The CA can also harden the regular putty to make it withstand working better. The plastic airplane/tank/ship guys sometimes fill a gap with baking soda and apply CA to make a filler.
Pieter E. Roos --- On Mon, 8/22/11, Andre Ming <[email protected]> wrote: <SNIP> With the talk of chop shop work (PA > thread), thought > perhaps I'd share a tip with some of you that you may/may > not have tried: > > To fill/smooth your joints/seams, instead of traditional > modeling "putty" > (i.e. Squadron Green), consider using CA/ACC and 5 minute > epoxy, depending > on the application. Both result is a strong filler that is > easily > filed/sanded. Also takes drilling when > finished. Used it for years and > haven't looked back at the Squadron stuff. I use the > CA/ACC to fill small > cracks/seams, and the 5 minute for larger jobs. > Apply, let it set, use a > chisel blade to level excess if desired, then follow with > the > filing/smoothing. Works great. > > Okay... back to the layout... > > Ming The Merciless > aka Andre Ming ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
