How to remove tamiya putty?

[axiom]

Hi everyone!
I'm new to modeling and recently just made my first big mistake..
Trying to remove scratches I covered the whole car body with Tamiya Putty White...
Does anyone know how to remove it from the body? The car looks awful right now :-(

Thanks!

[SuperMele]

Sand paper?

[drunken monkey]

a photo would help.

what do you mean by "covered the whole car body"?

[jano11]

Originally Posted by axiom

Hi everyone!
I'm new to modeling and recently just made my first big mistake..
Trying to remove scratches I covered the whole car body with Tamiya Putty White...
Does anyone know how to remove it from the body? The car looks awful right now :-(

Thanks!

Buy a new kit, throw away the old one unless you want to reshape it.

[DerXL]

Throwing away the kit may seem the best option, but I've noticed that Tamiya putty tends to get weaker when it's been soaked in brake fluid.
At least, that's what happened when I put my F430 body into the brake fluid. Areas that had been puttied had to be done again, because the putty had crumbled/rubbed off in places...

Before throwing away anything you might try to put the body into some DOT3 brake fluid and see if the putty gets weak/brittle enough to be scrubbed off...

[axiom]

Throwing away the body is not an option for me hence I want to push the best out of this kit. Sandpaper does the job but that good.

I'll certainly try brake fluid. For how long shoud I throw the body into it?

[UPD] Last night tried sanding with 1000 grit and dish washer liquid...made some visible progress.

[jano11]

If available a Tamiya 1/24 body shell costs some 6 Euro, is it worth losing hours (and money for the brake fluid) trying to save it?

What kit are you working on?!

[DerXL]

@Axiom

My F430 had been in brake fluid for several days. Maybe the effect on the putty could have been seen sooner, I don't know.

What I do know is that brake fluid weakened the plastic, so be careful to not let the parts soak too long in the brake fluid.

[360spider]

Brake fluid should strip it no problem.

[axiom]

It's a Revell 1:24 Shelby Mustang GT 350H. I just love the way it looks and would really be disappointed if I'll have to throw away the body.

Thanks everyone. I'll try brake fluid a bit later. As for now I'll stick with the dish washer liquid and sanding.

[klutz_100]

To be honest, I can't imagine how much putty you must have put on the body (just to cover some scratches) that simply sanding the putty down is NOT the most obvious and simplest answer to your problem?!?!?

A picture would be most useful in helping you out because it seems to me that your real problem is not how to remove putty but rather to help advise you how to you use putty properly in the first place.

[axiom]

Originally Posted by klutz_100

To be honest, I can't imagine how much putty you must have put on the body (just to cover some scratches) that simply sanding the putty down is NOT the most obvious and simplest answer to your problem?!?!?

A picture would be most useful in helping you out because it seems to me that your real problem is not how to remove putty but rather to help advise you how to you use putty properly in the first place.

It was foolish of me to do so with putty. It covered the panel lines on the roof, doors, trunk and the grid in front of the window. and I have no clue how to get it out. Maybe, jjust sand it off a bit and cut through new panel lines? I wish I knew how to do that correctly. The lines I curved are far from perfect.

I messed up from the beginning by using 200-400 grit sand paper hence I didn't have any other. Now I have 1000, 2000 and 2500 grits and don't leave any more sever scratches on the car bodies.

[axiom]

I'll post some pics later...

[jano11]

Originally Posted by axiom

It was foolish of me to do so with putty. It covered the panel lines on the roof, doors, trunk and the grid in front of the window. and I have no clue how to get it out. Maybe, jjust sand it off a bit and cut through new panel lines? I wish I knew how to do that correctly. The lines I curved are far from perfect.

I messed up from the beginning by using 200-400 grit sand paper hence I didn't have any other. Now I have 1000, 2000 and 2500 grits and don't leave any more sever scratches on the car bodies.

That's exactly what I feared and why I suggested buying a new body shell for your kit.

[axiom]

I already ordered a new kit, but I still keep hope to save this one...