Camo patterns with silly putty?

I use Blutak, either in 'sausages' or sheets, and just bend or squash it to the shape I require.

The trick is not to push it down onto the surface you are painting too hard, just enough for it to adhere. Often the sheets of Blutak are heavy enough to hold themselves in place.

Even it does stick, I have always found that rolling another peice of blutak over the sticky area removes the residue.

Karl

I just completed a DUKW in the Marine Iwo Jima camo pattern using silly putty. I made it thin and it conformed to the model with no problems. It worked great.

you can also use toothpaste as a type of landing gear, track gear, and car wheel lubricant!

I read an article somewhere (could be FSM, but I'm not sure) about a guy who uses toothpaste for soft-masking camo patterns.

HEY,
Go ahead cirikili, brag it up.lol Stuff sounds great, womder why they dont make it no more.

Randy

a while (maybe '95/'96) back a company called PIC made a product specifically for the likes of us folks.....called "U Kneed It" (i think).......not unlike "Blue Tac" though brown in colour and considerably less tacky leaving no.....zip....nada......nyet......residue upon its removal......& came in a plastic like box........
i wrote to FSM about the stuff (a while back) as it apparently was out of production and i was informed, FSM had one container of the stuff it was sent for the review they had done but, couldn't not let loose of it...........loosing the hunter in me & with some really dumb luck an LHS had a container buried under an inch of dust and it became mine.............$5.99 usd
and there the episode ends...........
until today.........LOL
this stuff is without a doubt the solution for the "Blue Tac" & "Silly Putty"
users......
not to tease but, if someone could reverse engineer a container of this awesome masking putty.....i'm sure there's a market.......

HEY,
For the buildup problem, making the putty thinner or taking a toothpick to the seam just after painting might help, but im not sure as ive not tried silly putty. Glad to hear it worked well.

Randy

I've used blue tak and find it leaves a grease spot on the model after I peel it off. The silly putty didn't leave any marks at all.

A lot of modelers also like Blue-Tac or similar products.

Regards, Rick