fillers

[Richard_A]

hello

 

is there a "spreadable" fillers available/suitable for model making?

 

i use milliput and i think is a great product but when im trying to use it thinly over say a loco bodyside to hide my bad workmanship, I find I use too much and get thick areas when im wanting a relativley uniform thickness to aid sanding.

 

I do manipulate it with water as im using it to help spread it out, but i keep thinking about car bodywork/wood fillers which are spreadable but im not sure if they would attack plastic

[jukebox]

You could try a bottle of Mr Surfacer.

 

Info on how to use it here: http://www.swannysmo...m/Surfacer.html

 

Possible UK supplier here: http://www.relishmod...rfacer-500.html

 

(but it is argueably almost as easy to)

 

Buy direct from Japan here: http://www.hlj.com/h...surfacer&Dis=-2

 

Cheers

 

Jukebox

[Pugsley]

There's some good filler suggestions in this topic:

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php/topic/17606-which-filler/

 

HTH

[JeremyC]

I've used both 'Plastic Padding' and 'Isopon' two part car body fillers on both metal and plastic models with no problems and they're much quicker setting than Miliput. A lot of plastic modellers seem to use 'Squadron Greenstuff', which is a one part filler, personally I find it sets too quickly.

 

Jeremy

[Richard_A]

There's some good filler suggestions in this topic:

http://www.rmweb.co....6-which-filler/

 

HTH

 

 

thanks for the link mate

[Theakerr]

I use Canadian Tire Glazing Spot Putty. No problems with plastic, pretty fine particle size and fairly easy to work

[Karhedron]

I use Halfords car body filler. Comes in a tube like toothpaste and can be spread quite thinly. I recently used it to fill in some fine blemishes in a resin N gauge loco body and it needed only modest sanding afterwards to give a good smooth finish.