Advice on finishing resin kits

[Raza Crew]

Hey everybody, I have a bunch of kits on the workbench and was wondering if anybody here can pass on links to tutorials or advice on products/methods you use to have a pristine prop in the end?

Any help is greatly appreciated!

Geoff

 

[TheSt.LouisKid]

I remember way back when I got my first resin kit back around '85 and the shock of it not sticking together when using styrene cement. Back then if you wanted CA you went to the grocery store and bought Super Glue(the original Super Glue).

 

[exoray]

Soak and wash all parts in soapy dish water first to make sure all release or surface build up that is on the resin is gone... Rinse well...

Get yourself some Bondo, Squadron Putty, Milliput or whatever kind of filler putty you can find to fill in any gaps or imperfections...

CA glue as SLK said is probably going to be your best bet unless you want to use a 2 part epoxy...

After it's built my advice is a water based (like Krylon H20) primer, prime wet sand until smooth and then top coat... The reason I like water based primers is that they are less likely to react with different top coats...

 

[tim]

Soak and wash all parts in soapy dish water first to make sure all release or surface build up that is on the resin is gone... Rinse well...

Get yourself some Bondo, Squadron Putty, Milliput or whatever kind of filler putty you can find to fill in any gaps or imperfections...

CA glue as SLK said is probably going to be your best bet unless you want to use a 2 part epoxy...

After it's built my advice is a water based (like Krylon H20) primer, prime wet sand until smooth and then top coat... The reason I like water based primers is that they are less likely to react with different top coats...

Agree with all of this, which I've sort of stumbled upon from reading multiple sources and experimenting on my own.

I tend to like the Loctite two-part five-minute epoxy. The bond it makes is incredibly strong and the parts can be manipulated after about 8 hours. The only major substitution I've done is using spackling paste in place of putty; it can be had on the cheap from Home Depot or the equivalent and is easily sanded and worked.