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Old 08-21-2002, 06:16 PM
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Fixin' panel lines

I'm working on a JMB/Giesse F360 Modena Renaissance transkit.
In case you don't know what this Ferrari looks like, here's a link to a 1/18 conversion...
http://www.mhbmodelisme.com/MHB2.htm

When I primed the car I discovered that the front resin spoiler does not fit to the plastic body very well. It looked great when I dry-fit and then glued it! The remaining panel line between the two pieces is uneven. If I shade it, I don't think it'll look right. How can I fix up the panel line so that it looks good? There's a white decal that covers and hides the panel line to some degree. Pictures of the real car do not show the panel line being very dark, as say the doors would be. What should I do?

A) fill it with putty and rescibe it? -difficult due to the curves and angles in the front of the car,
B) fill it with glue (type?) until it looks even? This will take several coats of primer to verify good results.
C) fill it in completly I could then leave the line out completly, or...
D) chuck the whole thing in the closet and take up knitting baby clothes.
E)
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Old 08-21-2002, 06:56 PM
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I really cant be sure how best to tackle this unless i saw pics. Have any?
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Old 08-21-2002, 07:24 PM
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Yah, pics would be good, u know what I hate, when u sand ur car enough, so that the panel lines dissapear when u want them
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Old 08-22-2002, 11:48 PM
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I'll be getting the digicam back this weekend so I'll post pick Sat or Sun. Look forward to hearing your ideas!
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Exclamation Re: Fixin' panel lines

Quote:
Originally posted by davidmmz
I'm working on a JMB/Giesse F360 Modena Renaissance transkit.
In case you don't know what this Ferrari looks like, here's a link to a 1/18 conversion...
http://www.mhbmodelisme.com/MHB2.htm

... How can I fix up the panel line so that it looks good? ...

A) fill it with putty and rescibe it? -difficult due to the curves and angles in the front of the car,
B) fill it with glue (type?) until it looks even? This will take several coats of primer to verify good results.
C) fill it in completely I could then leave the line out completely, or...

David,

I'd go for A+B) and use CA (superglue): Fill the
entire line and rescribe.
Rescribe carefully within 24hours after you applied the CA (otherwise it gets too hard
and may chip).
Depending on the type of lines you want to scribe you may want to experiment a
bit on a piece of scrap material. You can scribe
soft lines with and old ballpoint pen (Biro, Bic or similar).

Good luck !
-- Eric.
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I would go for option #1
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