It seems like all I do is sand and fill lately. Part of me thinks this is a hilarious amount of time to spend on $2.50 worth of plastic. Part of me feels like I’m learning some new ways to do things I’ve not done before. Part of me feels like this model will be pretty decent when it’s done. Part of me feels like it’s never going to end.

I did a fair amount of that fill, sand, scribe, polish, drill, and fill again. I’ve been using mostly Mr. Dissolved Putty to do this work, but have tested things like some different super glues and zap a gap kind of stuff. I can honestly say, I don’t have the hang of it.

My understanding is that super glue fillers are supposed to partially set and then be sanded before fully set or you’ll sand off the softer plastic instead of the harder, fully-set super glue. Mission accomplished. I’ve managed to do that several times and been more unhappy when the partial super glue is sanded. Just seems to smear everywhere. Clearly not my thing.

Mr. Hobby Mr. Dissolved Putty is my thing and way better than old Testors putty. It’s been thinned with something like model glue and tends to spread into cracks and surfaces more than it doesn’t. It dries fairly quickly (20 minutes), and is ready to sand at a softer / faster rate than the surrounding plastic. It’s the one that’s reliably working for me. I’ll trade speed for control gladly.

That said, I feel like I’m just about there and ready to test with a primer coat soon to see how it’s actually going. Very hard to see exactly how well things are filling with a dark plastic and white putty filler.