Plastic Model Putty - is there a good one??
Al Rechany
Can anyone recommend a good putty for plastic kits?
I am presently using Testors and I am not happy with it. It doesn't adhere well
and sands off too easily, even from the places I want to be fill with it. Darn!!
I have seen others in the stores but I'm not sure which one to buy.
How about the stuff at car finish places. I heard some of them are good but
don't know of any brand that I can go in the store and ask for. The attendants
in these places are not the most helpful and then they are not hobbyists so they
really don't know.
If anyone could help I would appreciate it.
AL Rechany
PS: In case anyone is interested, I am modeling a Heller kit of the tallship
"Amerigo Vespucci", a three-masted full-rigged ship of the Italian Navy (A naval
cadet/merchant marine training ship).
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John Maxwell
I use auto body spot putty - usually Duro, I believe.
I find spot putty in general brittle, so it works as hole filler but
not, say on a trailing edge conversion.
You might want to try a couple of different brands - I think they are
about $3 US for around 5 oz. IIRC.
Darwin
On Wed, 18 Dec 1996, Al Rechany wrote:
> Can anyone recommend a good putty for plastic kits?
>
> I am presently using Testors and I am not happy with it. It doesn't adhere well
> and sands off too easily, even from the places I want to be fill with it. Darn!!
hehe.. the testors putty is absolute trash.. you couldn't pay me to use
it.. I've been getting good results with Bondo, if you want to go the
automotive route.. it's pretty thin, though, so is geat for gap filling,
but not so good for building up sections or stuff like that. A lot of
people who go the model putty route like Squadron Green..
Darwin
BucholtzC
Al,
For the last five years, I've used nothing but superglue as a filler. When
kits are especially persnickety, I use pieces of styrene added to the
superglue -- a sort of "re-inforced superglue" technique. Just place the
plastic in the big seam and add superglue; it anchors the scrap plastic,
obviously, and the plastic scrap adds structural integrity to the glue.
After the glue is dried, there's no trouble sanding the scrap plastic and
the glue because they're just about the same in terms of hardness. Don't
wait too long on sanding the glue, though; after a couple of days, it can
get rock hard and becomes a real pain to work with.
Putties gave me nothing but trouble--the whole glob would sand off as a
big chunk, like you wrote, or the stuff would dry out and shrink, which
always happened AFTER painting! Superglues have never shrunk, and the only
trouble I've ever had with them involved a strange reaction between very
fresh superglue and metallizer paint.
When I've needed to work a seam in a really inconvenient place--like the
corrugated wings of a Ju 52, for instance--I use Milliput, which can be
worked easily with water before it dries.
Oh--and as for the "Amerigo Vespucci"-- good work! We need more ship
builders, and more diversity in general, in our hobby! Tell us how it
turns out!
--Chris Bucholtz
E. H. Boone
Al Rechany wrote:
>
> Can anyone recommend a good putty for plastic kits?
>
finishing stores. I have found that it is easy to work with, is very
fine grain, stays put, feathers out very well, and dries very fast
(about 15 minutes). The smallest amount you can buy, a 1 pound tube,
will last forever. Honestley, I waste more due to thermal expansion
when I open the tube then I use.
Brian Cable
Darwin wrote:
>
> On Wed, 18 Dec 1996, Al Rechany wrote:
>
> > Can anyone recommend a good putty for plastic kits?
> >
> > and sands off too easily, even from the places I want to be fill with it. Darn!!
>
> hehe.. the testors putty is absolute trash.. you couldn't pay me to use
> it.. I've been getting good results with Bondo, if you want to go the
> automotive route.. it's pretty thin, though, so is geat for gap filling,
> but not so good for building up sections or stuff like that. A lot of
> people who go the model putty route like Squadron Green..
>
> Darwin
Stephen Tontoni
In article <Pine.LNX.3.95.961219...@phish.nether.net>,
Darwin <ent...@Nether.Net> wrote:
>
>
> On Wed, 18 Dec 1996, Al Rechany wrote:
>
> > Can anyone recommend a good putty for plastic kits?
> >
> > I am presently using Testors and I am not happy with it. It doesn't adhere well
> > and sands off too easily, even from the places I want to be fill with it. Darn!!
>
> hehe.. the testors putty is absolute trash.. you couldn't pay me to use
> it.. I've been getting good results with Bondo, if you want to go the
> automotive route.. it's pretty thin, though, so is geat for gap filling,
> but not so good for building up sections or stuff like that. A lot of
> people who go the model putty route like Squadron Green..
>
I also use Bondo but have heard such great things about Milliput, that I
bought some. Its winging its way to me as we speak. Along with everyone
else's Christmas stuff...
---Stephen Tontoni
AAMRESIN
I use 3-M brand Acryl-Blue. Comes in 1-pound tubes at automotive body
supply stores. very smooth, creamy--feather-edges perfectly. I agree
that Testor's putty is absolute junk, threw my tube away years ago, same
for Squadron Green Putty.
