Anyone used tamiya epoxy putty for making zim? I tried some squadron green putty but it dries so darn fast. Any suggestions? I have some milliput as well and I have read the instructions from some re: rolling it out on wax paper, etc., but there has to be a better way. I was hoping to apply the putty directly to the plastic and then use my tamiya zim tools to do the work, but the squadron green putty dries too quickly. Can I add something to that putty to slow down the drying time?
Thanks
I used the Tamiya two part Polyester putty. It comes with a large tube of putty and a small tube of accelerator. The directions call for equal lengths of each, but I make the acceleror lenght a bit shorter to give myself more time. You will get about 10 minutes working time. Put some on an area and wait a minute or two just to allow it to start drying a tad. Keeps it from ripping off when you drag the tool on it. I learned all this from Moses, who is the absolute master at zimm. My advice is practice on an old kit first…it takes a little trial and error.
http://www.ww2modelmaker.com/articlepub/zimmmb.htm
My mate Martin can help you out on this…check his How to Do
AJ
Since I started puting Zimmerit on my tanks way back in the early 1970’s, the only thing I had back then was Squadron Green Putty. Most of my older vehicles are Zimmed (we made up that word ourselves, didn’t we? [:p] ) with it. Here is what I do; I take a small blob of putty on a small spatula and smear it on the area to be covered, an area no larger than about 3 square inches at a time. I brush on some Testor’s liquid cement onto the blob before smoothing it onto the vehicle and before tooling it. Not so much that it gets runny, but just enough to keep it from cracking while tooling. Be sure to clean your Zim tool after each pass, in order to keep the pattern nice and neat.
Thanks for the help guys. Peridexion, I think I will try that one first.