raised panel line repair ?

[Guest]

I need to recreate a raised panel line that unfortunately was accidentally sanded off the wing surface on a model I am currently building. I am toying with the idea of carefully taping down a bristle from a horsehair brush onto the surface and then applying a thin coat of Future over the bristle and wing surface. After its dry I am hoping the acrylic will adequately adhere the bristle down onto the wing surface. I then plan on carefully trimming off the excess bristle ends with a sharp hobby knife and finally finishing the futured surface by airbrushing with an oil based enamel.

Has anyone ever attempted doing something like this? Does this sound doable? And finally,

does anyone have any comments or other approaches that can help me in solving my problem?

Thanks in advance!

Tom

[Gern]

Hi Tom,

I've seen someone do something very similar using stretched sprue and/or thin wire. I think you might need something a little stronger to hold your bristle in place. Perhaps you could just put a spot of glue onto a cloth and wipe it over the bristle to give you a very thin film?

Gern

[yak face]

hi tom , as gern says stretched sprue will work. i know because ive done it on my 1/32 revell beaufighter.This being an early seventies kit with raised panel lines ,it unavoidably lost a few during sanding of the seams . Im not that committed that i would rescribe a whole plane (especially not one the size of this bugger!) so i just recreated the raised lines by using stretched sprue of the right thickness attached with thin liquid cement using a capillary action. Once i had restored all the panel lines i gave the whole thing a light sanding so they were only just noticeable. I think it worked ok ,i was happy with it and thats whats important , if youre happy with it thats all that counts . ps the beau is in my gallery if you want to see how it came out. hope this helps .cheers tony

[stona]

I'd second Tony. The advantage of stretched sprue is that you can sand it in.