New Old Member! Quick Question Inside!

[naju]

Hello people, hope your all having a good day.

I'm Indy, 20 years old and I'm from the U.K.

Originally from Leeds but studying at uni in Birmingham!

I am a HUGE VW obsessive, attend all the shows every year!

I was a member on this site about 5 years ago (indy231), but then I lost all interest.

Left all my models half finished, but now the bug has bitten me again!


I have just recieved this through the post:









I will be basing it on a well known U.K. MK5 Golf GTI. Here is the car in question,
















Now for the question!


I want to remove the rear badge from the boot. It sticks out on this model. What is the best way to do this?


Sand down with rough grit paper until it is flush with the rest?

Use a mini drill with a sander on the end?

Cut out a square section of the boot, and then fill it in with a sheet of styrene and putty?


It sounds stupid, but I've never tried anything like it, and I don't want to ruin a £27 model!



Also, I am not sure if I am okay to do this, but it may interest a couple of people if I put a couple of pics up,

my full size car










Thanks for reading, and I shall post pictures of my progress from my previous models soon!


Indy

[jano11]

Sand it down with a medium grit sanding stick and than use a fine one to clean the traces.

[TurboGuru]

Hi Indy

Is there any chance you can show us a picture of the badge on the rear of the model.... I know you've provided a real-life pic.

If it were me I guess I would sand it down. After sanding if there are any recessed areas you can fill them something like Tamiya Putty.... one the putty is dry you can sand the putty down and it should remove the badge completely.

Cutting it out directly sounds like over kill, but hard to tell without the image. You could speed up the process with a file too (needle file).

[TurboGuru]

Apologies for the repeated posts - this forum crapped out on me and jano11.

Mods: Please delete the duplicates. Thanks.

[jano11]

Originally Posted by TurboGuru

Apologies for the repeated posts - this forum crapped out on me and jano11.

Mods: Please delete the duplicates. Thanks.

Jut click on Edit post and you can delete your own posts. It worked with mine.

[TurboGuru]

Nice one Jano - didn't know that.... most forums I've used don't allow you to delete your own posts.

[naju]

Thanks for the responses!

Here is the picture of the boot badge as requested.

[mike@af]

Sanding it flush using a sanding stick should be all that's necessary.

[TurboGuru]

Originally Posted by naju

Thanks for the responses!

Here is the picture of the boot badge as requested.

You should be fine with just sanding for this.

[jano11]

Originally Posted by TurboGuru

Nice one Jano - didn't know that.... most forums I've used don't allow you to delete your own posts.

You're welcome!

PS: This isn't most forums! This is The Forum!

[935k3]

Sanding is the best option, however if you use any hotter type paints without primer you could see "ghosting Of th shape sanded away. Even a hot primer can raise it. After sanding lightly brush liquid glue over the area it will raise it, let dry overnight than sand smooth again. It sounds odd but it does protect against "ghosting.

[TurboGuru]

If you decide to use glue then take a look at the Zap-A-Gap thread, its one the 1st page .... its a good glue for filling holes etc.

http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbul...d.php?t=970669

[naju]

Originally Posted by TurboGuru

If you decide to use glue then take a look at the Zap-A-Gap thread, its one the 1st page .... its a good glue for filling holes etc.

http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbul...d.php?t=970669

Cheers mate I've just sent you a PM aswel!

[MidMazar]

Originally Posted by 935k3

Sanding is the best option, however if you use any hotter type paints without primer you could see "ghosting Of th shape sanded away. Even a hot primer can raise it. After sanding lightly brush liquid glue over the area it will raise it, let dry overnight than sand smooth again. It sounds odd but it does protect against "ghosting.

This always happens when not the right type of primer is used on puttied surfaces.