Tip of the Month

Filling seams, holes and cracks. Seams, holes and cracks are a modelers enemy. Finding easy ways to cope with these problems is hard to do. I hope these tips will help you with your model kits.

Materials:
Tamiya Putty for plastic
Testors 5302 Plastic Cement

When using Tamiya Putty to fill seams and holes in resin, plastic or vinyl model kits, use a Plastic Cement to smooth out the putty. Testors 5302 plastic cement used with a short bristled paint brush, (not the bottle brush) will smooth out the putty and make it flow over detail without degrading the texture. If the putty is dry, the cement will re-activate the putty so it can be smoothed even more. For clean up, rinse the brush in the plastic cement bottle and then just wipe off the brush. After a while the plastic cement will accumulate putty in it and this PUTTY SOLUTION is excellent for filling cracks, and even priming surfaces.

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