This may be a stupid question but......

I have used both and have been going with Swanny's suggestion of the White putty. Though in all honesty I don't like either of them. I prefer to use a liquid correction pen....unless the gap is too large, in which case I use the white putty.

QUOTE: Originally posted by thyamis Do you know any putty or glue that does not stink?...... To be honest if DEA knew about it the LHS would be raided in daily basis....lol

I've used both Squadron White Putty and Tamiya Basic Putty, and they both stink. They both stink differently, but in the end, they will stink. I think I'm pretty clear on it...

As for quality, I find that Squadron's Whte Putty shrinks a little more than Tamiya's, so I prefer to use Tamiya. The only downside of Tamiya is that it's grey, and such, you'll need a primer coat or an extra coat of paint if the paint is light coloured (ie light blue or white).

Do you know any putty or glue that does not stink?......
To be honest if DEA knew about it the LHS would be raided in daily basis....lol

Depending on the application, I've used Gel CA as a filler for several things. The best thing about it is that it doesn't react with plastic, so there's no fear of distortion - even on the thinnest of parts. I also use it nearly exclusively when applying PE parts.

Robert

Do any of you use thick C/A for filler ?
I have been using it and love it, it's more trouble to sand but it won't shrink and is tough as nails.

White is indeed finer than the green and slightly easier to feather edges when sanding. I prefer the white.

Me too. I was standing there in my LHS with a tube in each hand.... "white or green, white or green, white or green, white or green, white or green" and finely told myself awww screw it and bought both.

I had the same question but was afraid to ask.

Stupid question I have spent my whole lif asking the and I am three days older than dirt

I have used both and I prefer the white but both do the job

Keep doing what you are doing

Richard

The white putty is supposedly a little finer grain than the green, but like Robert, I don't see much difference between them.

RODC,

There's no such thing as a stupid question...and all that.

I believe that there is no difference other than color between the two. I've used both and they have identical labels, smell the same (stink), and act exactly the same. I tend to use the putty that give me the greatest contrast...white putty on dark plastic and green putty on light plastic.

Robert