Who has built (or is building) the most Westerns - Ian (D1054) or the Guv'nor (28Ten)?
You can also put me down for a couple of Peaks, two fifties, a 40 
Best start a new topic then
I always use squadron, because it dries quickly and sands easily.
OK Milliput white does take several hours to go hard enough to sand - although sanding the hard filler is not difficult. I asked because there have been some comments over there about Squadron (white / green) not staying put in some instances - I have never had Milliput fail in that manner in ten years of using the product.
It works for me
if you are really in doubt a bit of Tamiya thin cement before sanding will help. The key thing for me is time, if its for someone else I dont want to be waiting for it to harden.Since I have had the opposite experience, which I put down to my own cack-handedness, I suspect that failure is due to incorrect use.
you do need to polish Squadron for the best finish.With all filling the underlying joint needs to be stable, in my experience with JLTRT you need to treat cab body joins with care and take care not to flex the body side, the Western is actually one of the hardest to conceal.
I must admit I have this urge to do another one now
Out of the box - a week before painting based, on 3 hrs in the morning and 3hrs in the evening, less if I get to use the full ABC bogie as there is no faffing about with chains etc as soon as the mods start the time can stretch out a bit. The most time consuming with any model is solving the problems, and I also have time savers like laser cut window masks. Its always much easier building for someone else, im way too easily distracted with my own stuff
Out of the box - a week before painting based, on 3 hrs in the morning and 3hrs in the evening, less if I get to use the full ABC bogie as there is no faffing about with chains etc as soon as the mods start the time can stretch out a bit. The most time consuming with any model is solving the problems, and I also have time savers like laser cut window masks. Its always much easier building for someone else, im way too easily distracted with my own stuff
I must try and speed up my rate of progress on "Rifleman"....
Yes, pull yer finger out! The thing is that there are a lot of extras on Rifleman, and they do push the build time up. have you joined the body to the cab yet?Thanks Cynric.
Regards
Dan
Ooh... ooh.... laser cut window masks! I fancy some of those!The most time consuming with any model is solving the problems, and I also have time savers like laser cut window masks. Its always much easier building for someone else, im way too easily distracted with my own stuff
