discussion Tippex/liquid paper and low odour thinners

[Guest]

A while back I was wandering through the internet and came across an article regarding seams/gaps and how to fill them etc. One of the methods was to use Tippex/liquid paper and instead of sanding it down it was wiped gently with a bit of kitchen roll or a q tip soaked in low odour thinners. I have tried to find the article again so I can link to it but can't. I thought I would try it on the 1/72 Revell/Monogram Bf110 E-1 that I am having a hack at. It seems to work fine although for an old kit the fit so far is very good. A couple of photos attached, the starboard wing root has the filler the port is without and fitted very well.

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[stona]

That has worked very well.

You can do a similar thing with plastic putty,like the Tamiya stuff,but use a q-tip soaked in an acetone based nail varnish remover.

Cheers

Steve

 

[AlanG]

I use tippex alot. I have it in the pen despenser and it's great for doing little gaps. If the gaps are bigger then i use either superglue or putty.

 

[Guest]

I use tipex a lot if i'm doing 1/72, i apply it with pins, needles and a fine brush for accuracy... it just seems easier to work with than the proprietry puttys

As an aside and i process i use alot now after trying it out when the thought popped into my little grey matter one night...... when using superglue to fill gaps I found that if you laid a length of cotton thread in the gap (you get it in different thicknesses) the action of the super glue makes the cotton swell slightly and go rock hard ... when fully set this is able to be sanded as you would the model itself and you can get a good finish with finer sanding agents, also to fill larger gaps if needed just use paper towel forced into the hole/gap/crevice and let it soak up some superglue, it sets as the cotton does and is able to be sanded and shaped quite well too.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the info I didn't know about the Tamiya putty. II like this method as if there is only a small gap you can get away without sanding and destroying surrounding detail as you just wipe the excess off and it leaves a nice smooth finish. I have just sawn a slot in an old tailplane filled it with Tippex and am trying white spirit so see if that works. I have a lot of white spirit and not much low odour thinners.

The white spirit seems to work although it dissolves the Tippex much faster than thinners which left me with the Tippex just a fraction lower than the sides of the slot. I was having a good scrub at it though.