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Have a look here on the miniart web site and they gave some helpful construction info.
http://miniart-models.com/painting-guide/
I built one of their building kits sone years ago and remember the vac formed plastic to be very hard so as Jens has mentioned already its a case of going steady and not trying to cut through in one pass.
I would also suggest washing the vac formed sheets in soapy warm (NOT HOT) to get rid of mould release agents which i remember i did have on mine.
You might also consider getting yourself a filler as many of the kits have an inner and outer wall to be glued back to back and depending on how you have cut out the parts you may find small gaps.
Hope you get on ok.
Cheers mate I'll have a look on the link. I have some green putty will that do the trick for the gaps? I'm going to make a start on it tomorrow
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