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A sharp hobby knife/Xacto is what XLR8 is talking about using for sectioning the outer wrap, just cut and peel. But If you go too heavy with a blade on the outside of the body, it can leave a cut line, and if the scoring is too deep, crashing the body could make that score line open up. If all the p...

The film is soft and extremely thin so merely the weight of the knife is enough to score through it.
It's a delicate process but the results are worth the effort. You're able to add very fine, high quality painted details to the exterior of the body without the hassles associated with masking tape.

Do you know anyone with a tap and die set? Adding a 1/4-20 UNC thread (edit: actually 8-32 thread. Thanks Joseph!) wouldn't be too difficult. Very annoying though, yes. Someone else here had that happen with a Tamiya or Kyosho kit not long ago. I'm surprised this happens, but apparently it does. If ...

Finally uploaded my shakedown run from last week. It actually handles really good on carpet! https://youtu.be/yvimCUvuU9s