Yo dudes,got this dio a few months ago.so i decided to start to put it together,after i had primed it i noticed there were thousands of little holes in the resin.i could spend days and days or maybe weeks filling the holes and sanding but i thought id ask if there where any easyer way to get rid of most of them.if there were only a few id cast them off as bullet holes but theres too many.heres some pics.



If i carnt find a solution ill have to send it back,which will take ages.
Thanks for your time.

You could try a filler type primer such as Mr. Surfacer or scratch-filling automotive primer to fill/cover some of the holes.

Good luck.

How about this; take a piece of sprue, stretch it to where it will fill the mortar line on the horizontal line. Take some drywall compound and "mud" the whole thing. Take the sprue up and then you will have to clean the perpindicular lines with a tool. Not an easy solution, but I think that's how I'd try to fix it. Good luck.

Patrick

There are a lot of holes in that........

My first thought is to take house hold wall spackle, thin it a little bit with a touch of water. Then spread that over large areas. Before it drys 100% go over it witha damp cloth. This should remove the excess and almost eliminate sanding. The thinned down spackle will be easy to sand and easy to get out of the creases if it does get in there.

you could just take the tip of an xacto blade and make the edges more jagged so that they look like bullet and shrapnel marks. with a destroyed building like that I bet it would be full of them.
Bryan

Hello Karl!

How about white glue thinned with water and painted on. The glue would enter in the holes and fill them. Worth a try on a litlle "test zone". But I don't think that would fill the bigger ones!

Jean-Luc

Forget filling them, use them as bullet holes! I say you finish painting it, then go back with an awl-type thing and chip out the holes more and VOILA! Automatic fire results!

Just an idea
Cuhail

I like Scott's idea of the spackle/dry wall compound slurry. You might try a stiff 1" wide paint brush to remove the excess, almost like you were dry brushing the whole thing.

In any case, I think you can save it somehow without much trouble.

Shaun

Friends,

most of the tips I've read in here will probably work.

There are so many holes in that piece that I would consider to contact the manufacturer by email and confront him with the issue. Show him the pictures and if it's a decent manufacturer, he'll agree that this is far from normal.

I wouldn't go that far to return the kit, but I would ask some serious questions on their policies on quality control. I think if you show them the pictures, they'll have to agree that it's a bad casting.

If their reply isn't to your satisfaction, then please share the companies name with me (for personal use), cause I don't wan't to run the risk of buying one of those kits. I've seen airbubbles, but this is a bit too much.

I'm not really sure what is the problem. A bombed out house during a war would not be perfect. I would include the defects in the making of the wall. A non-battle damaged home would nto be perfect either. In fact I am looking at a section of my yard where I have a brick wall. There are all sorts of defects including small holes in the mortar and spots where the brick has been bumped with lawnmowers and other things taking out small bits of brick.

i think the thinned spackle would work excellent then wiped with a damp cloth. ive tried woping hard spacle up with a damp towel and its not too bad so wet spackle would clean up nicely. Hmm, the bullet hole idea....I DONT LIKE IT. First of all the bubble are everywhere on the roof, on the ground, everywhere that there would not be bullet holes. The "bullet holes" would be too much to look realsitic as well as too clean. Bullet holes will have a more random look as well as varying sizes depending on caliber, bullet, and the object its hitting. Let us know how it comes out.
Ian

How about:
The roof and windowsill-Fill with white glue with a toothpick, then paint to simulate bird droppings.

The walls-Bullet strikes.

The street-A little dirt, a little rubble, etc.

Having used drywall for streets, buildings, etc., I've found that the plaster has a lot of natural defects, not unlike what shows up in your pix, so it doesn't look that bad to me, But it's your call. Let's see it when it's done.

Art

I honestly feel that you should return this Karl. The manufacturer needs to know that there is somebody unhappy with their product, and you could certainly do without having to find a way to fill the holes. Find another project whilst you wait.

Vinnie

After all, I think Danny and Vinnie are right!
Just inform the manufacturer that resin should not be mixed and shaked! it's not milk-shake! If they are serious, they will send you a new one for free and try to improve their molding process!

Jean-luc

Here is my two cents, if you plan on keeping it, take a dentel tool, or an old xacto blade and roughen up all of the holes. The wall will then look like it has extensive bullet and shrapnel damage, and the street will just look nice and beat up. Or you can split the difference and fill some of the holes, or cover them with debris using the ideas already given, and make the rest look battle damaged. Or, send it back and hope the next one is better. Good luck.

I think Scott's idea with the wall spackle is your best option, if you choose to keep it.
Personally I would return it.

What brand is this?