Yep, shaved it off at the request of the Girlfriend. I figured I don't look at myself that much, but she looks at me all the time. So.......
Hello kitty.....I don't know if it will be worth anything in the future, but I think it is funny. Just how many people have a Hello Kitty sitting on the loo nodding her head?
The conclusion video will be up this weekend. I have a surprise in store sometime soon (A new video). Right now is a crazy week at work and I am finding it hard to keep up with everything. But I should find time for it on Tuesday.
I have heard of milliput, but don't want to give it a try. I have read too many post that it is inferior to Aves.
Now for something from YouTube. One of my subscribers sent this:
AVES is excellent for some types of filling, but isn´t good for use as a regular filler. It´s too hard and you will end sanding too deep in the plastic before sanding the aves.
The best way to apply Bondo type filers is with a spatula type instrument, I often use and old x-acto knife.
Solvent type fillers like Bondo and Squadron, has the tendency to shrink when you cover them with a layer of solvent base primer for the firsts layers. This is why you should include your primer in your filling process.
The silver paint is good to show the imperfections. However, IMHO it brings more problems to the equation.
First, you are applying the paint with a brush, so you are adding brush marks to the model.
Second, the silver paint is a "weak" paint, and if you have to mask the model, you possibly will be end pulling the top layers of paint.
You can get the exact same result by airbrushing a thin layer of primer instead of the silver paint.
It's pretty easy to decant the primer from the can, for use in the airbrush. On internet there is a gazillion tutorials.
And here is my response:
Most of what I was doing was for the sake of the video. I wanted to show different methods, and compare and contrast them in one video.
So while I do use aves quite a bit, you will see in the next real build video that it is not what I do to finish up the model. Your points are correct. It is harder than the plastic, and if you don't get it in place correctly, it causes more problems than it fixes.
Like you I usually use an old x-acto knife for bondo type fillers. I don't know what I used in the video. I will have to watch it again and find out.
I did find some shrinkage with the squadrons after I applied a primer to it. That shrinkage was not there before the primer was applied. It puzzled me for a bit, thank you for telling me why.
I do quite often sand smooth the silver paint before a primer is applied. So no brush strokes appear. I use it to see what is going on because it is convenient. Grab the silver paint, brush it on and within seconds I see the problem. Since it is Tamiya, it dries pretty fast and I can get back to work. Sanding and fixing mistakes. The problem with using a primer is that I will have to wait for the primer to dry before I can get back to work, it might be 24 hours before I can get back to it.
I do know how to decant the primer, and I recently found out how to thin Mr. Surfacer for the air brush. So that is a future option as well.
Yes the silver is a weak paint. I used it on my resin model, of the Bakiri cruiser. It will have to be removed before primer is applied. It might not stick to the model very well, but then again it might. I have recently learned that Tamiya paints are a hybrid paint. Something between an acrylic and a Lacquer paint. You can thin it with Lacquer thinner. Since it has that lacquer base, it will bite into a styrene model a bit better than other paints do.
I don't know if that applies to resin though.
Thank you for the email, I am going to share a few parts of it in the next video.
Comments are welcome!
