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.