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- Path: sparky!uunet!decwrl!hal.com!hal.com!tsai
- From: tsai@hal.com (Finnegan T. Tsai)
- Newsgroups: alt.models
- Subject: Re: filling in gaps
- Date: 22 Jul 1992 17:28:06 GMT
- Organization: HaL Computer Systems
- Lines: 28
- Distribution: world
- Message-ID: <14k5r6INN1v3@hal.com>
- References: <9207220411.AA15957@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
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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.
- |>
- |> *Paul
- |> --
- |> fortmapl@udavxb.oca.udayton.edu
- |>
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-
- I agree with you. Squadron green putty is coarser. My solution is
- to use 600+ sandpaper to wet sand the surface for the final polish.
- Don't forget to apply a layer of primer hence you can check if the
- surface has any defects. If you want to use the metalizer, super glue is
- much better than the putty.
-
- Regarding to the quality of different putties, I used to work with Tamiya's
- Putty. Now I switch to Squadron green putty and can't feel much differences.
-
-
- -finny
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