Weld Bead Try

[ismaelg]

Hello,

Jairus' tip on the mag about the weld bead made me try it. Here is my first try. The idea is to make it look not that good, like a home made job. The surroundings were damaged so they need to be sanded and fixed. I used both liquid cement and some thinner with a brush. Next time, the surroundings could be taped for protection.

Thanks,

[Brendan]

Not bad for your first attempt.

Another way that I've done welds is to use Milliput and make a snake out of it and lay it on the seam. Then I take a toothpick and make slashes into the snake shape. Then it can be rounded over to look like a bead weld. I usually use water on my finger and blend it into the seam. It seems to work pretty good.

[Jairus]

Very convincing!

[jbwelda]

i think that battered look you sound like you want to fix should stay. it really makes it look like distressed metal. you probably did in plastic what one really does in metal to do that weld there, and all those marks there look like the tool marks they probably are!

anyway it looks great but personally i would think about keeping the beat look as it is...

[Robert81]

Looks good. I would recommend that you have a strip of bare metal on either side of the weld. Weld does not stick to paint very well, but I have seen "weld through primer" before but never tried it myself. Or paint over it.

[Mikey#56]

Maybe not a strip of BMF. One edge would have too straight look to it. Maybe taking some chrome paint a 10-0 brush and painting a very fine line between the "weld" and the surrouonding metal. if you leave a few brush marks (letting the color show) this would duplicate the "swirl" marks from using a disc grinder on the metal just prior to welding. I've done this painting style before and it looks good, but I haven't tried the "welding" bead like this! Any chance of a "how to" explination? I'd love to duplicate this on a few of the stock car models (I love NASCAR, but I try and build short track form where we race weekly).

[ismaelg]

Any chance of a "how to" explination? I'd love to duplicate this on a few of the stock car models

I tried this after I saw the tip in the October issue of Model Cars Magazine. Jairus wrote a very good quick how to on this.

Thanks,

[Robert81]

Maybe not a strip of BMF.

I must make a correction, as there seems to be some misunderstanding. I would not use BMF but some metallizer paint To represent bare metal about a scale inch on both sides of the weld.

I might add that some of us do not have access to MCM other than through this forum. I know I don't, but still enjoy this site very much, thank you.

Edited December 22, 2007 by Robert81

[Semi Trailer Mechanic]

What's goin' on...

Not bad . The excessive convex bead shows an amature stick welder whose travel is too slow allowing the weld to build up.

Edited December 27, 2007 by Semi Trailer Mechanic