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                        Silly putty for camoflauge

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Silly putty for camoflauge
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, February 15, 2004 8:54 PM
                        I was recently building an Me.262 and for its camoflauge I decided to use silly putty to cover the spots that were not to be painted. Then i just airbrushed the model. The silly putty comes off easily and dosen't let any paint through. I got this technique from one of the articles available on this site. I would suggest anyone interested in using it to use it. I really got a great affect with it.
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                        Quagmyre
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                          December 2003
                        • From: and just won't go away.
                        Posted by Quagmyre on Sunday, February 15, 2004 9:46 PM
                        Only bad thing is that silly putty sometimes leaves a residue, especially if used to mask over acrylics. 8000 to 12000 grit polishing cloths can usually save you (good for removing finger prints too), but you ultimately end up moving paint around. I've used silly putty on all enamel jobs and been generally happy with the results.


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                        tknight
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Canada
                        Posted by tknight on Monday, February 16, 2004 9:23 AM
                        Can you post a picture of the final result??
                        Regards, Tim
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, February 16, 2004 12:38 PM
                        I'd be happy to post a picture of the final result. The only problem is that I need to do one last thing to it then I'll take a picture.
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                        BlackWolf3945
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Pominville, NY
                        Posted by BlackWolf3945 on Monday, February 16, 2004 1:19 PM
                        A pal of mine (known to ya'll here as Eagle334) used that stuff on his little-scale Scooter. Looks pretty sharp. Hope he doesn't mind me posting this photo...




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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, February 16, 2004 3:58 PM
                        Is silly putty the same as the child use to play?? I think is called play doah.

                        Thanks
                        Saul
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                        cassibill
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Indiana, USA
                        Posted by cassibill on Monday, February 16, 2004 4:01 PM
                        It's a kids toy but it isn't play doh. Are you familiar with the stuff that comes in plastic eggs and you can use the make copies of comics? That's the stuff.

                        cdw My life flashes before my eyes and it mostly my life flashing before my eyes!!!Big Smile The 1/144 scale census and message board: http://144scalelist.freewebpage.org/index.html

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, February 16, 2004 4:10 PM
                        Thats a great idea going to be building F-14 BE-DEVILERS VF-74 I will give it a tryCool [8D]
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                        Trigger
                        • Member since
                          February 2004
                        • From: Moooooon River!
                        Posted by Trigger on Monday, February 16, 2004 5:35 PM
                        Does it give a feathered edge to the lines, or sharp?
                        ------------------------------------------------------------------ - Grant "Can't let that nest in there..."
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, February 16, 2004 5:40 PM
                        It gives a sharp edge surprisingly.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, February 17, 2004 10:48 AM


                        woops, how i do upload the picture?
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                        eagle334
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                          March 2003
                        • From: plopped down in front of this computer.
                        Posted by eagle334 on Tuesday, February 17, 2004 4:33 PM
                        I thought that little A-4 looked familiar.Big Smile [:D]
                        Wayners Go Eagles! 334th Fighter Squadron Me and my F-4E <script language="javascript" src="http://www.airfighters.com/phgid_183.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
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                        chris hall
                        • Member since
                          February 2004
                        • From: Weymouth, Dorset, UK
                        Posted by chris hall on Wednesday, February 18, 2004 10:53 AM
                        Silly putty is really good for masking hard-edged camo schemes on military vehicles, where you sometimes can't use tape and/or pva glue because delicate things like brackets, grab handles and tools would get pulled off when you removed the masking. Try it!
                        Cute and cuddly, boys, cute and cuddly!
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, February 18, 2004 7:22 PM
                        I'll have to give this a try... just another tidbit for the modelling file.
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