A while back I picked up a tube of Tamiya white putty at HL, having been a little frustrated about a couple aspects of working with Bondo Spot and Glazing putty. I figured Tamiya makes good stuff in general, should be good.
In my first experience with it, I found it to be rather hard to sand, certainly compared to Bondo. Now, I have a white primed rocket that has a few gaps needing to be filled, and I'm trying to decide whether to give the Tamiya another go, or just use the Bondo already, or something else entirely.
If I use the Bondo I'll certainly need at least another coat of primer to cover the red, whereas that wouldn't be needed with the Tamiya (small consideration, to be sure, but it's one of my beefs with Bondo: the deep red color).
The gaps are in fillet-like locations, kind of hard to describe but generally straight joints about 2" long. I'm awfully tempted to try to lay the Tamiya in and draw it like a fillet, but I have no idea if I can really do that. If it needs a ton of sanding when Im done Ill be at risk of over-sanding the surrounding balsa.
Has anyone used the Tamiya white, and have any good recommendations how to best use it? I want it to work for me, but I really just don't have a proper feel for what it can do.
Are there other putties which are perhaps easier to sand, or should I just stay with the Bondo? I hear about the Squadron putties, but I don't know how all the different ones compare to each other.
In my first experience with it, I found it to be rather hard to sand, certainly compared to Bondo. Now, I have a white primed rocket that has a few gaps needing to be filled, and I'm trying to decide whether to give the Tamiya another go, or just use the Bondo already, or something else entirely.
If I use the Bondo I'll certainly need at least another coat of primer to cover the red, whereas that wouldn't be needed with the Tamiya (small consideration, to be sure, but it's one of my beefs with Bondo: the deep red color).
The gaps are in fillet-like locations, kind of hard to describe but generally straight joints about 2" long. I'm awfully tempted to try to lay the Tamiya in and draw it like a fillet, but I have no idea if I can really do that. If it needs a ton of sanding when Im done Ill be at risk of over-sanding the surrounding balsa.
Has anyone used the Tamiya white, and have any good recommendations how to best use it? I want it to work for me, but I really just don't have a proper feel for what it can do.
Are there other putties which are perhaps easier to sand, or should I just stay with the Bondo? I hear about the Squadron putties, but I don't know how all the different ones compare to each other.
