Sanding/Cleaning out Mold Lines in Clear Parts

Lots of very helpful modeling aids in the Cosmetic section. Course you get some strange looks sometimes .

Regards, Rick

good luck on the canopy!!!

And don't forget to use a good flouride rinse after brushing! Prevent's decay, plus it leaves your model minty fresh!

As an afterthought, at Wal Mart in the cosmetic section they have a set of 3 nail boards with some kind of vynil covering on them.. a fine, extra fine and smooth as glass one... those worked great on the HH-65 canopy I was working on... went from one to the other.. the last one had it about as clear as future would have had it... put some future on and it looked even better!

I sanded with the abovementioned grits first... then went to the sticks...

Thanks for the tips Gents!

If you are going to use the toothpaste trick use toothpaste that contains baking soda - that's your polishing media.

yup, that's all there is to it! I got down to 1500 grit on mine, then toothpaste like Rick said, then future.. can't tell the diff from the original! (except no line down the middle)

I always polish after using the sanding sticks. I use Bare Metal's Plastic Polish, but toothpaste will work as well.

Regards, Rick

Swanny,

That simple, huh. No other plastic polishing compounds needed? Awesome! Thanks!


Carl

Fine sanding sticks progressing to about 800 or 1000 then dip in Future.