I was trying the old tape and putty method to fill in the weld beads on a sherman m4a3 by DML (kit 6255).
The method wasn't working so well for me so I thought outside the box and am just wondering if any of you have tried this..

I thinned some testors contour putty with enamel thinner, mixed it well and then retrieved a 1ml hypodermic needle that actually came with a saltwater fish tank test kit.

I filled the needle with the putty mixture and just slowly applied the putty to the model thus creating weld bead. mine look not so good but with practice I think it would work well.

It was just applied so I'll report how it turns out. it will need some sanding this time but I think with practice this could turn out quite nice.

Crash

John-- sounds interesting. Hope to see the photos soon.
DJ

Jacques Duquette posted a bit on a similar technique he uses for weld beads. You can find it in his Dragon SU-100 build log, here.

-YL

Have you tried the stretched sprue method?

You dip the thin sprue in plastic glue for a few seconds until it softens, then put it on your model. Cut and remove the excess. While it's still soft you can make the beads with a knife.

With this method you can make straight lines easily, a little practice needed for curved welds. Easy and fast, give it a try.

thanks for the input and suggestions, I'll keep it in mind for any more I gotta do. I'll try to get some pictures up. I finally figured out the manual focus on the camera of mine.. it's got more nobs and buttons than the 1.7$ million vehicle I drive for the military.
actually that brings up a point, when are they going to make a scale tunner for me to put next to a 1/72 C17?