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                        Finger prints!!!

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                        jinithith2
                        • Member since
                          January 2005
                        • From: returning to the FSM forum after a hiatus
                        Finger prints!!!
                        Posted by jinithith2 on Monday, December 4, 2006 8:21 PM

                        ok... so I just got back into modelling today and I totally forgot that liquid cement seeps out of the seams... so I have a huge fingerprint on the underside of my F-16 wing and I've polished most of it out with regular printer paper, but it still does not look quite right under a coat of sharpie.

                         share some of your techniques, and please please please tell me how to get rid of it!

                         thanks much in advance :D

                         Jininator

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                        MusicCity
                        • Member since
                          January 2004
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by MusicCity on Monday, December 4, 2006 8:53 PM
                        Paint it.  The fingerprint is etched into the surface of the plastic.  Get it is smooth as you can and then paint it with regular paint, or even better with some Mr. Surfacer.  Let it dry thoroughly, and then sand it down until the paint on the surface is gone.  Leave the paint in the etched part.  Might take a couple of coats but at some point the paint will fill the etched part and leave a smooth surface.
                        Scott Craig -- Nashville, TN -- My Website -- My Models Page
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                        jinithith2
                        • Member since
                          January 2005
                        • From: returning to the FSM forum after a hiatus
                        Posted by jinithith2 on Monday, December 4, 2006 9:08 PM

                        thanks!

                        I'll have to give that a shot today before I pass out

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                        m60a3
                        • Member since
                          April 2005
                        • From: I am at play in the fields of the Lord. (Texas)
                        Posted by m60a3 on Monday, December 4, 2006 10:37 PM

                         Welcome back, jinithith2. And nice Avatar!

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                        "I lay like a small idea in a vacant mind" - Wm. Least Heat Moon "I am at the center of the earth." - Black Elk My FSM friends are the best.
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                        wing_nut
                        • Member since
                          April 2005
                        • From: Piscataway, NJ!
                        Posted by wing_nut on Tuesday, December 5, 2006 1:07 AM

                        Take a look at what I use.  Bottom of the first section.  Works pretty good.

                        http://wingnutmodels.com/tools%20&%20tips.html

                        Marc  

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                        jinithith2
                        • Member since
                          January 2005
                        • From: returning to the FSM forum after a hiatus
                        Posted by jinithith2 on Tuesday, December 5, 2006 2:18 PM

                        thanks guys!

                        wow m60... it shocked me that people actually remembered me :D

                        is Scotch Bright from the Scotch tape company? and where do I get one?

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                        Shellback
                        • Member since
                          March 2006
                        • From: Right Side of a Left State
                        Posted by Shellback on Tuesday, December 5, 2006 3:04 PM
                        Walmart , kitchen cleaning stuff ........
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                        waikong
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: NYC, USA
                        Posted by waikong on Friday, December 8, 2006 2:19 PM
                        Jinithith2, we remember you! welcome back.

                        My website: http://waihobbies.wkhc.net

                         

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                        grandadjohn
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: phoenix
                        Posted by grandadjohn on Friday, December 8, 2006 7:40 PM
                        Jin, nice to have you back
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                        jinithith2
                        • Member since
                          January 2005
                        • From: returning to the FSM forum after a hiatus
                        Posted by jinithith2 on Friday, December 8, 2006 8:17 PM
                        thanks guys!!! Its good to be welcomed Big Smile [:D]
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                        RadMax8
                        • Member since
                          February 2005
                        • From: Cleveland, OH
                        Posted by RadMax8 on Sunday, December 10, 2006 1:19 AM
                        Yeah Jin, i remember you! You're a fellow Ohioan!
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