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Filling panel lines

Postby hrtpaul » Sun Aug 04, 2024 5:18 pm

Hey peeps. I've been slowly scribing panel lines on my Cyclone Tracy F-27. I hit it with some primer and it looks like shit. As I'm running out of time I'm now gonna fill them all in and be done with it. Given there are a lot to be filled, I'm after suggestions for quickly and easily filling in bulk panel lines. Cheers :)
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Re: Filling panel lines

Postby Cap'n Wannabe » Sun Aug 04, 2024 7:34 pm

Tape over any detail you want to keep then hit it with heaps of the filler of your choice. Wet sand and you're done.
When I was doing my Aztec (yeah, I know you hate them..) I just applied the filler out of the tube straight on to the plastic.....only used a spatula to make sure it was in the panel lines.
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Re: Filling panel lines

Postby RayS » Mon Aug 05, 2024 4:32 pm

You could use PPP (Perfect plastic Putty) as per Damo's suggestion. It is water soluble and can be cleaned up with a moistened cotton bud to save elbow grease.
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Re: Filling panel lines

Postby hrtpaul » Wed Aug 07, 2024 3:52 pm

Cheers boys. I'll give it a crack on the weekend :)
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Re: Filling panel lines

Postby Uros » Wed Aug 07, 2024 6:21 pm

Tamiya white putty works good for me. It dries quickly and its easy to sand.
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Re: Filling panel lines

Postby BradG » Sun Aug 11, 2024 11:07 pm

2 part auto body filler. Smells bad, but can dry to sand in an hour depending on how much hardener you mix in. It also won't shrink like Tamiya filler.
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Re: Filling panel lines

Postby erussell » Wed Aug 21, 2024 7:46 pm

This works for me. It is basically quite high quality dental resin.
https://www.amazon.nl/-/en/Monocure-I-3 ... B09WF5PLT1
Monocure Australia were at Expo and had demos of it. I think you can buy it direct from them.
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Re: Filling panel lines

Postby hrtpaul » Sun Aug 25, 2024 1:23 pm

Thanks boys. I ended up using some Squadron green putty as after a test it seemed to work pretty well.

erussell wrote:This works for me. It is basically quite high quality dental resin.
https://www.amazon.nl/-/en/Monocure-I-3 ... B09WF5PLT1
Monocure Australia were at Expo and had demos of it. I think you can buy it direct from them.

Ed can this stuff be sanded after curing or is it a bit hard for that? Cheers :)
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