PANZER PUTTY - SCALE MODEL "HOW TO" GUIDE
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- čas přidán 16. 10. 2014
- Another "How To" guide from www.scalewarmachines.com. This time, we explore how Panzer Putty from MXpression can be used on your scale models to make different types of camouflage pattern.
This special airbrushing accessory works as a flexible mask & will help you to make soft or hard edge camo schemes.
Panzer Putty can be purchased from History Agents at www.historexagents.com/swm. - Jak na to + styl
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thanks for the review.... neat product
Thanks for post the product very useful as about to do some camo on some 1:48 and wondered how best to do it....this may be the answer
I love this stuff. Ammo MIG has it as well.
A very effective, modeler-specific product. A quick glance at ebay shows a tin for $23, which might be a "Yikes!" moment for myself (as one on a budget). Silly Putty might show acceptable results. Plus, if my memories of childhood serves me, I can use the flesh colored putty to "lift" the cartoon off the Sunday funnies. Also, I think Silly Putty as a ball, bounces, but don't quote me on that one.
Best to check out a site like Historex Agents for pricing & international orders. Also search for MXpression's site with US distributors listed.
WOW excellent producuct :) I need to test it
Looks like a cool product!
Gerben_ScaleModeller it's certainly useful & rather strange - it's kind of a living material & changes form over time...
Hi, thank you for your great video!
Is it safe to use with hands or gloves are necessary?
Trying to figure out combining this product with the chipping and weathering liquids. If the model (say a Panther that will have the 'ambush' camo effect) has a base coat of a rusty/metal finish, then coated in a chipping medium. Then top coated with the German drab yellow. Then masked with PP to create the green and red oxide areas. Will the chipping medium still come through those second layers of colour? Or will it only come through the yellow drab layer? Ideally I'd like to to be able to go back to the rust layer right through all the top coated camo colours...
That's more or less what we did with the Sdkfz. 251 in the film. Look carefully enough & you'll see the coat of Chipping Medium on camera. We applied chipping medium between coats just so it's available if we needed it (even if you decide not to chip - it's fine). It's better to have the option than not. Ideally, apply it between different colour coats but it will still undo the German Camo Red say over Chipping Medium then Dunkelgelb if you work it enough.
Is it gentle? How will it work with say a fully completed rear of a Panther tank. Will it conform to odd shapes and angles? If there any danger of parts being pulled off the model as you remove the putty?
+Steven Piper. It gets softer after you drape it but you would always have be careful over photoetch for example. Leave in place to soften & it should be ok. Safer than masking take though, it would do less damage for sure...
has anyone used it to tell us if it is sticky enough to lift the paint underneath as sometimes the masking tape can do?
It won't lift paint - don't worry!
very cool is it expensive and can it be bought in the states
thanks
Could you tell me how it reacts with PE parts on a tank for example? I want to avoid putting the putty on my PE parts and ripping them off when removing the putty.
Should be ok but to be honest haven't properly tested it in that way. If interested, maybe do a test on a PE clamped tool or something to see if it rips it. Would be interested to know.
So I performed a test on a spare part with PE glued to it. And no problems there. So I used it on my model and again no issues what so ever. You just need to be careful and let the putty settle by itself. Don't force it by pushing it on the model.
That makes sense. It seems like the sort of stuff that would behave itself. Many thanks for the update.
Thank you for the video. Feel free to have a look at my IG: kevscalemodels to see the results
As you are painting does the putty get dirty because you spread the paint in the putty ? And how do you clean it?
TheSteven798v2 The putty does get paint on it but it is easily absorbed once you remix & reset the putty.
So are you saying if I keep stretching it the paint will disappear?
That's correct. Should be absorbed by kneading.
Is it possible to clean it with water? I am using Vallejo paints.
You don't really need to clean it up as it is a product that peels. So you can just rub it off, peel it off or pick it up with a bigger piece of Panzer Putty. You can use it easily with water-based paints like Vallejo without problems though.
Scale War Machines Thanks for an answer.
Happy Xmas! :D
Does the putty reusable after painting?
Yes absolutely. Just keep reusing.
Cool but didn't people heard that thing called "Paintbrush"? Isn't it easier.
Why don't you just buy regular blu tack
You can use blue tack - we do all the time - but Panzer Putty behaves differently (it's silicone based). For instance, its more precise like with the ambush scheme demo in the film & is much finer. But yes you are right, blue tack or silly putty also works well.
So it is basically silly putty
It has some qualities that Silly Putty doesn't - take the small chips used for ambush scheme camo in the video. Also, it settles down onto a models contours. But for wavy camo, Silly Putty is just as good.
Looks more like Crazy Aaron's Thinking Putty.
maybe equivalent to silly putty?
Silly Putty doesn't quite behave the same way - it doesn't get as rigid & can't be cut into flecks as easily - but it's more or less similar for wavy camo.
Same as Blue Tack.
+Elshan Mammadov Yep but slightly better - i.e. you can cut it into clean tiny pieces with sharp edges. But you are right, for wavy camo Silly Putty or Blue Tack works just as well.
Slightly worse as it don't hold its shape .... It beds down like the video you/team filmed so the camo you apply is never the camo you get as it take time for putty to be applied then it's moved by spray time. Blu tac put down spray no movement lift. Bobs your uncle unless it ain't