Photo etch railing and other parts on ships

[Joe C-P]

I don't know if anyone else ever had the same problem I do, trying to get the PE parts to stay in place while the glue sets. 
So earlier this week i was carefully trimming off the little gates, the tiny piece of metal that hold the parts on the brass sprue, when I suddenly realized that if I left the little piece on the bottom of the part in place, then drilled a tiny matching hole in the model, that would be like a alignment pin. I tried it and glory be and hallelujah, it makes it so much easier!   

[NARSES2]

I've just done something similar with resin individual prop blades. Left and then trimmed part of the attachment point, then drilled a hole in the spinner. Why I never thought of it before  Much easier then holes in spinner and blade and a small bit of wire