Dealing with the dreaded fuselage seam

[wonwinglo]

Snow flake,yes Snow flake the best seam filler ever,build up oversize and then use wet and dry better than Squadron putty even,you can push it into the seam with the brush supplied easily and it sets quickly too and will feather in nicely.

[Guest]

Jakko its mainly re scribing is the pain!

Ah, OK, now I understand Your question gave me the impression you were asking for tips on how to remove the seam, rather than how to rescribe panel lines that go missing after removing the seam. I generally cut them with a knife, making a V-shaped cut where the panel line used to be.

[BattleshipBob]

Many thanks Tim, cracking advice chaps!!

Bit of both Jakko, no seams and very little filling on a tank!

[rtfoe]

Hi Bob, for curved fuselages I would use an etched metal saw to repair the sanded engraved line. These saw blades come in different shapes straight, curved or rounded. They are thin enough to engrave lines.

Cheers,
Richard

[Si Benson]

Take a large cauldron, add three eye of newt, wing of bat, toe of frog, bay leaf and season to taste.....say the magic words ‘all hail the carpet monster’. Your model will now be perfect, enjoy the results with a pot noodle:smiling4:

[BattleshipBob]

Good idea Richard! Found a Tamiya set

Si, will use a large saucepan, will it clean ok otherwise i'll be wearing it or it will be inserted somewhere lol

[Tim Marlow]

Si mate, why would Bob need another pot noodle when you have already told him to add all the correct ingredients to the caldron to make one??

[BattleshipBob]

Do not look or read just add the old boiling water, stir and that terrible wait!

[Tim Marlow]

Something I forgot Bob, when sanding across the seam to even out any filler, don’t work at a ninety degree angle to the seam, work at a 45 degree angle. This will reduce the chances of turning the fuselage into a threepenny bit....

[BattleshipBob]

Thanks Tim, had forgotten about the seam, got pot noodles on the brain !!!!!

[Tim Marlow]

Better flavour on the brain than on the tongue....

[stillp]

Something I forgot Bob, when sanding across the seam to even out any filler, don’t work at a ninety degree angle to the seam, work at a 45 degree angle. This will reduce the chances of turning the fuselage into a threepenny bit....

I would add, when changing to a finer grit, work at 90 degrees to the previous grit, so you can see when the scratches have disappeared.
Pete

[BattleshipBob]

Thanks, sounds like a major task lol. Never had this problem with a tank :tongue-out3:

[Tim Marlow]

Hi Bob
It all gets very intuitive very quickly LOL.....nice tip from Peter as well....