Putty Substitute

Hi everyone! I'm a newbie and on a tight budget. Anyone knows what I can substitue for Tamiya Basic Putty? I see a lot of plumbing putty in the hardware stores but I'm hesitant to buy since they might ruin my model.

You can use polyester putty for real car. It's not very expensive & it's very hard.

Tamiya Basic Putty is what- $3.50 USD for a tube? Do yourself a favor. Use the real stuff. Sure, you could use something else- plumbers putty, plaster, I'd bet toothpaste could be made to work- but really, this is no place to try to save $0.75. You're going to make yourself miserable. Spending a little extra money to by the proper tools/materials for the job at hand is ALWAYS worth it.

You can use Testor's contour putty or squadron green putty instead of Tamiya basic putty, but I'm not sure how much you can save in your area. (FYI, they're all solvent based putty used for gap filling, and not for body work and such.)

Any kind of 2 part epoxy putty will do. I used generic automotive putty for years and it worked fine. However recently I've started using the dedicated hobby polyester putties from Work and Tamiya, and found them to be superior. They seem to bond in better with the plastic than stuff that is designded to be used with metal.

So the expensive hobby polyester putty is worth the money if you can afford it, if not try the generic automotive stuff.

Any kind of 2 part epoxy putty will do. I used generic automotive putty for years and it worked fine. However recently I've started using the dedicated hobby polyester putties from Work and Tamiya, and found them to be superior. They seem to bond in better with the plastic than stuff that is designded to be used with metal.

So the expensive hobby polyester putty is worth the money if you can afford it, if not try the generic automotive stuff.
Thanks for the advice!

Thnx Guys for the help

super glue with a little baking soda, works great on small jobs when strengths counts.

squadron is good