Board index › Off Topic Discussion › Random Discussion

anyone here into scale modeling?

Page 1 of 1 [ 8 posts ] 

Previous topic | Next topic

MasterJedi
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 22 Oct 2010
Age: 51
Gender: Male
Posts: 2,160
Location: in an open field west of a white house

20 Feb 2011, 2:06 pm

if you are, I'm trying to fill some seams and make them smooth (no evidence of a seam) but I simply can't. I've tried super glue and baking soda, I've tried spot and glazing putty, I've tried two-part epoxy filler putty. Still, the seams come back. I'm pulling my hair out trying to do this.


_________________
That is my spot, in an ever changing world, it is a single point of consistency. If my life were expressed as a function on a four dimensional Cartesian coordinate system, that spot, from the moment I first sat on it, would be 0-0-0-0.


Mdyar
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 28 May 2009
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Posts: 2,516

20 Feb 2011, 3:44 pm

MasterJedi wrote:
if you are, I'm trying to fill some seams and make them smooth (no evidence of a seam) but I simply can't. I've tried super glue and baking soda, I've tried spot and glazing putty, I've tried two-part epoxy filler putty. Still, the seams come back. I'm pulling my hair out trying to do this.
.


Ive built a few Monokote planes-R/C
But Ive dabbled with balsa fixes and plastic fixes.
Man, I don't see how glazing putty couldn't do the trick. It shrinks but a few coats should work. Is the substrate moving underneath as not being fastened down?



MasterJedi
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 22 Oct 2010
Age: 51
Gender: Male
Posts: 2,160
Location: in an open field west of a white house

20 Feb 2011, 4:05 pm

nope. completely fixed.


_________________
That is my spot, in an ever changing world, it is a single point of consistency. If my life were expressed as a function on a four dimensional Cartesian coordinate system, that spot, from the moment I first sat on it, would be 0-0-0-0.


Mdyar
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 28 May 2009
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Posts: 2,516

20 Feb 2011, 4:54 pm

Maybe the paint is flashing between the two different surfaces.

I wonder if you sealed the putty surface with a " clear coat" first?



MasterJedi
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 22 Oct 2010
Age: 51
Gender: Male
Posts: 2,160
Location: in an open field west of a white house

20 Feb 2011, 5:35 pm

paint? I'm not at the painting stage yet.


_________________
That is my spot, in an ever changing world, it is a single point of consistency. If my life were expressed as a function on a four dimensional Cartesian coordinate system, that spot, from the moment I first sat on it, would be 0-0-0-0.


Mdyar
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 28 May 2009
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Posts: 2,516

20 Feb 2011, 5:47 pm

MasterJedi wrote:
paint? I'm not at the painting stage yet.


O.K. I was thinking the seam was only highlighted through the paint. So it seems the filler isn't adhering here as leaving a feel to the touch as in a void?



MasterJedi
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 22 Oct 2010
Age: 51
Gender: Male
Posts: 2,160
Location: in an open field west of a white house

20 Feb 2011, 6:32 pm

The glazing putty and other stuff is adhering just fine to the plastic. I think the biggest problem is my sanding method which is light, tight circles with wet sandpaper (wet/dry obviously).


_________________
That is my spot, in an ever changing world, it is a single point of consistency. If my life were expressed as a function on a four dimensional Cartesian coordinate system, that spot, from the moment I first sat on it, would be 0-0-0-0.


glider18
Supporting Member
Supporting Member

User avatar

Joined: 8 Nov 2008
Gender: Male
Posts: 8,062
Location: USA

20 Feb 2011, 7:43 pm

In my plastic HO scale buildings I tend to use the Tester's white plastic putty that comes in a tube like the Tester's model glue. After letting it dry, I carefully sand. Then I paint the entire model after the putty and sand job.


_________________
"My journey has just begun."