .060 rod and put it a especial tool I have, using double stick tape. The tool is a square chunk of maple that has a square guide on it.
Put the stock in so one end is slightly proud. Then use your sanding block to square of the end by rubbing on the face of the block. Yes, it's like you are a finely tuned machine.
Like so. The idea is to get the end flat. Not "Kinda flat", but actually square and flat. The Maple block is super hard and the large flat surface acts as a guide. I use this "Ro Block" all the time.
Chop off a section at an angle so it's easy to tell which end is which. (And you thought I was being sloppy).
Insert.
Who cares what the inside looks like, right? I then fuse to main part using liquid cement. (Actually, Sticky made me chop it off and sand it).
Ok, it took slightly longer than cleaning up the seams. But, gosh I feel so much more.... The sad truth is no one will notice (except you). If they do, then they are probably like you OR your going to get a lecture on wasting your time. Enjoy! Long Live The Model Builders!
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