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So, lets say you are working on cutting a model and you cut it wrong. You still want to finish the model, but you messed up bad. You have greenstuff, but only liquid greenstuff and some blue tack.


What you you do to fill in the gap of about .25-.5 inch on the torso of... Oh lets say a crisis suit.

Would you just buy some normal greenstuff later and put the model aside for now, or is there something that can be done with blue tack/LGS/superglue.

you could try filling the gap using the superglue/baking soda method, as seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EXgtoakys4, but (non-liquid) greenstuff or milliput will probably give you an easier time of it.

Depending on the size and whether or not the GS would drip out of it, perhaps you can add a little on the sides to create a small pool. Later fill that, and then clean it up so you get a nice smooth surface.

I've tried using liquid green stuff to fill smaller gaps then what OP mentioned (the gaps along the top of assault marine jump packs) and it didn't do the job. even after three applications, the gap was still very obvious. it's great for tiny stuff (e.g., resin bubbles), but not fond of it for fixing anything bigger than that.

Liquid greenstuff shrinks as it dries, not as much as regular paint, but still enough to make filling any decent sized gap with it damned near impossible as you'll fill the hole, it'll shrink and the hole will return, fill it again, it shrinks again and the hole returns. I'm actually rather disenchanted with LGS and find it has very few uses that regular greenstuff can't do phenomenally better.

As for filling the hole, you could try blutac and superglue, I've never tried it myself but I've heard of people using it for gap filling.

Personally I'd just go some proper filling material like greenstuff (buy it from somewhere other than GW to save yourself money). If you go to a GW store and the shop keepers are nice and like you, they might let you snag a little bit of their greenstuff rather than buying a whole batch of it. My local GW store is great like that, I've gone there and used almost every tool (including sprays and static grass) they have available without actually purchasing it.

AllSeeingSkink wrote:Personally I'd just go some proper filling material like greenstuff (buy it from somewhere other than GW to save yourself money). If you go to a GW store and the shop keepers are nice and like you, they might let you snag a little bit of their greenstuff rather than buying a whole batch of it. My local GW store is great like that, I've gone there and used almost every tool (including sprays and static grass) they have available without actually purchasing it.

Such as here: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Green-Stuff-Kneadatite-6-inches-/270608497648?pt=UK_Toys_Wargames_RL&hash=item3f0185fbf0

In reply to Vari and op. In that case ignore my second last post.

Ok so I watched the video. The gaps are more like half inch-full inch. Maybe up to inch and a half. The gaps I made.


I think I'll get some Green Stuff next time I'm at the FLGS.

Can you not cut some sprue into slices and build that up to the surface so that your liquid green stuff does not have such a large hole to fill?

Personally I always have milliput and other products around to help fill gaps - I have never been that much of a fan of GS anyway. I will use some of my supply of plasticard if there is a major gap to fill, then use some milliput over the top.

Another way of doing it would be to get some "Glue 'N' Glaze", a product used by aviation modellers to replace thick transparent styrene windows on airliner kits. It is a white glue type of thing that can be drawn over the window opening to form a bubble. As it dries, it shrinks to form a thin, clear window. This could also be used to form a backing for your liquid green stuff if you are carefull.