I am, once again, regretfully realizing I didn't take a before picture to help illustrate the change, but then realizing: I would be less happy if I strictly adhered to such a principal
One of the Things in a gundam model is the little Vs on the robot heads have bits of extra plastic at the tips--are they for stability/durability? Aiding the extrusion in the mold? To provide a contact point for the sprue that will be less damaging if cut wrong? To protect eyeballs?[1]
The result of this Thing is another Thing modelers do: clipping/filing the extra plastic off to make the fins look nice. I tried doing this on the Calamity Gundam and just did it again on the guy I'm working on.[2] It's nerve wracking since they're small and delicate, but the result is real satisfying and it adds another little opportunity for methodical, intricate, small* work, which: I adore
