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- From: rray@lookout.it.uswc.uswest.com (Randy J. Ray)
- Subject: Re: filling in gaps
- Message-ID: <1992Jul22.143344.13270@advtech.uswest.com>
- Sender: rray@snakepit (Randy J. Ray)
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- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 14:33:44 GMT
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- In article <9207220411.AA15957@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, FORTMAPL@UDAVXB.OCA.UDAYTON.EDU ("Paul Fortman : free spirit") writes:
- > I find Squadron green putty to be a very good putty. What I do is mix
- > it with Testors liquid cement. This gives it a better consintency,
- > helps it to bond with the plastic, and gives a nice hard surface. I
- > also do this when I putty gaps in my white metal models. My only
- > complaint with Squadron green is its coarseness. Squadron has a new
- > white putty which is supposed to have a finer grain. I bought a tube
- > of Squadron white, but I haven't tried it yet.
-
- I have used the white putty on some figures, and it does in fact sand smoother
- than green. I never really had a problem with green, though, to begin with.
- I use different materials, depending on the application, so I keep gree, white,
- Dr. Microtools red, and usually have 3M blue putty, but I loaned it to someone
- and he never gave it back. Must have liked it...
-
- Randy
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