Seams

[guiwee]

Hey guys what is the best way to fill seaams such as putting brake calipers together or any other seam?

[Foxer]

There are many things different people use to fill seams. I prefer good old body putty. Some type of 2 part, fine automotive putty is best as it doesn't shrink. For just a seam I'd be using just a fine one-part auto putty out of the tube.

I wouldn't expect a seam in a brake caliper to be hardly visible. Maybe this is something larger than 1/25th scale. The first thing I'd do is run the mating edges on sandpaper laying flat on the table to square up the surfaces. Sometimes just a good match and plastic glue will make a seam disappear after a little final sanding.

[guiwee]

Look at the brake cooling ducts..how would you deal with that?

[SSNJim]

Look at the brake cooling ducts..how would you deal with that?

I'd leave them be if they are molded ABS on the prototype, which is what they seem to be replicating. I would guess that few manufacturers/fabricators would take the time to smooth out the seams of a molded part to the quality we expect on a model.

Sometimes seams are OK...

Otherwise, I usually use a one part putty if it is a small part. Careful fitting, gluing and filing/sanding can hide a seam also.

[Harry P.]

I'd leave them be if they are molded ABS on the prototype, which is what they seem to be replicating. I would guess that few manufacturers/fabricators would take the time to smooth out the seams of a molded part to the quality we expect on a model.

Sometimes seams are OK...

Otherwise, I usually use a one part putty if it is a small part. Careful fitting, gluing and filing/sanding can hide a seam also.

Jim is right... sometimes the 1:1 part has a seam. Those ducts would probably be molded plastic in real life, just as they are in the model... so the real thing would have a mold seam.