Putty Battle

[Supertom]

Hey guys,

Which is a finer putty, Squadron Green or Squadron White? The attachment points for the exhaust nozzles on my F-18 got rounded off (long story) and I need to recoutour that area before I paint those rings aluminum.

I'd prefer something with a minimum of sanding. The idea is to put a small dab of the stuff on, and then use a blade to contour the area (for lack of a better description) to shape it, then some very light sanding to get the rough edges away.

Thanks in advance!

[Old72s]

Bondo spot-glazing putty (available at any auto parts store) or Tamiya.

Squadron Green is horrible (no matter how sweet it may smell ) -- it binds plastic very poorly and dries pitted. I recall reading that White is a finer putty but again, if it's toluene-based it won't bind the styrene well.

[Paul T]

If you had & or could get ,Aves Fixit Epoxy putty. Great stuff for just that type of fx and for filling large gaps.It`s a two part putty,bonds to styrene ,dries in 8 hours or so,dries rock hard and sands nicely.It also shrinks very,very little (almost none)

Paul T

[karlwb]

I'm using Squadron White at the moment, I used to use Humbrol Filler until it went out of production ( temporarily i've been told..... ).

The White seems ok; it's a bit gritty but it's easier to use than two-part Miliput, it dries quicker that the Humbrol filler used to and it does stay attached to the plastic as well as the Humbrol used to.

I've got Squadron Green and Revell Plasto but I've not used either.

[urloony]

Wow that's like asking which do you want more a '71 Pinto or an '85 Yugo.

[karlwb]

Err - is a '71 Pinto any good?

Karl

ps

My '74 Hilman Avenger was great

[MikeV]

The white is smoother than the green.

Mike

[The_Animal]

Err - is a '71 Pinto any good?

Karl

ps

My '74 Hilman Avenger was great

It explodes.

[The Keeper]

I'd prefer something with a minimum of sanding. The idea is to put a small dab of the stuff on, and then use a blade to contour the area (for lack of a better description) to shape it, then some very light sanding to get the rough edges away.

As reports stated, Squander White is finer than the Squander Green. I haven't used White yet, I usually mix the Green about 60/40 with Testors liquid glue and that gives you a substance that's quite malleable and sticks well to plastic. It should cooperate well with the technique you described.

hth