Tamiya Putty?

I dont use Tamiya but my squadron green putty does the same thing at first when thinning with alcohol... it gets a bit lumpy... but if you keep working it in it becomes almost like mud... thats when I stick it on the model... at that point you only have about a minute or so to put it on but it works!

Hi,

I thin Tamiya putty with straight acetone. For small jobs, I use an old paint brush and paint a thin coat to the spot i need to fix. Since the acetone evaporates so fast, within about 30 seconds I paint another thin layer to the spot. i do this until i have filled in the problem spot. When dry, sand as usual. I find that Tamiya thinned with acetone is extremely easy to work with. If you overthin it, wait a few minutes to let some of the acetone evap. and away you go. for bigger gaps, i simply thin less or not at all. Hope this helps.

Jim

Thanks for the suggestions. Whether I use acetone or alcohol it is going to take some practice. I read in the forum where some have used denature alcohol with the squadron green putty (SGP). I have a tube of SGP but the vapors are a bit strong and gives me a headache. So I went with the tamiya putty which seems to be not as thick and vapors not as strong.

I use Squadron white and thin it with denatured alcohol. I keep it in a small 1/2 oz. bottle and use that for gap filling...works like a charm. Check out this thread:
http://www.finescale.com/fsm/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=25180

Thanks for the suggestion John. I will be heading for Walmart to picks some up. Currently I am building a Ju 88C-6 from Revell. From what I understand they got the molds from Dragon and from what I read Dragon kits are notorious for poor fits. I am finding this out with this particular kit .

These days I mostly use Gunze pre-thinned putty in the botle, works well.

Hello Model Museum

Is it called Mr Surfacer 500 ? And where do you buy your Gunze pre-thinned puttty?

QUOTE: Originally posted by ua0124 Is it called Mr Surfacer 500?

No, that is their primer.

QUOTE: And where do you buy your Gunze pre-thinned puttty?

I buy it at my LHS, or order it from HLJ if I am on the road.
http://www.hlj.com/scripts/hljpage.cgi?GNZP-119

HTH.

Thanks for the link