Phillips screws with a cross slot in the 0.7 mm size are an add-on set for models of vehicles. They replace a flat molded head on a plastic part with a detail with sharp geometry, which is fitted into a drilled hole.
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This is an add-on set of small imitations of fasteners for models of military and civilian vehicles. It is not a kit and it is not a model; nothing can be built from it on its own. Its purpose is a single one: to replace a coarsely molded screw head on a model in progress with a part that has the right shape and sharp edges.
Heads molded directly on a plastic part are always a compromise of the mold. They have rounded edges, the draft needed to release the molding takes them down, and a parting line often cuts across them. A cross slot is moreover a detail that molding at a small scale practically cannot manage, so all that is left on the model is a dull ring. When cleaning up seams and sanding surfaces the original head moreover disappears altogether. A separately fitted part holds its shape even once painted and after a wash, when flat relief is lost entirely.
The method is the same every time. Cut the original head off with a sharp scalpel and sand the surface smooth. Mark the position with a point, so that the drill does not wander, and only then drill a hole matching the shank of the part with a micro drill in a hand holder. Make the hole rather shallower than the shank is long, so that the head seats reliably. Set the part in with tweezers and secure it with the slightest drop of cyanoacrylate glue applied on the tip of a wire. Excess glue would flood the very slot the set is bought for.
Choose the size according to the scale of the model, not according to how well the detail is visible. As a guide in this range, the 0.7 mm size matches the finer scales rather, roughly the range 1:72 to 1:48. Before building, hold the size up to the place the part is to go.
This is an add-on set, not a kit. The base model, glue and paints are not included in the package, unless stated otherwise.
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