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by justcrash » Wed Dec 21, 2005 7:39 am
Ok, I THINK this is what is called a "seam". It is on the nacelles of a resin kit I am working on. It sort of has a dip in the circle. I've tried sanding it down even but can't quite get it. Is putty the way to go? I have Aves Magic Sculpt, would that work?
I've made a crude image in illustrator to try to show you what I mean:
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b212/ ... acelle.jpg
The part with the arrow is the "seam" I am talking about. ANy help would be appreciated.
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by Blappy » Wed Dec 21, 2005 11:02 am
How big is this part?
You might want to try building up the depression with some Mr.Surfacer 500 and then smoothing it out.
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by justcrash » Wed Dec 21, 2005 11:03 am
Blappy wrote: How big is this part?
You might want to try building up the depression with some Mr.Surfacer 500 and then smoothing it out.
It is a 1400 Romulan TOS BOP if that helps.
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by Blappy » Wed Dec 21, 2005 11:23 am
justcrash wrote: Blappy wrote: How big is this part?
You might want to try building up the depression with some Mr.Surfacer 500 and then smoothing it out.
It is a 1400 Romulan TOS BOP if that helps.
OK then the Mr.Surfacer 500 method should work fine.
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by justcrash » Wed Dec 21, 2005 11:49 am
Blappy wrote: justcrash wrote: Blappy wrote: How big is this part?
You might want to try building up the depression with some Mr.Surfacer 500 and then smoothing it out.
It is a 1400 Romulan TOS BOP if that helps.
OK then the Mr.Surfacer 500 method should work fine.
Do you just brush it on?
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by Blappy » Wed Dec 21, 2005 12:06 pm
justcrash wrote: Blappy wrote: justcrash wrote:
It is a 1400 Romulan TOS BOP if that helps.
OK then the Mr.Surfacer 500 method should work fine.
Do you just brush it on?
Read all about it here.
http://starshipmodeler.net/cgi-bin/phpB ... hp?t=31402
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by Jonas Calhoun » Wed Dec 21, 2005 2:32 pm
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by TER-OR » Wed Dec 21, 2005 10:47 pm
Thinned epoxy putty will do well, too. Both are good choices.
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