Re: Leadville Designs Baggage/Express 1 in C&Sn3

Posted by Jim Courtney on Oct 30, 2023; 6:24pm
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/Leadville-Designs-Baggage-Express-1-in-C-Sn3-tp19129p19187.html

Hey Dave, thanks for the encouragement.

As to sanding the Dullcote between applications, I could've, maybe should've, but chose not to. In addition to sealing the wood, the layers of Dullcote, when dry, create a new surface on the wood that allows me to use MEK (sparingly) to attach styrene parts, like NBW for grab irons and the styrene build up of the bolsters, above. I figure that when everything's done, I can prime the model and then sand any imperfections prior to the green color coat.

As to the roof, Geoff Hamway has been providing moral support by email. Geoff recommended that I not fill the roof seams with the standard model building putty (Tamiya, Squadron, etc.) as he has had those products crack over time. He recommended that I try Milliput, instead.

Milliput is a UK product, popular with military figure modelers. It is a two-part epoxy putty. Not knowing anything about the stuff, I've watched some YouTube videos. I've learned that the stuff, after thoroughly mixed, can actually be thinned with isopropyl alcohol to a creamy consistency and applied with a small brush: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY8Acdi59M0&ab_channel=MarcoFrisoniNJM

As I need to try to fill all the little alligator clip bite marks on the roof, I thought it best to have an un-sanded layer of Dullcote to which to apply the thinned Milliput, so the alcohol doesn't get into the wood grain. I may be overthinking this. Anyways, I see lots of sanding of the roof in the future, after the seams are filled, before priming.