While letting the filler cure overnight, I did some other oddjobs...
Used a thing worm of Milliput to fill a seam that had cracked on the Star Fury - I had originally filled this around 2000 (the year not the time!) using Tamiya putty which had dried quite brittle and popped out when the seam was flexed, possibly during one of my moves. I squeezed the worm in and smoothed it using the tip of the rubber-coating handle of my long-suffering snipping pliers - dipping the end into water made this very easy and gave me a very smooth seam that hopefully will not require any sanding...
I added the clear nose part to the B-49 - this will be faired in and painted over - adding it now just adds strength to this area.
I didn't take a 'before' shot but it took me most of Transformers III to sand back the filler where the original jet pipes were. The reason that it took so long was that the filler cured before I could remove the surplus and it set like rock (not necessarily a bad thing...
This is the filler I use for bulk filling jobs. It is a two part filler with a small bottle of hardener in the cap of the tin. The hardener is red and the filler white so the lesson that I (re)learned was that as soon as it is mixed into a uniform pink, go like crazy to get it into the target gaps as the onset of the cure is very fast: it is all nice and gooey and then, nek minnit, it's cured...very good stuff and cheap too - that tin was about $20. Very good for large areas that need filling; although it doesn't seem to heat up when curing it does shrink a bit in large quantities so I tend to apply it in layers on big jobs. I use Tamiya Grey and White putty, followed by spray filler for the final smooth surface.
