hey all,
i cant find anything on this topic yet but i’ll ask but it maybe be dum,
like if the front & rear bumper of a model car dont fit right and it got places that u will see it open can u like glue the bumber on and putty it so…it will look right on the car and after u are done can u like remove the bumber and sand it down so…it will be ready to paint and the putty that i use is Glazing & spot putty too
On something like a bumper, I think you’re better off using something else besides putty. It would really depend on how the part fits and what the gap looks like. After puttying, you can’t much remove parts, becauee most putty is solvent based so it sticks to the plastic better. If you removed it, it would breat apart between the car body and the bumper.
What you want to do is to dry fit quite a bit. Check the fit, see where gaps are, then sand, scrape, and file high areas away. Check the fit again and repeat until you have as good a fit as you can get. You can eliminate most gaps that way if you’re careful and methodical, then use putty to fill in the small gaps that are left.
If it’s too late for that, consider using styrene sheed or sticks or stretched sprue as a shim, you can then put putty in the small gaps that are left and sand that.
thx for your reply, i got one more thing to ask what is the best thing to use to put the putty on with b/c i dont got anything like that yet
I use toothpicks personally. You can cut or sand them to whatever shape you happen to need, then throw them away.