[:)]Firstly , thanks Guys for the advice on the Glues,I read some of the postings about Fillers,it seems to me that the Elmer’s Glue meathed ie easy to do,is it? or would gap Fillers like Ca, like you Guys said easer?or is there some other meathed?][:)]
Many people use either Gap filling CA (which needs to be sanded as soon as it dry as it get really ard overnight) or putty like Squadron white putty. White glue will work on very small seams and may require mulitple fillings as it shrinks when it dries. Other choices include type writing correction fluid and Gunze Mr. Surfacer. I’ve used all these methods except the typewriter fluid with success -each has its pros and cons.
On the Gap filling Ca,what grade SandPaper do you use when Sanding it?
I usually use Squadron sanding sticks, these are padded sticks that has sand paper bonded to the outside. They come in coarse, medium, fine, extra fine, and pollishing. I’m not sure what the corresponding Grit# are to each one, I would guess coarse is around 200 or so and extrafine is 600? In either case, I usually start with coarse or medium depending on the size of seam, then work doen to fine, and sometimes extrafine. Its those serious of progressivly finer sanding that will eliminate scratch marks. If you started with a very fine grit first, all you are doing is creating much more work for yourself and wearing out the sanding material faster.
Save yourself a buck or two and go to your local beauty supply shop (Sally Beauty Supply here in the States) and look at their fingernail sanding and polishing sticks. They have coarse to extra fine sticks plus polishing sticks which are almost like paper yet buff out scratches well.
The individual sticks are a dollar or less, and check their sales flyer for even better deals!
And like the one at Squadron, they have a four-surface sander with progressively finer grits.
Here check this out, you might fine something here you can use…
http://www.finescale.com/FSM/CS/forums/629986/ShowPost.aspx
Bud
I recently tried Future for some very small gaps, and it worked like a charm. Settles nicely and sands well. Cleans up easy if you make a mistake, too.
Wow, I never thought of using future for that. Seems it would be great for seams between canopy & fuselage. Must give it a try, thanks!
I normally just use Tenax in the joint, clean up any plastic that squished out, and then use putty if I need it. The Tenax is nice, cause when that extra melted glue comes out, it hides the seam for you. Its a glue and a putty all in one… almost [:D]