Let's see if this post gets me flamed

[pcmodeler]

I enjoy looking at all of the projects folks are working on but one thing gets me. I realize this may have to do with how long some folks have been building (newbies vs. vets), but why do some of you guys insist on using so much putty when you are doing your body work?

I think some of you are going through a tube of putty a week sometimes. Even with the epoxy putties, it looks like it's overboard.

Now that's not to say I don't like body kits, because I do. It's just the way some folks go about creating them. You would be so much better off to use as much styrene/resin as possible or start with parts from other kits and modify them.

Anyway, I'm sure there will be some upset replies in regards to me not knowing what I'm talking about, etc. Just my two cents.

[Hiroboy]

Your right but, I didn't think to do it that way, until FOTW pointed it out to me and I have been since.

[flyonthewall]

Agreed!

[suprastar]

most people do use styrene i'm building a widebody supra and thanks to the how to i know to use styrene instead of so much putty yes some people do use alot of putty but it all depends on what your comfortable with my grandad told me this and he is a veteran moddler if there ever was one also resin is hard to get and from what i've heard v.expensive but i see what you mean with some people (mentioning no names) they do use alot but the finnished result is always good

[jdmhotrod]

i use styrene for a base but i do use alot of putty but thats only so i can shape it, if i used little putty i whould not be able to shape it like i want to, everyone has there techniuqe not everyone is the same.

[chrismcgee]

i use styrene as much as possible but when you are trying to get flowing shapes nothing beats the way you can shape putty, some kits lend themselves to putty and others to styrene card. its all a matter of what you are building.

[supermod04]

i dont like to use putty much, adding WBKs and stuff gets over baord, looks like crap. simple clean is the style. i use putty to mold a hood scoop or fills home doro handles and stuff but not to use 5 tubes on a car. i have seen many cars were 70% of the body work was styrene and the putty was use for filling stuff.

i am trieing to find a new model to work on to do moderate puutty work but not overbaord

[ZoomZoomMX-5]

Originally Posted by chrismcgee

i use styrene as much as possible but when you are trying to get flowing shapes nothing beats the way you can shape putty, some kits lend themselves to putty and others to styrene card. its all a matter of what you are building.

I agree, I think the initial reference is to the number of models seen here that have putty slathered on the body like a huge gob of peanut butter on a cracker vs. using putty sparingly or shaping epoxy putty to make a flowing design. When I see a mess like that, I wonder if/how it will ever get finished. Many times the amount of sanding it takes to get the shapes any where near acceptable takes away other details on the models. It's like a "putty first, design second" mentality.

It's from overenthusiasm mixed with inexperience as much as anything...that's certainly how I myself destroyed models w/putty when I was much younger

[StephenDeli]

I only use putty for filling ejection pin holes

[mike@af]

Why the hell do you care the process people take to modify their models?

I use putty because I have toruble with depth using styrene, if I were able to see how people create their body kits with a majority of styrene than yes I would use more styrene.

[GvEman]

I have just started to make one bodykits... but i use styrene like a frame that i putt the putty on... and then shapes it as i want...

but i ame a noob....=P

[Vric]

I use styrene and Putty.

A tube last me for about 5 models or so (so 2 tube by year max a 3$ each)

Resin cost way too much

[mstngcobrasvt98]

I dont know if its me, but i've tried to do the styrene thing, and i can't get the hang of it. I've used 3 different scrap bodies to try it out and I've even read the FAQ's and how to's Am I doing something wrong? SOrry to change the subject. I use putty right now, but im experimenting with styrene and putty

[AsongKar]

all i can tell you that both putty and styrene has their own usage...there are something putty can do and styrene cant do and vice versa...

[slk320]

Originally Posted by StephenDeli

I only use putty for filling ejection pin holes

Me too. I never attempt big body mods with heavy uses of putty..