new putty hobbytown has

Ummm, whats it called?

squadron green putty

Squadron's putty is pretty good I think. I dries real fast, though. I use small amounts at a time. If you dont' want to sand it, wait about 5 min. and take a q-tip dipped in acetone based nail polish remover and swipe away the excess.

My tubes of Squadron dry up on me, so I picked up the Tamiya stuff at Hobby Lobby for 40% off. It's runnier than I'm used to, but did a good job.

mississippivol is it mr surfacer?

3m red bondo from car store. stays soft in the tube, can be smoothed down with acetone and sands and paints well

waynec

3m red bondo from car store. stays soft in the tube, can be smoothed down with acetone and sands and paints well

Yup, that's what I use.  I've had good results with it.

Gary

connorMcclain

squadron green putty

That's actually a veteran product, Connor, though this may be your first knowledge of it.  Squadron makes two putties, Green and White.  The difference between the two is in the fineness of the grain.

Mr. Surfacer is a thick liquid of a putty suspended in solution (best way I can think of to describe it), and comes in three different grades, again, according to the fineness of the solids.

Squadron putty, Tamiya putty, Bondo, 3M, and other automotive putties differ from Mr Surfacer in that they are relatively solid, but they all have the same kind of application and use.  You'll find that many modelers take the solid putties and thin them into a liquid with a solvent, like acetone.  I use Squadron putty that way.  I'll either apply the putty directly to a seam, then smooth it out with a cotton swab dipped in acetone.  Or I'll put a dab of putty in a well on my painting palette and add acetone with an eyedropper, till I have a liquid that I can apply to a seam with a brush.  I use either method as a way to get putty only in the space to be filled, and to minimize the amount of sanding when the putty cures.

Hope that helps explain a little further!

Brad

I should add, I've tried 2-part automotive putties and found that mixing the correct ratios in such small amounts as I needed for a job, was more work than it was worth to me.  Not saying anyone else shouldn't use it, I just decided not to.

thanks for your input baron, the mr surfacer in my opinion works the best cause i can mask off a small part of the seam and apply it and as you said theres three grades. (500-very thick, 1000- in between, and 1200 being for small thin lines and its like paint.) but i always use 500 and i dont have a huge mess after i sand as much as the squadron putty. and i can paint on there with a paint brush.  thats why im not used to the squadron green and white putty. since i have it ill try different ways to apply it like the acetone.

Squadron makes a putty applicator that works good, looks like a small metal spatula.

well the main reason i dont like using the tube puttys is because i have never used them until this year so its just something i gotta get used to

My "putty applicator" is the tip of  my finger, dipped in lacquer thinner!  Works good and it's cheap, too!

(Wash hands before eating......)

i use a flat head knife blade from hobbylobby and then use my finger

connorMcclain

mississippivol is it mr surfacer?

It's actually just Tamiya Putty.

oh. well i love how its so easy it is to apply the mr surfacer. and when you go to sand it doesnt make a huge mess ahaha

Nathan T

Squadron makes a putty applicator that works good, looks like a small metal spatula.

I've got an old dental tool that I use, I think it was a spatula for applying putties or resins to the surface of a tooth.  I also use a toothpick, sometimes.  It depends.