PT-SR Sprue Rack

A sprue rack

During a build the sprues with the parts take up more room than the model itself, and stacked on top of each other they are hard to search through as well. This rack holds them upright side by side, so every one of them is visible and can be pulled out without rearranging the rest. It is not only a matter of tidiness: parts on loose-lying sprues break off easily when someone rummages across them.

What it is suited to

• Organizing the sprues while building a larger kit
• Finding a particular sprue quickly by its letter
• Protecting thin parts from breaking off while rummaging
• Freeing up the bench, above all before spraying

How to make use of it

Line the sprues up in the order in which the instructions use them, not by size. Take empty sprues out as you go, but do not throw them away at once; the leftover sprue stock is useful as material for drawn wire, reinforcements and test pieces for paint. Stand the rack out of the reach of your elbows so that it cannot be knocked over.

What to watch out for

The rack is not a carrying case. The sprues will fall out of it while being carried, because they are not secured in it.

Neither a kit nor sprues are included in the package; the rack is supplied on its own.

It pays to stand it where direct sunlight does not fall on the sprues. Plastic gradually becomes brittle in the light and colored parts fade, which shows on a kit set aside for several months.

The rack is supplied on its own, with no contents whatsoever. Before buying, consider how large the kits you build are: with small sets of two or three sprues order is kept even without a rack, while with large models of a dozen sprues it pays off from the start.