flyinghorse Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 Any tips on sanding tricky to get to areas? Particularly on aircraft, where wing roots or engines on wings have small hard to reach areas, that if sanded, will result in rather uneven sanded finish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dromia Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 I use small pieces of sanding sponge held with self locking tweezers. Infini sanding sponge is my prefer sanding sponge. To help the tweezers grip the sponge if vigorous sanding is needed a small cable tie is used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franky boy Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 Have you tried Perfect Plastic Putty by Deluxe Materials? Its a water based filler and can be smoothed off with a wet finger or cotton bud. It’s quite good in tight areas as it takes away the need to sand or at least reduces it. Its not structural though so shouldn’t be used for larger gaps. HTH James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dromia Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 Are you sure the putty you mention is made by ump? I thought they just another distributor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macsporran Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 (edited) Here's a great opportunity to use old paint brushes! Cut an angled slice off end of brush handle (at about 20 degrees) to leave an oval section. Cut small pieces of sandpaper/emery paper/micromesh etc (maybe 8mm x 6mm). Glue to oval section of brush with PVA glue. - et voila! perfect sanding tool to get into those difficult to reach areas. (Dispose and repeat afresh as necessary) (pic shows a paintbrush/micromesh tool used to gently sand a wrecked decal) https://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=12860.0;attach=16341;image Edited March 10, 2022 by Macsporran typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAF4EVER Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 6 hours ago, Macsporran said: Here's a great opportunity to use old paint brushes! Cut an angled slice off end of brush handle (at about 20 degrees) to leave an oval section. Cut small pieces of sandpaper/emery paper/micromesh etc (maybe 8mm x 6mm). Glue to oval section of brush with PVA glue. - et voila! perfect sanding tool to get into those difficult to reach areas. (Dispose and repeat afresh as necessary) (pic shows a paintbrush/micromesh tool used to gently sand a wrecked decal) https://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=12860.0;attach=16341;image Link takes you to a log-in page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franky boy Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 7 hours ago, dromia said: Are you sure the putty you mention is made by ump? I thought they just another distributor. Sorry, yes it’s by deluxe materials. It was early in the morning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 I have glued flat wooden toothpicks to 600 grit sandpaper, then cut out around the picks with an old Xacto blade. These can be useful sanding tools and are cheap. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Harmsworth Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 Depends on how tricky the area is to get to but I've used a small piece of sand / polishing paper wrapped around a pencil. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 I just use wet n dry wrapped around a cotton bud. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyinghorse Posted March 11, 2022 Author Share Posted March 11, 2022 THANKS EVERYONE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mycapt65 Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 (edited) Wing roots and the like I fill with milliput or Apoxy Sculpt. They are both two part epoxy putties that I smooth with a wet (water) finger tip or kitchen roll. You can use dampened cotton buds but they can leave long hair like fibers behind. A small dampened piece of foam or cheap paint brush works better. The best sanding method is not to have to sand at all. Obviously it's not possible to eliminate all sanding. When I do have to sand tight areas I wrap presoaked wet/dry sand paper around appropriately sized paint brush handles thin wooden coffee stirrers. Presoaking them softens them and allows them to conform to tight bends better. Honestly the Apoxy Sculpt has been a God send to my modeling. Well really in this case God's name is Paul Budzik. He has a video on this stuff. It's made my modeling life infinitely easier. Be well Ron Edited March 11, 2022 by Mycapt65 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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