Okay. I have an old Tamiya M60A3 with several holes that I would like to fill. I know they would not be seen unless the model was picked up but I will know they are there. What is the best way to take care of these holes? Thanks in advance.
Glue a pice of flat styrene or cardboard or something over the holes on the inside of the model, then get some Squadron white or green putty, and fill the holes. Dont apply the putty flat with the surface- let it bulge out a little. Then after it dries, sand it flat. If there are still flaws in the putty, you could apply more putty and sand it once it dries, or spray a coat of Tamiya primer over the area, and sand that. That’s what I’d do at least.
He’s right.
There’s also the poorman’s method. When I was much younger, I took a piece of sprue and cut it to the approximate length, perhaps a quarter inch. I heated one side and made a “mushroom.”
I then inserted the unmelted end through the hull from the inside and glued it into place. The unmelted end protruded from the underside and I heated that up and squished it flat. Very much like we had to do when connecting vinyl tracks.
I then sanded it down to blend it in.
For the oblong oval hole common in Tamiya kits, I cut a piece of the flat sprue number area off of the sprue. It normally had the Tamiya logo on one side and a faint date or MM number on the other side. I cut and shaped it to fit in the hole and glued it into place.
I’d also use the flat sprue portion as a backing for the interior of the hull where the gear shaft passed through the sides. I’d fill that with putty and sand it smooth.
This technique works. I cut up an expired credit card to use for the backing material and it held in place just fine. Thanks,
Yes, now that’s the way to use a credit card.
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The other thing you’re probably going to run into with Tamiya armor is no sponson bottoms so you’re realy going to get good at filling up blank spaces with styrene.
What gets me is all the credit cards I’ve thrown out over the years, DOH!