Well I searched for one question and got nothing? And the second question I got some results but didnt really understand.
What do you guys use to fill seams and gaps?
How do you simulate welds?
Where do you buy all your after market detail parts?
Where do you guys find all your reference photos?
Thanks alot guys! Keep up the good work on the awsome armour!
First, welcome to the boards (even though it looks like you registered years ago).
I’ll try to answer the questions I know as best I can, but I’m sure you’ll get plenty of other responses as well.
for small gaps, just use some crazy glue. For larger gaps, you’ll want to use squadron white or green putty. For really large gaps, stretched sprue or scraps of styrene.
beats the heck out me. I build planes and most planes don’t have weld seams [:)]
couple of different online vendors. 2 biggest for me are megahobby and squadron
Google image search, and the squadron books “…In action” and “walk around”. There’s also the Osprey series of books “Modelling the …”.
Hope that gets you started.
-Fred
I too build aircraft so not toomany welds. If they are there they would be ground smooth.
I picked this up from the Armor section and used it on some exhausts ans it worked great.
Take some stretched sprue and glue it in place with a liquid glue like Micro-Weld. While it is soft, add texture with a hobby knife.
Check inthe armor section and there are probably other methods to try as well.
I have a woodburning set (ok, my wife has a woodburning set - I borrow it) which has a head that accepts Exacto blades. Instead of inserting the Exacto blade, I insert a sewing needle which I’ve cut off so it’s between 1/4" and 1/2" in length. When I want to simulate a weld, I glue a small diameter piece of stretched sprue to the weld location. Once it is dry, I heat up the modified tool and begin moving the tip back and forth across the sprue and the surface just to each side of it, slowly working from one end of the weld to the other. You want to just barely touch the surface with the tip in a quarter moon motion as you move down the sprue. The movement of the tip vertical to the line of the sprue should be no farther than the width of the scale weld. It often takes two or three passes before I’m satisfied with the results.
It takes some time and practice to learn how to do it and I find I do a better job if I practice a little prior to each time I do it.
Welcome to the forum. I’ll try to answer some of the questions:
I most of the time use putty to fill gaps but I did use CA glue here and there. The idea is to put a bead of CA glue (cyanoacrylate) along the seam and when you press both parts together, it creates a bead that you can sand down once cured.
Different techniques can be used, I personally use Aves Apoxie Sculpt, you can find the stuff here: http://ausfwerks.com//store/aves/main.html the idea is to put a small amount of putty along the seam and create the weld pattern with the back of the x-acto blade or a toothpick but other techniques works ok too. Here is a tutorial: http://www.armorama.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=220
I buy most of my aftermarket stuff here: http://ausfwerks.com//store/main.html or here: http://www.luckymodel.com/scale.aspx both have great service and good prices.
First reference for pictures is google of course, otherwise, there are plenty of great reference site depending on the subject, here are a few:
http://www.toadmanstankpictures.com/index.htm
http://vincesgallery.smugmug.com/History
http://www.fprado.com/armorsite/main.html
http://www.battlefield.ru/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=46&Itemid=50&lang=en
I hope this is of some help. When you need reference pictures, you have to be more specific and ask for help on the desired subject in the appropriate section of the forum. You’ll have plenty of replies from the specialists.
Have fun.
Crazy glue?
Never heard of that stuff before, must be rather crazy.
Crazy glue = CA = Super Glue = Cyanoacrylate
Tomato patato