Just Curious....

[AeroplaneDriver]

PSR?

Putty, Sand, Repeat

[Shasper]

Mossie, unfortunate for me, ALL of my projects involve A TON of putty, so getting it to where it 'looks' perfect is never obtainable.

Shas B)

[Brian da Basher]

Here's another vote for (or against) detailing cockpits. Argh I hate veen building them...most of my 'pits are mere black holes, which you can get away with in 1/72 or smaller, especially if your build ends up as part of the ceiling fleet.

And are there any more dreaded initials in all of modeldom than PSR?

Brian da Basher

[Excalibur]

Here's another vote for (or against) detailing cockpits. Argh I hate veen building them...most of my 'pits are mere black holes, which you can get away with in 1/72 or smaller, especially if your build ends up as part of the ceiling fleet.

And are there any more dreaded initials in all of modeldom than PSR?

Brian da Basher

I'm feeling so much better for not bothering much with cockpits... thought I was some sort of slacker....(well...)

[BlackOps]

For me I hate PSR, mostly because thats the most time consuming part, that's  where I lose momentum and tend to lose interest.  :zzz:

I'm also not real fond of un-glueing my fingers, glueing them seems to be easy  :dum:  

I like doing the painting and decals because for me that's when it really comes to life.    

[dragon]

The cockpit solution is simple-really.  Just put a pilot figure in it.  The pilot figure will obscure most of the switches, knobs, and dials anyway.  The pilot becomes the center of attention.  Now if you use one of those Hasegawa USAF pilots in 1/72 with those big visors, there won't be that much detailing in the pilot either. B)  

[Archibald]

PSR?

Putty, Sand, Repeat

I've just discover the method... and I like it!    

[upnorth]

I'm one more who has a great disdain for filling gaps, but I think its more to do with putty than anything.

I found if I spent more time in the dry fitting and adjustment stage (which I don't actually mind) then my filling chores were much reduced.

I figure if you can see the gap before you commit glue to the joint, then its far easier to glue a strip of styrene stock to a part's mating surface before puting things together than trying to force putty between them later.

I think my main gripe with the old PSR method was more in restoring lost details after.

[Mossie]

Mossie, unfortunate for me, ALL of my projects involve A TON of putty, so getting it to where it 'looks' perfect is never obtainable.

Shas B)

I know how you feel Shas.  I've got a half finished Bf-109 racer that has ended up taking several hundredweight of Milliput.  First I rehsaped the nose, then I decided to shorten the fuselage, but despite dry fitting it doesn't look like I've done anything now I've got the putty on!

I found a technique for seam filling on the web (can't remember where now) called 'fencing'.  You take thin strips of masking tape (decorators stuff will do, rather than waste your precious Tamiya tape) & place them about 2-3mm from either side of the seam ('fencing' off the seam).  If you want, you can place a second strip over the top for repeated applications.  Then work it in with the tool of you choice.  This method prevents you losing detail & saves time because you're getting less putty on the model itself.  The application of the tape itself is a chore, but I find it saves time overall.  Any improvement to PSR is worth it!

Theres also a method that I spotted in SAMI that I've yet to try for highlighting missed spots.  Rather then undercoating your model several times, use a silver marker on the areas you've filled.  Apparently this shows up blemishes well & saves time & paint undercoating.

[Dork the kit slayer]

Masking or painting  canopies.

.....and taking photos of the completed model to find decal silvering after the last coat of varnish is dry........................why does the light never show silvering BEFORE.  
 

[B777LR]

Mistakes. I hate mistakes! I also hate interiors. You get obsessed with painting a damn spitfire panel perfectly, and you will never be able to see it!

[nev]

Putty-sand-mask canopy-prime-repeat  

95% of my stalled builds lose airspeed once the main construction is complete.  It usually takes a real effort to get me over that hump.  Once there, the rest of the model usually proceeds swiftly


Favourite part is decalling, as that is where models come to life for me, followed by cockpit painting and main construction  

[F-32]

Its sanding for me, bloody hate it  

[NARSES2]

Masking canopies    

[JC Carbonel]

masking is not fun so I try to hand-paint ... the part I cannot avoid is painting / sanding etc... wheels. You have them everywhere except on subs (and then ...my subs could have wheels!!) and it is boring to sand these pesky tires , paint in circle etc.... Pz IV are really hate-job but they have so many odd vehicles bzsed on Pz IV you can avoid them ...
(and my favorite : the Panther , is not much better)

JCC