The other option is just cut the wings with the Plato 170 (available at electrical supply house) or Fujiya cutter available at Micromark. They are flush cutters with a nice spring loaded grip. They are about $20.00 each with different noses for tight fine cutting. I would practice using them on scrap plastic.
3D print has a tendency to be brittle. So cutters can do more harm than good. It has been suggested to very sparingly ( otherwise you melt your part) use 99% alcohol to soften the sprues for cutting. I have tried it once on 3D parts that arrived broken. Ehh! The alcohol process may work for you.
But those are the tools I use and sometimes ophthalmic scissors for sprues that are buried deep under a part.
Bill, would you recommend this tool for the cut described? I want to cut the wing iot make a folded-wing version of an SO3C Seamew. I've been advised that simply x-acto knifing it may shatter the brittle 3D resin.
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