aves apoxie sculpt question

DARTHTODD · Post by **DARTHTODD** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 7:18 pm

I'm trying to make a square corner/ridge using aves sculpt. I have two flat planes of styrene coming together and I need to square it off. Is Aves the best to use for this?
I applied the Aves, how long do I need to let it sit before removing it. I'm afraid that if I wait till it's cured, it'll be too hard to remove. Do I wait a couple hours? Help would be appreciatted! Thx.

Kylwell · Post by **Kylwell** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 7:50 pm

Let it fully cure. It's about as hard as the styrene.

What I do is smear in a good layer of Aves then take a straight edge (like a metal ruler or Xacto chisel) dab it with Ave Lube and use it like a putty knife to take off most the excess.

Then let harden and sand. You can make edges sharp enough to hurt yourself with.

Post by **TER-OR** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 10:10 pm

If you wait about 2hrs it's pretty stiff, and you should be able to get a ridge. But, it will take practice.

DARTHTODD · Post by **DARTHTODD** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 10:36 pm

Thx for the help! I've gotten the bondo to work previously but I wanted to try this Aves since everyone is so high on it. Thx again!

Go Flight · Post by **Go Flight** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 10:48 pm

You can also use talcum powder to make sure the Aves doesn't stick to anything else.

Mark Yungblut · Post by **Mark Yungblut** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 2:38 am

Another way is to roll the putty into long "logs" and place that on your edge. after it cures you can file/sand it down to each surface and get a really nice edge. I have done this on many scratch builds and resin kits with bubled on hard edges.

DARTHTODD · Post by **DARTHTODD** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 10:32 am

Mark Yungblut wrote:Another way is to roll the putty into long "logs" and place that on your edge. after it cures you can file/sand it down to each surface and get a really nice edge. I have done this on many scratch builds and resin kits with bubled on hard edges.

Thx, that's actually what I ended up doing. It took a little bit of practice and patience to get it right but it's looking really good right now. I had to redo part of it because I first tried to cut the excess off and that actually pulled some of the sculpt right off the model. So now I've been filing and sanding as mentioned.