fixing deep scratch

Hi guys as usual when i go near a nicely painted body with the scalpel blade i slip and put a bloody deep scratch in it about 2mm long and down to the primer in a spot on the bonnet, so i was just after some suggestions for fixing this, i'm thinking of a gentle touch up with a brush then blend in with tamiya polish but someone else might have a better idea. its a 99 sub painted in mica blue and i'm really pissed off about it cause it was a really nice paint job. regards Bob :crying:

Man thats a tough one. I would gently fill he scratch with a little spot putty and work it smooth and then touch up the paint, I assume that the mica is a metallic type paint? In that case you will have a hard time matching it , you might consider masking the whole panel and respraying that area.
Good luck.

litle sandpaper to remove the scratch, then you need to repaint (tutchup if it's not in a place you really see it, if it's on the hood or top, then you will need to repaint

May I suggest you fill the scratch, smooth and apply a cf decal to the whole area or depending where the mark is a sponsor decal or similar, Being metalic even if you respray the whole bonnet it wont match shadewise, trust me ive been there and done that. Post pics to let us see what you decide :smile:

Thanks guys for the sugestions I rekon as its just taken the paint off i'll retouch with some paint taken from can then try my best at blending it back in then if thats no good put a small decall over it as its just behind hood scoop near windscreen, the funny thing is i had just done all the window sills without drama and was masking off the area where the wipers go and had about 2mm to cut and the bloody knife slipped, one day i will finnish a model without damaging the paint work, next time i might tackle it a different way like freehand as i probably would have got the same result without the scratch. Regards Bob. :cool:

Bob,

I know the feeling. I have a very bad track record for messing things up right at the end. Kinda a curse, I guess :uhoh:

When I'm so close to finishing, I rarely want to go back and re-do anything that takes alot of work. I made a similar gouge in a car and fixed it up be just lightly filling with putty and then spot touching it up with paint. If you're careful, you can blend it in and polish it out fairly good, but you'll always know it's there unless you repaint the whole thing (metalic paint just wouldn't work). The suggestion about putting a decal over it is a really good one. That's what I'd do.

Murray