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A good buddy of mine turned me on to JB Kwik for my resin builds. Holds fast and strong, and makes an excellent seam filler as well. Just run a wet Q-tip over the excess to pick it up and it's good.

Yep, ditto on Amazon

DupliColor Black is pretty good too, fills those tiny gaps nicely!

Thanks guys. I saw a few reviews about the starter set that echoed the same thing that you were stating about the quality of the resin in the rubber. That's what I'm going to end up doing, getting the high-end stuff from the jump. I'll let you all know how it goes, but thanks once again for the wisd...

Thanks for all the advice folks. I'm going to start out with the Alumilite starter kit (I've got a Hobby Lobby by my house and I like 40% off, haha! Once that runs out I'll switch to the Smooth-on and see which I prefer most. Again, thanks all! I'be been waiting to do this for a while but have been ...

Thanks all, got a hobby lobby up the street, I'll go check it out. So this will harder up and be just as strong in quality as a store bought resin kit?

Good Afternoon All, Recently, I've gotten pretty good at scratch building, and I want to create masters of my stuff to later cast in resin. I'm not doing this for retail, just for my own use and as gifts to my plethora of Trek Head buddies. I've never once cast anything in resin, no clue where to be...