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Glue Spots.
Glue Spots.
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Anonymous
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Glue Spots.
Posted by
Anonymous
on Thursday, March 10, 2005 3:41 PM
Since I started this layout Ive been looking very closely at my work.
While examining some of the boxcars i built a couple of years ago I noticed some unattractive glue spots around the doors of the boxcars.
Is there a way i can make these less noticeable? Through weathering or another method?
Any help is greatly appreciated. [|)]
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Anonymous
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April 2003
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Posted by
Anonymous
on Thursday, March 10, 2005 4:07 PM
Build new boxcars!
Any chance of removing the glue on boxcars just isn't worth the effort (solvents would ruin the plastic car sides). Bite the bullet and buy some assembled boxcars, and use the time you would have spent on the "spotted" cars to weather the assembled cars.
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Anonymous
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April 2003
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Posted by
Anonymous
on Thursday, March 10, 2005 4:47 PM
Try and kill the shine on the glue with dullcoat or paint. It will help some.
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Anonymous
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April 2003
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Posted by
Anonymous
on Thursday, March 10, 2005 4:52 PM
I'd buy new box cars. Otherwise, maybe dark chalk?[?]
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orsonroy
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March 2002
From: Elgin, IL
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Posted by
orsonroy
on Friday, March 11, 2005 9:06 AM
Weathering hides 1000 modelling sins. Even advanced modelers make mistakes, and it's usually simpler to hide them with a little artistic weathering than it is to strip the model and start over.
Ray Breyer
Modeling the NKP's Peoria Division, circa 1943
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