Stuart's Builds - Tornado Finished - almost.

[Stuart]

Hey Stuart, If you really get down to it—PPP and wet Q-tips to smooth it prior to setting is perfect for small gaps, and Milliput is perfect for holding larger sections. I also will follow up once the putty hardens with a bead of superglue which is a trick of my Dad’s as well. This smooths the seam out as the glue self-levels. My Dad would apply SG with a thin new plastic tip. Anyway—I am psyched to see your work, dude! This project is super!

Thanks Bruce! PPP and wet q-tips are my go to for small gaps. I tend to use Revell basic putty for steps and sink marks etc. I've only tried milliput once. I need to play with it more - the one time I used it it was very hard and unworkable - probably down to my mixing.

[jeaton01]

Milliput gets hard with age, that's why I use Epoxysculpt. It ages but not nearly so fast.

[cbaltrin]

Let the sanding begin... (one of these days I must build a more modern Tornado kit that doesn't require three tons of filler...)



Cheers!

Holy Putty Batman! Looking good !

[cbaltrin]

Milliput gets hard with age, that's why I use Epoxysculpt. It ages but not nearly so fast.

Yea, not sure what goes bad first, Milliput or Maskol?
I bought Milliput once...

[Gary Brantley]

Stuart, that's some great progress on a cool airplane! I've always admired the Tornados; the first time I heard of the type was while reading Tom Clancy's "Red Storm Rising". Keep up the great work, it's really rocking!

[Stikpusher]

Did you ever read Sir John Hackett’s late 1970’s speculative fiction work, “The Third World War”? I remember reading about Tornados in that book several years before Red Storm Rising was published. The first chapter of Hackett’s book is a series of Day One first person experience scenarios, including a Luftwaffe Tornado pilot. I don’t recall if that was the first time that I had read of the type though, as I was big into reading all sorts of then current defense publications that I could get my hands on. I still have the Armed Forces Journal 1983 edition of the Soviet Threat issue.

Now Stuart, go get that putty cleaned up!

[Gary Brantley]

Yes, of course it was Hackett's book where I read it first. Damn this old age! I checked "TheThird World War" out of our city library back then. And yes, that was years before RSR. In fact, a few years ago, I found Hackett's book in an antique mall and bought that copy. I really should be back and read both books again. Thanks Carlos for squaring me up!

[speedgraflex]

Milliput gets hard with age, that's why I use Epoxysculpt. It ages but not nearly so fast.

Shelf life of 2 years. I use it often enough that this isn’t a problem for me.

Advantages as I see them are—smoothing with water, faster hardening time, low to no odor.

Full details here, if you are interested:

https://davidneat.wordpress.com/tag/mil ... helf-life/

[speedgraflex]

Milliput gets hard with age, that's why I use Epoxysculpt. It ages but not nearly so fast.

Yea, not sure what goes bad first, Milliput or Maskol?
I bought Milliput once...

To each his own; I have purchased many boxes of Milliput over the past years.

[Stikpusher]

Milliput gets hard with age, that's why I use Epoxysculpt. It ages but not nearly so fast.

Shelf life of 2 years. I use it often enough that this isn’t a problem for me.

Advantages as I see them are—smoothing with water, faster hardening time, low to no odor.

Full details here, if you are interested:

https://davidneat.wordpress.com/tag/mil ... helf-life/

I tended to get a year or two more out of my tubes of Squadron putty. So far Tamiya has also given me a bit longer shelf life as well. But I would like to give it a try sometime since Hobby Lobby carries the stuff and it’s decently priced there.