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Buckeye
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Posted: Thursday, March 07, 2013 - 06:54 AM UTC
I recently purchased a vinyl figure, my first ever, and plan to attach the pieces with two part epoxy. Can anyone tell me what type of filler I'll nees to hide the seam lines? ?
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Posted: Thursday, March 07, 2013 - 07:42 AM UTC
John,

I don't know about 2 part epoxy, I always use CA glues, which I guess you could use as a filler to?

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Posted: Monday, March 11, 2013 - 04:09 AM UTC
You could use the epoxy as the filler. Put enough epoxy when glueing the parts so that it squishes out from the joint, wipe off excess, and when dry carve or sand to conform to surrounding surfaces.
Phael_minis
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Posted: Monday, March 11, 2013 - 05:35 PM UTC
I have some good results with "Tipp Ex"
Biggles2
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Posted: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 - 03:58 AM UTC
If it's a vinyl figure it must be large scale? Years ago I (misguidedly) bought a vinyl dragon, measuring about 2 ft long. Vinyl is definately not easy to glue. I used epoxy, but even so, a moderate tap could knock off a leg or wing . In retrospect I could have (and still can as the dragon is in pieces in a box) pinned the parts together with scraps of plastic sprue to strengthen the joints.
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