1/16 Scale Cat

I got a heng long tank off ebay for £30 its amazing, untill when takeing it through the peble pit then it got a chip from a willy jeep driveing past it smashing all the pebles into it. Now it has a chip on the body and a crack. Now i want to fill it in and re paint it, what should i use? i want to spend max £5 on it.

bananapirate

bondo, contour putty, miliput(?), etc.

four slot

Before you apply body filler use some CA glue (krazy Glue or what ever you call it in England) in the crack and in some cases the glue could be used as filler as well, then you treat it like any time you would glue plastic together, filler, sand smooth and then prime and then paint. Easy stuff.

torpedochief

A technique I have used for cracks is to drill each side of the crack to keep it from getting bigger.

Then I use a#11 blade to scape the sides of the crack into a V shape. Then apply a bead of CA and sprinkle that with some baking soda. Repeat as needed, then sand and finish.

Hope that helps!

Don

four slot

I have never heard of using baking soda acts as a filler does it? The drilling ofa hole makeassense. You could also usesolvent cement that will weld the plastic together an then CA and baking soda.

YHR

Baking Soda and CA instantly creates a hard strong sandable bond. It works great.

1/16 Scale Cat

Okay, Thank you verry much. Now off to Tesco for bakeing soda and i must find where they sell ca glue!

pcsguy88

I'm going to have to try this baking soda concoction on my Panther.

olivers

ca glue is superglue, cyanoacrylate off the top of my head.

Panther G

They do sell varying thicknesses of CA glue so sometimes the thick CA works well.