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Damm hard work
Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 23, 2004 12:39 AM
For those who follow my progress of the B109 G-2 I'm building, you would see that I do a lot of efford in making my engin look real.

Well I am now at a stage where I must paint my cockpit.
Well in painting that I also started to identify the parts that also needs to be painted the same colour while I'm busy on the cockpit.

I must paint the inside of the fuselage and the engin hoods the same colour and it is here where I almost lost it.

I turned the hoods around only to see that the parts are full of round 5mm plastic circles, some raised, some indented.

Man is this a mission to get rid of.
The engin will or let me rather say must be open, and with these gremlins, it will look horrered.

Is this also a mission for you guys, or am I just finicky.

Regards.

Rudie.
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  • From: United Kingdom / Belgium
Posted by djmodels1999 on Friday, January 23, 2004 12:45 AM
Rudie, those sink marks are a pain indeed... The raised ones, you scrape them away. For the sunken ones, get yourself either some epoxy putty (Milliput) or some putty and nail polish remover. With the Milliput, just use water to smooth it before it dries. No sanding required if you do a good job. With the putty, let it dry then use Q-tips and NPR to remove the excess. No sanding required either.

Good luck.

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 23, 2004 12:50 AM
Thanks.

I did end up filling with Tamiya's putty and the use of NPR.

Some of these gremlins are in the bends of the hoods, so this makes it extra diff.

So my night of painting was taken over by filling and scraping.

Rudie.
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  • From: United Kingdom / Belgium
Posted by djmodels1999 on Friday, January 23, 2004 12:52 AM
Yeah, I know how you feel, Rudie... But all that hard work will pay out at the end. Courage!
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 23, 2004 1:34 AM
LOL Big Smile [:D]
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  • From: Bicester, England
Posted by KJ200 on Friday, January 23, 2004 2:37 AM
I was going to ask how do you get rid of ejector pin marks on the inside of panels in odd nooks and crannies as I have the same problem with the gun bay doors on my 262.

That answers that one then.

Work can continue on project 262.

Thanks

KarlSmile [:)]

Currently on the bench: AZ Models 1/72 Mig 17PF

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 23, 2004 6:41 AM
In some hard-to-reach places, I'll sometimes put a piece of tape over the concave ejector pin marks. I just overcoat the area with future afterwards, to prevent a wash from running under the tape. Once painted, you can't tell its tape.
Hope this helps.
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  • From: Everett
Posted by markuz226 on Friday, January 23, 2004 8:22 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Pixilater

In some hard-to-reach places, I'll sometimes put a piece of tape over the concave ejector pin marks. I just overcoat the area with future afterwards, to prevent a wash from running under the tape. Once painted, you can't tell its tape.
Hope this helps.


Wow! I've never thought of that! I too (and probably everyone else is) am having ejector pin mark problems. Hmm... I wonder if this would work on small sink marks.....
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