Sprue to Pitch

Cutters and plastic glue along with an x-acto knife or mold line remover are essential tools for de-spruing and assembling plastic miniatures. During separation always separate the pieces for each figure. I like to keep them on a paper plate or a post it note to keep all pieces accounted for. Once you've removed and separated the pieces you will want to inspect each piece for flash lines. Flash lines are the thin line from where the Sprue was in the mold.  You don't have to remove them but the different between an okay model and a great model is removing those flash lines. You want to be very careful when you do this, too much pressure when sanding or trimming can spell disaster. There are two ways to remove flash lines.   If the lines arent pronounced you can usually use a little fine grit sandpaper or Emory board. I prefer an Emory board because I can trim it to size to fit right spaces.  Just sand and keep checking until the area is smooth....