Hi, I am new to the site and new to military modelling but am a pretty avid WWII buff so I thought i would change my modelling ways. Just recently I was in the basement putting some varathane on my diorama base and looking around to see what Dad had sitting around for woodworking. I came across this stuff.. I am not sure if anyone has tried it or even though of using it but I opened the can to find some good earthy colours. It comes in a paste/dough form and you can apply it and shape it as you wish (or so it says). I haven't tried working with it but i may try a little test piece to see how it works out.

Here are some pics I took.




Cheers.

Good find, but could you please elaborate on the rather impressive Danger markings . It looks good, but wood stuff can be nasty for a long time. I wouldn't recommend creosote to stain your Dio base... :-)

Cheers
Henk

It may/ may not work.... If it uses MEK ..... there may be a chance it'll damage the model........ As a wood worker I know some brands use MEK as a thinning agent.

it is just a woodworking dough/paste to fill in cracks, splits etc on wood. I have used it before for other purposes and it does harden.. it is not dangerous only in the ways of being toxic like most things are... it is sandable AND paintable. It smells really bad but so does paint when first applied.. there is nothing more toxic in it then paint and I am pretty sure it won't damage a model.. that I will do a test on for sure :-) . Other than that like i said it is just a wood filler.

Henk>> my dio base is stained and adding gloss to it.. i do all the cutting myself using MDF board.

I may be young.. but not stupid lol, I will test this stuff out for sure and repost.

Hi Guys,
the putty Shown by Canadian1 is actually a solvent based putty and does have the possibility of harming plastic and paint finnishes. Here are a few pics of what I use. It is an acrylic paste/wood filler. It comes in many collour and is stainable, paintable it sands and washes up with water. It will not shrink and is very easy to use. I add static grass and fine sand to it and stipple it onto the undercarriage and suspnesion of my models to make mude and gunk etc. HTH
cheer,s
Bryan

thanks ex-royal that is exactly what I was getting at.. you the man

We used plastic wood back in the days of wooden ships and Iron-men in the modelling world. Before we have dedicated modelling fillers. (Will it distort plactic??? Probably as much as regular modelling fillers will if put on too thick.) Of couse it was back in the dark ages, when we also resorted to mixing baby-powder with gloss paint to get flat paint, and if we added too much powder, heck we had a finer grain filler than the plastic wood gave us. Just took longer to dry, but that taught patience. And I still use thickened enamel paint for a filler of fine cracks, and seams.

Bryan, that Elmers stuff looks interesting...never seen it, but will look for a tube of it, and I will give it a try. Thanks for the heads up on it.

Dave,
if you cant find any in your area just let me know and we'll see about getting your some from my local DIY store.
cheers,
Bryan

Bryan, that's an excellent idea for the mud! Never thought of it. Next time I'm in Home Depot, I'll try to find some, and does it just come in the one colour, or a variety? Great tip!

There are several shades. from a pale sand to this dark colour but its totaly paintable. Or you add paint to the mix and just pre colour it. HTH
cheers,
Bryan