David,
Is this a newer paint that you are using? What made you move to this brand (other than it works)?
Moebius Skipjack
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Accept no substitutes!
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Apply filler, sand, apply cloth/epoxy, sand, apply epoxy, sand, apply glazing putty, sand, apply glazing putty again, sand. That's what I've been doing the last few days.
The filler and epoxy has eliminated the ridge between sections and now as expected have to deal with ridge between the epoxy and polystyrene. These differences are not noticeable in the pictures but they are there. Smoothing this out is accomplished with glazing putty and sanding and feathering. Once sanding is done I expect to see bands of glazing on either side of the hull seam.
The gaps in the corners where the upper and lower sections meet were also eliminated. See previous pictures.
Arrows are about where most of the glazing putty will end up.
More sanding to do here. Two of those openings were covered up, will open those up again.
Anxious to get this over with and get on to other more interesting mechanical bits.Leave a comment:
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Thanks Tom, will check into it. Yea would like to hear from David.
In the meantime feathering the first coat of epoxy. I added gray colorant but it came out translucent. The one thing I dislike most about model building... sanding.
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Ken,
Take a look at Revell’s suggestions: https://downloads.revell.de/Manuals-Modelkits/05119.pdf
David can speak to the accuracy of any of it.Leave a comment:
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.74 ounce-per-square-yard fiberglass cloth. 0.73 oz Style 106 Fiberglass Cloth with Volan Finish - Fiberglass Cloth Supply and Education (thayercraft.com)
Light weight stuff. Sanding will feather edge the transition from cloth laminate and polystyrene surface. That fairing is also the job of putty and primer.
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I have not worked with angel hair before, this stuff?
https://www.google.com/aclk?sa=L&ai=...gQIHBA9&adurl=
Wouldn’t a coat of epoxy create quite a ridge and be difficult to fair where it ends?Last edited by Ken_NJ; 02-08-2021, 03:42 PM.Leave a comment:
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Use CA and baking soda to fill the radial and longitudinal gaps. Overlay the glass here too.
Sand, another coat of thinned epoxy resin (cut it with lacquer thinner), and sand. Prime, and carry on.
Finish that damned boat, then drive it like a rental!
DavidLast edited by He Who Shall Not Be Named; 02-08-2021, 03:25 PM.Leave a comment:
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Some issues. The lower hull sections are off. All I can think of is sand away some of the high side and use filler on the low side. Thoughts about this?
Starboard side, have a gap between the upper and lower section in the corner. The lower section is on top in this picture. I’m working on the radial gap by cutting the gap to equal width then filling with styrene.
This is the port side. Same gaps in the corner between upper and lower sections.
The upper topside hull sections are not as bad as the lower hull. This is the glazing putty I have on hand. Should I use this as filler?
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