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Cover up hairline cracks?

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Cover up hairline cracks?
Posted by Resident Eric on Saturday, November 15, 2014 9:42 AM

Is there an easy way to cover up these hairline cracks on a pre-painted gundam model? I know you can fill it with putty and repaint. But I don't want to do that because then I will have to re-paint the whole kit to match the color. The model is white if that helps.

  • Member since
    February 2014
  • From: N. MS
Posted by CN Spots on Saturday, November 15, 2014 11:55 AM

You might be able to do it with some extra thin cement like Tamiya's.  It should flow into the crack and allow you to push the seams together and hold them while it cures.  

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    September 2014
Posted by Mij on Sunday, November 16, 2014 2:55 PM
No mater the method you use to fill or close the crack, I don't see a way the seam will be invisible with repainting the seam. Welding the seam usually causes a small amount of dissolved plastic to squeez out that has to be scraped or sanded to make the seam flush.

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Posted by mitsdude on Wednesday, November 19, 2014 2:13 AM

The model being white will absolutely NOT help, just the opposite.

I don't see how you could ever press the sides of the crack together and not be able to still see it.

Over time dust, dirt, grease will get into that crack and it will begin to show even more.

  • Member since
    November 2008
  • From: Central Florida
Posted by plasticjunkie on Sunday, December 28, 2014 2:53 PM

Touch N Flow applicator and Plast i Weld will do the trick but, more than likely the repair will be visible requiring sanding and re paint.

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  • From: New Jersey
Posted by 68GT on Thursday, January 15, 2015 7:09 PM

Maybe some Future with white acrylic paint mixed in?

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