Lesson 12º

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ADDING PUTTY (1)

 

One we have finished the difficult process of glueing all of the pieces (without adding too much glue, etc), we move onto the next process of adding putty.

No matter if we have an expensive model or a cheap model, we will always find that there are parts that don't fit together too well, leaving small gaps, parts where you can see dry glue and glued areas that are at different heights.

All of this, although it may seem difficult to resolve, has a solution. That's why we have the putty. Fill in the gaps with the putty: and there you have it.

 

 

 

 

 

The putty that I use is Tamiya Putty. First what we have to do is examine the whole plane to see where the possible conflictive areas are. We have to be careful with the most visible areas: the joint of the two halves of the plane and wings with the fuselage.

Get some masking tape. Cut small strips and stick them on to the plane (with extreme care) right next to the area that we would like to fill in (I warn you now, it is a tedious process).

In the next photo we can see how I have left the area open where the wing joins the fuselage. Be careful: putty can disolve plastic.

Leave it to dry for a while.

 

 

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