What method do you guys use to apply putty? I use metal scultping tools but find I have little control.

Depends on the size of area I'm put on the putty.
Arm and waist gaps I use metal sculpting tools. If its a larger area I use a large tool and then my finger to get it worked in.

i use the back of the x-acto kinfe blade its nice an stright, and i put tape around where the putty will go then i will putty

In the most part of the cases I use Tamiya putty thinned with acetone and applied with an old brush. In this way I have 100% control on it!
Ciao

Hi godfather

What sort of filler do you mean?

My technique varies depending which filler I'm using...

All the best

Rowan

I use some dental tools used for tooth fillings and they re good for it. i ve also used my fingers which also works nice in bigger areas , i ve tried the flat back of a toothpick , that also works fine and some small plastic palette knives used for 2 part epoxy glues but didnt like them. But look around in the kitchen in the restaurants everywhere you can find something usefull that suits you !!!

Funny you should mention that. I had a serious job in filling in some places on the Revell Kit Hawker Typhoon. So Using Squadons White Putty, And in most cases a tooth pick, and
Tape (outside the edges of the area to be filled) I filed in the cracks. But in some cases I simply put some on a finger and gently spread along the affected area over lapping the taped off area. But not too much ! Anyway it works pretty nicely. Of course after it dries. I apply
some nail polish remover( Regular / Cutex ) with a Q-tip swab, Running it back and forth across the dried putty until it blends in with the area that has been effected. Pretty cool, and it works very nicely.

Toothpicks work nice. They can be carved to any shap you need.

:-) I have a dental tool which is like a mini spatula, I use it all the time. If there is detail close by then I lay down tape either side of the area to be puttied, apply the putty, sparingly. Remove the tape (which removes the excess putty as well), then lay down more tape, before sanding. Works every time :-)
Mal

I have used many different types of putty depending on the job that is at hand, I use tamiya with a piont cap for small gaps, sometimes testor red putty these putty are a liquid based. Larger I use squadron white putty but only when I fill large gaps or corners it's not really that workable this is a contour putty very thick.. Tools I use; paper clips, or x-acto knife or scuplting tools depends on huge of a area I am working with.Painting the putty is a different story.

What can I thin Squadrons White Putty with???

As an applicator, I use old paint brushes (the width depends on how large the gaps are). I do not throw away my brushes when they are no longer suited for painting.

Naturally, I thin the putty sufficiently before I apply it.

Ron

What Mal said.

I use a small triangle spatula that I got @ the local ceramics shop. It's about the size of an
#2 Xacto blade and about .005 thick. It's very flexable and comes to a rounded tip about an
1/8 " . Kinda like a masons trile.

For hairline cracks I use Squadron "green" applied with a #16 Xactor blade thinned with Testor's plastic cement (bottle with brush applicator). For thicker gaps I mask both sides of the crack, use the "white" putty & smooth out with nail polish remover. For really big gaps in figures, I just use some Milliput and smooth out with some water.

I've used toothpicks, dental tools, fingers--and some really cool oddball tools made from those big tongue depressers. They can be cut & shaped with sandpaper and Dremel tool into a lot of interesting shapes and sizes to accomodate most any job.
--daredevil