aurfalien Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 (edited) Hi,While I wait for another Dino 206 for its body to replace my warped one, I started work on my long term project.I'm at a cross roads and am wondering how the community would widen quarter panels.Would you make several cuts in parallel and widen each only a small amount?Or would you simply graft a quarter panel while doing mass amounts of putty to smoothen out?I had tride the first while only making 1 cut, trying to widen it alone and cracked the plastic during the widening attempt.So I though instead to make several cuts in parallel and widen each cut only slightly. I'me looking to widen by about *1/4 over original.Thanks in advance.* Correction, 1/4 and not 1/3. Edited August 25, 2015 by aurfalien Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 Here's one way, on my 1/12 240Z convertible. There are some other ways to do it, depending on how wide you want to go, and several guys on here have shown their methods. Hopefully they'll chime in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aurfalien Posted August 25, 2015 Author Share Posted August 25, 2015 Oh wow cool. Thanks for the reply, über appreciate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aurfalien Posted August 28, 2015 Author Share Posted August 28, 2015 (edited) I'm curious, in terms of the 1 piece Bondo, do you apply with your fingers? I'm finding that I can't apply it perfectly unless with my fingers. I know this fromage is toxic as hell. Curious how you deal with it. I've 2 of those putty type spatulas as well. Pictured are both for referefance; Edited August 28, 2015 by aurfalien Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobthehobbyguy Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 (edited) I use a business card as a squeegee. Makes it easy to get thin coats. Edited August 28, 2015 by bobthehobbyguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afx Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Lots of different ways to create flairs. Here is a link to how I did it on a Porsche 914/6GT. I used regular Tamiya putty for blending and spread it with my finger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aurfalien Posted August 28, 2015 Author Share Posted August 28, 2015 Wow killer buld thread afx, thanks for the post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aurfalien Posted August 28, 2015 Author Share Posted August 28, 2015 I use a business card as a squeegee. Makes it easy to get thin coats.Hey, this worked pretty darn well, thanks man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobthehobbyguy Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Glad to help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 (edited) Old credit cards (cut up) work even better. You can even cut custom shapes or curves that will make building character lines, etc. MUCH easier. The little plastic clip-tabs that bread wrappers are sometimes sealed with work well for one or two uses, too. Edited August 29, 2015 by Ace-Garageguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aurfalien Posted August 29, 2015 Author Share Posted August 29, 2015 Old credit cards (cut up) work even better. You can even cut custom shapes or curves that will make building character lines, etc. MUCH easier. The little plastic clip-tabs that bread wrappers are sometimes sealed with work well for one or two uses, too. You know, I was in the middle of shaping and old Vons Club card of mine for just such a purpose. Thanks man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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