What kind of putty and what kind of sand paper? Could you give me an idea of what you look for when you sand and why? My kitbashing is nowhere near as smooth as yours and I would like to know how you get that nice finish without sanding away all the details.
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I use several different kinds of putty . For large areas and sculpting I use two part epoxy putty. Specifically I use Loctite repair putty as you can smooth it with water.
For smaller areas I use Bondo glazing and spot putty. Both of these can be bought at hardware stores, Wal mart, or auto parts stores.
From hobby shops I get both Testors white putty and Squadron green. Each of these has different size openings and the Testors is small enough to to use neat plastic glue tips to get really small crevices.
For sanding I use wet or dry sandpaper cut to shape and wrapped around various shaped objects to get into different contours.
I also have pretty much every shaped file evar.
Here is stuff
Puttys
Files and such
Sanding shapes and sticks
Here are closeups of areas on the model that need more work
As you can see it is now primered. I will resand with 320 grit paper (wet, always wet) and then re prime.
Primer is very important as it will show you flaws you can not see without a uniform color.
I use auto primer as it gives a better finish than hobby stuff.
I will sand and take more closeups then prime and take the same pics over so you can see the process.
I know it's been a few days but I just want to say that this is an awesome model. A most impressive kitbash!
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