After attaching the nose to the fuselage of a 1/48 F-101 , the nose diameter was smaller than the fuselage. I tried puttying to hopefully bring the two together at the same level. However, after fencing, and sanding, I had a horrible lump around the joint. I removed the putty, and now have a trench. How do I fill the trench so it is even with the nose and fuselage? Hope I’m making sense.[%-)]
Try using a gap-filling CA glue. Zap-a-Gap is a good product. Put it on, then hit it with a “kicker” or accelerator, then after a few seconds, start sanding until you get it as flat as you want it. That’s how I get rid of trenches like that.
Hope this helps.
Just this afternoon (well, it is here) I hit on a new filling method, new to me at least, I’m not sure if I read it somewhere.
Stretch some sprue (heat gently over a flame, pull gently to desired diameter) glue it into place in the trench. It doesn’t seem to matter if you use superglue or plastic glue.
When it’s dry, sand to shape, et voila! no more trench.
I used this method to fill a slight wing/fuselage gap, it worked beautifully.
Pete