resin turret inperfection

[MartinL]

having just recieved my lion roar hood detail kit i have noticed some slight inperfections in the turrets(easilly fixed with filling). What my question is as ive never worked with resin is what is the best sort of filler to use as i don`t no if thay will react with solvents in sertian fillers,dont want a pudle of resin on the bench

[Sten Ekedahl]

having just recieved my lion roar hood detail kit i have noticed some slight inperfections in the turrets(easilly fixed with filling). What my question is as ive never worked with resin is what is the best sort of filler to use as i don`t no if thay will react with solvents in sertian fillers,dont want a pudle of resin on the bench

My method is to first inspect all resin pieces carefully for air bubbles and actually enlarge the smallest ones with a drill or burr bit to get a better "grip" for the putty. Then I use white Milliput as filler. It does not react with resin, does not shrink and sands into a perfectly smoth surface. I also has the additionally benefit of being water soluable before curing which means that it is easlily workable and can be sculptured with wetted tools like a sharpened toothpick, hobby knife or whatever you prefere.

[mike mccabe]

Use white glue (pva) for the little air bubbles

Mike

[Devin]

For putty I use Aves Apoxie Sculpt. After using that stuff for the first time every other two part putty I owned went into the garbage.

On resin and white metal I do a lot of filling with CA (super) glue and accelerator. Fill the spot, use a paper clip to put a drop of accelerator on it, and then you have about 10 minutes to sand it down. During those 10 minutes it sands just like soft plastic or resin. After 10 minutes it's set up rock-solid. It's a great method for doing a lot of little spots in short order as you don't have to wait for the putty dry time.

-Devin

[MartinL]

thanx for the advice chaps, i`ll see wich method works best with my lazzy man modeling style . at least i`m not scared of melting the turrets now. cheers.

[Sten Ekedahl]

thanx for the advice chaps, i`ll see wich method works best with my lazzy man modeling style . at least i`m not scared of melting the turrets now. cheers.

Good luck!