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General Ship Modeling
Discuss modeling techniques, experiences, and ship modeling in general.
Making welds on plate.
Rigger
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Posted: Monday, October 17, 2005 - 04:40 PM UTC
Hello all;

How do you make welds on plate , like what's on a ship hull ?
This needs to 1/35 scale. Putty ? sprue ?

Thanks Rigger ..........................
18Bravo
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Posted: Monday, October 17, 2005 - 05:09 PM UTC
There's a very good article right here on this site:

http://armorama.com//features/220
Rigger
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Posted: Monday, October 17, 2005 - 05:25 PM UTC
Thanks ........

Rigger ..........................
rokket2001
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Posted: Saturday, October 22, 2005 - 12:10 PM UTC
That's an excellent article, I just learned a lot from it myself. I've made putty welds in 1:72 recently - masked out a thin strip, added some Squadron green putty, roughed up with a knife blade (both for the "bumpy" bits and to vary width). Works well in 1:72 because the welds are so small.
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