Bob Buxbaum
aamr...@aol.com (AAMRESIN) wrote:
3-M stuff is real good. Sands smooth, no bubbles, but a little
brittle. Squardron Green isn't so bad! I put down a nurdle (a precise
measurement, somewhere between "a little" and "a skoshe") of the green
stuff, make a little crater in it and put in some Testors liquid
cement. Mix it up, slap it on, let it dry, and sand. Actually works
great on the smaller spots. So there! HOWEVER, I challenge ANYONE to
come up with a good use for Squadron White.
Bob Buxbaum
cpv...@erols.com
Jim Baker
I switched long ago to the Squadron white putty--it's finer than the
green stuff and it is wonderful!! I even use it to fill gaps in
windshield/fuselage joints...
Jim
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In article <32bb247b...@news.erols.com>, cpv...@erols.com (Bob
Buxbaum) writes:
> HOWEVER, I challenge ANYONE to
>come up with a good use for Squadron White.
You've had bad luck with Squadron White putty? Works great for me. I put
it on in thin layers, sometimes it takes a couple of applicatons. I've
found that it feathers much better than the green stuff. 'Course there
are a couple of guys in my model car club that swear by the green stuff!
I guess it's just whatever works for you, eh?
Dean
The only difference between myself and a madman is that I am not mad. --
Salvador Dali
Bobby Wong
Does anyone remember Dr. Microtools Supreme Modelling Putty? It was red
in color, quick drying and feathered so smoothly...... I can't seem to
find it anymore.... BOBBY
JRohio
> Does anyone remember Dr. Microtools Supreme Modelling Putty? It was red
> in color, quick drying and feathered so smoothly...... I can't seem to
> find it anymore.... BOBBY
We had a little trouble about 2-3 years ago, and were delayed in rolling a
new batch out. Because of this, we lost some distributors and some
stores. However, we are still in business, the putty is available either
directly from us by mail, or through a number of distributors including
Sentai, and Stevens.
Jim Rucker for
Dr. Microtools
Paul
Milliput Is the choice of the pro's.
Paul
Character Shop
Mike Settle
Bobby Wong wrote:
>
> Does anyone remember Dr. Microtools Supreme Modelling Putty? It was red
> in color, quick drying and feathered so smoothly...... I can't seem to
> find it anymore.... BOBBY
I have it and I use it. I have no trouble getting it, my local hobby
shop stocks it.
Mike Settle
--
(Our problems are mostly behind us. What we have to do now is fight the
solutions. --Anon. )
MIKE STUCKER
In article <59l9k4$1f...@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com>, PCW...@prodigy.com (Bobby Wong) writes:
>Does anyone remember Dr. Microtools Supreme Modelling Putty? It was red
>in color, quick drying and feathered so smoothly...... I can't seem to
>find it anymore.... BOBBY
Picked some up a couple of weeks ago in Houston. Never used it before
and still haven't opened the tube, but I bought it on recomendation of
fellow modelling club members.
Michael Stucker | Anadrill Schlumberger, Sugar Land, Texas
stu...@sugar-land.anadrill.slb.com | Definately not Anadrill's opinion.
Copyright Michael J. Stucker 1996
No animals were harmed in the writing of this post.
Bobby Wong
Well the epoxy puties are my choice for resin and vinyl kits and my
sculptures, but a little too hard when dry for plastic models. It's
easier to apply the solvent based putties and sand than spend more time
trying to blend milliput into a seam, especially if there is a
misalignment. plus milliput even the superfine version can't feather like
Dr. Microtools.
Bobby Wong
Is the current batch of the putty the same consistency and formulation
before you changed production? Know of any hobby shops or distributors
in the NYC area? BOBBY
AMPSOne
I must say that I personally prefer Dr. Microtools over the others that I
have tried. I have and use Milliput, but at $16 a pop and having to use
water for forming and smoothing, versus $2.95 for the small tube and using
Testors Liquid Cement to smooth and blend, will stay with Dr. Microtools.
The big thing is what you use it for. Styrene and vinyl are both plastics,
but about like the fact that Hackerbrau of Munich and Pearl from Texas are
both beers...
Cookie Sewell
AMPS
Richard Marmo
Hi all,
As far as the great modeling putty question is concerned, an earlier
post got it right when it was stated that you use whatever is most
appropriate for the situation. This includes epoxy, Bondo, Green Stuff,
White Stuff, Zap-A-Gap, whatever.
Howsomever, when the situation applies specifically to 'putty', allow
me to blow the horn for a putty that seems to be overlooked rather
frequently. Dr. Microtools Supreme Modeling Putty is, IMHO, is simply
the best of the conventional putties you can get your hands on. The
stuff is red in color, dries quickly, has minimal shrinkage, featheredges
beautifully and -ta dah- holds a sharp edge without chipping when
drilled.
Try some. I think you'll like it.
Richard Marmo, IPMS/USA #2
JRohio
> Is the current batch of the putty the same consistency and formulation
> before you changed production? Know of any hobby shops or distributors
> in the NYC area? BOBBY
We had to change manufacturere about 4 years ago, the origional guy went
broke, but in general, I've been happy with what I am getting now. The
last batch had some strange problem that the manufacturer won't admit to,
but this batch is really good!