Hey, quick question. I had a bit of a go at making weld beads for AFV’s last night using Tamiya 2 part epoxy putty.
Worked OK, but wasn’t easy. Firstly boy that stuff is sticky when mixed. Anyone got any tips to handling it and manipulating it? At the time I used Tamiya Lacquer Thinner to keep it ‘alive’ while working it and to stop it sticking to my fingers etc, but after a while the thinners gave me a headache so don’t want to do that again.
Would water work? Any pro tips welcome!!!
Water is the key - keep your rolling surfaces and tools wet .
I think their packaging is terrible.
Any chance to see the weld beads you came up with ? Its something I struggle to get right so usually avoid it
These would be mine - credit for technique belongs to a you tube video I found - I’ll try to find it and link it .
I would be very happy with those 
Same but went with Archer weld details but my stock will dry up at some point as they are now closed.
In the middle of watching the vid link above … its very good … Thanks for posting it Richard @RDT1953
Strange to not hear, the newer “Hello my friends” opening line.
Hi Johnny, photo below is my attempt. Front end of a sturmtiger. I duff’ed the build and needed to reinstate the seam (that was provided by RFM but I had mucked up). Firstly I carved out a 1mm wide groove, about 0.3mm deep. Then rolled some putty and laid into the groove to make the bead. I’m ok with the outcome… took a long time… but wasn’t ok with using the thinners! i’ll try water next time
Cheers Dave. I would be well happy with that. I think it looks really nice and even along the whole length …
Thanks Richard, just watched that Nightshift video. He makes it look so easy! But lots of useful stuff in there, cheers.
Nothing wrong with those - nice work !
