I need to make 2 cigar shaped buldges about 1 inch long on my 1/32 fw190. What do you guys recommend? I have tamiya epoxy putty which is what I think would be best. I also have squadron putty, 2 part epoxy. If something better is out there let me know. thanks guys.
Any epoxy putty wil do.
I would not use squadron or any other acetone based putty for this kind of work. You need al lot of putty and that might dissolve the plastic. Epoxy does not have that disadvantage.
Or you could vacuform/heat smash the new parts…
What about using drop tank halves and modifying them? For instance, the US paper tanks were cigar shaped, would that work? You cut chop em down to the right length and attach them then smooth em out with putty. Just a thought…
make yourself a master from balsa to either cast yourself some in resin or vacform them. Another option is to layer sheet stock into the rough shape, add in some filler, file and sand into shape. The fuel tank/bomb half idea is a good one if you can find suitable shaped and sized ones (two each).
Since they will be surfaced mounted (?) you can use the master to imprint a depression into soft clay as a mold for the resin casting. Heck if you have a good master you might find others wanting copies too!
I have had success with makingthe blank as gerald describes then burnish lead foil, like from a wine bottle, over it, cutting it out and coating the inside with some thick CA glue to give it some strength.
The small scoop was made this way using the kit part as the form.
These buldges are not real pronounced. They only are raised up about 2/32". I may be able to just make a mold shove the epoxy putty in pop in out and stick it on. Sounds easier than it will be I think. Wingnut I’m also wondering if I couldn’t use foil to do the same thing you did. Thanks guy’s I’m off to try this stuff out.
Just use some rod styrene…I think there was an article in the June issue of FSM. I remember it was an article about correcting a MIG, written by a very talented Chinese modeler from Beijing.
Cut the rod to length, and file down the ends to the shape you need. If you need an inlet port, use a hand drill to bore out one end of the piece, then use a hobby knife or saw to carefully cut the piece in half. You’ll then have two identical pieces.
Oops…it was the March 2008 issue!