Ok so the ship is now sanded smooth, but there are a few tiny divots that I need to take care of. I have some body filler (automotive Bondo). Should I use that or try to drip in some more epoxy? Also, for the base coat, I have a can of sandable primer. Prior to painting epoxy, is it advisable to put down a layer of primer?
Word has it wood dust or get this: BREAD FLOUR works. I wonder if I sand and use the epoxy dust to thicken the new application to fill the small gaps if that's a thing/advisable
no need for primer before epoxy You can fill the tiny divots if they bother you or are large, but you can most likely just get away with epoxy/fiberglassing right over them. i wouldn't use flour, i have used fine sawdust to make an epoxy paste for fills and fillets.
If you are looking to get one of the West System fillers, the 410 microlight filler is my favorite. It fills nicely if you mix it to peanut butter consistency and it sands just like wood.
Body filler would be a good option to fill any low spots.... that is what it was designed for - it mixes easily, applies easily, sets quickly, and sands easily..... various concoctions of random dusts or powders mixed with a makeshift binder will probably be a compromise of at least one of those.
Body filler it is. Here is west system response: You can add epoxy sanding dust to epoxy in place of wood sanding dust if you like. Wood sanding dust and epoxy dust will extend the epoxy volume and even give the appearance of thickening the epoxy but in reality the epoxy wets the particles but epoxy will easily drain back out if gravity is not in your favor. If you add just a bit of colloidal silica filler, like our 406 Filler, to create a ketchup consistency first then add the epoxy dust or the wood sanding dust, you’ll be much happier with how it spreads and how the epoxy stays in the thickened epoxy. Feel free to email back or call with questions. With best regards, Thomas Pawlak | Technical Service Gougeon Brothers, Inc.
Fixing a bit of the extra divots They were drilled and fit over threaded studs welded to the steel deck beneath. A nut was tightened over the stud and then a wooden plug inserted on the top to seal it all in If anyone knows someonene at hrproducts they haven't sent me anything and I ordered back in friggn April!
Some ships had screwed down planking, others were more "tongue & groove", some were even like an old-time pickup bed (slats w/ screwed-down metal plates between them). In our scale I wouldn't worry about the fastening method
All tiny holes filled and sanded! Aaand a little teaser for you of something a friends been working on, 1:160 10'x6" planking just how they did it then!
Rub it with some ebony colored wood putty to fill the grooves before you coat it with epoxy and it looks great. I used to use that same basswood dollhouse planking for all my decks in the 1990s. It tends to curl up at the edges when it gets waterlogged though.
Sooo build has completly stalled because hrprod doesn't answer emails or phone calls. Anyone local who can see what the heck is up with them?
Well Hrprod can mm hmm my hmm hmm. I've watched enough 3d videos online, Imma make my own damn bitts and peices (see what I did there?)
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2551134 Sounds like the consensus is that no one is there to mm hmm your hmm hmm.
Nick, thank you for that link...I now have a new favorite gif: I wonder what that says about my mental state this time of year?
