What Putty’s Are You Using?

[Whiterook]

Found my tube of Squadron Putty hard as a rock, after non-use for years! Can’t find my Milliput anywhere. Thinking on both, they were smelly and hard to use anyway!

What do you use, and how?

I was about to order some AK Interactive White Modeling Hard Putty in a 20ml tube that looked pretty good, but I thought I’d ask the folks here first 

[eaglecash867]

For filling gaps where I still want a visible line of an even depth, I use Apoxie Clay.  Its a two-part putty a lot like Milliput.  Water soluble/workable until it cures.  Just like Milliput, you can sculpt and fabricate modifications on your models.

Fabricated the steps on an Su-25M1 project with it, as well as the Ukrainian mods to the glareshield in the cockpit.









For filling seams where I don't want a visible line, I don't use putty.  For that I use Gorilla CA with the light blue cap that I buy at Walmart.  No putty, sand, repeat dance with that stuff...stays where you want it to stay and doesn't crack or continue sucking paint into it.

[stikpusher]

I use primarily gel CA glue or Tamiya White & Gray putties for gap & seam work. Or sometimes I used strip or rod styrene to blend in.

[deafpanzer]

I really like the one that I have been using for last 2-3 years and it doesn’t smell at all. And it is so easy to sand…


It is only $12 or $13 on Amazon.

[Whiterook]

Oct 22, 2023 21:43:24 GMT -5 deafpanzer said:

I really like the one that I have been using for last 2-3 years and it doesn’t smell at all. And it is so easy to sand…


It is only $12 or $13 on Amazon.

I just ordered some on Amazon… comes in a 40ml tube with a narrow dispenser nozzle tip 

[deafpanzer]

Perfect! My first tube was big then it became little dry and tough inside so my second tube is smaller so I think it will be better this time.

[tcoat]

For accessible seams I use a cheap brush on super glue from the dollar store. It takes some practice to hit the perfect point where it has set enough to sand but isn't rock hard. I like it because it adds strength as well as fills gaps. You need to be able to get to it with a sanding stick tough.

This is the stuff:


This seam is actually filled with it and is perfectly smooth even though you can still see the gap through the clear cement. 



Like Stick I use the Tamiya putties on things like sink marks or where extra sanding could do damage. 

[project510]

Oct 22, 2023 21:43:24 GMT -5 deafpanzer said:

I really like the one that I have been using for last 2-3 years and it doesn’t smell at all. And it is so easy to sand…


It is only $12 or $13 on Amazon.

Milliput for the larger stuff, Tamiya White for the small stuff. I might have to try this stuff. The Tamiya stuff is nice but it requires a lot of sanding and has a strong smell.

[Medicman71]

Oct 22, 2023 21:43:24 GMT -5 deafpanzer said:

I really like the one that I have been using for last 2-3 years and it doesn’t smell at all. And it is so easy to sand…


It is only $12 or $13 on Amazon.

I use the same!