Milliput / Similar products. Your Experiences

[Deere-est]

Just bought some Milliput for the first time. Have seen some of you using it and/or mentioning it during conversions and I would like to hear from anyone who has used it and their experiences with it's application and effectiveness. As varied as can be hopefully

Thanks in advance.

[Tellarian]

Kneed it then kneed it some more...

When filling / finishing use dental picks.

To get a smooth finish use water / fingers / baby buds as it is in the going off stage.

When fully cured can be cut / sanded to final shape.

[Leakeyvale]

I have never used it, Tris, but some of my model maker/converter friends do for refining and filling very small gaps in white metal kits or building up features on a conversion.  It has a very fine texture.  

Broadoak (now no longer on-line) used it to build the trunk of his lovely oak tree and thought it the best thing since sliced bread but did say you need to work quickly because it dries fast.

[MDFord]

All I can tell you about it Tris is - a workmate uses it to fill in cracks and chips in old pottery / china. He paints over it and laquers it before flogging it as "mint" at boot sales etc

Sorry never used it myself

[51MON]

blooming good stuff tris i got some pm me and if you want more info

[alpinefocus]

i have some, but hate it.

I've tried to get on with it but just cant seem to.  Any cracks and filling i use aralidite steel.

[Tractorman810]

often thought of using this stuff, need to make a weird shapped dashboard at some point soon, so may try it seeing as it can be sanded

[graham]

i get on with it ok tris it is good stuff  ,i used it to make the roof look right on that eight wheeled scania i done ,where the spoiler had been  if you know what i mean \

[Deere-est]

I do know what you mean Graham. . . and it may get used for that at some point

Thanks everyone so far anyway, it's all interesting to have a think about.

[Simon]

I'm a bit late to the party here aren't I :D

Didn't know you'd not used it yet Trissle...

I bought some and have used it quite a bit for 'sculpting things'...

The weight block on the Renault is made of the stuff... not fine filled and sanded yet but you get the picture... This thing is not quite an inch across so you can see you can get some pretty fine details into it...

I just gobbed it onto the casting [get some paint off and it sticks like ** to a blanket....] in a roughly square block and worked it to shape when cured fully with cutting disc and sanding wheels on the dremel, a needle file and pin vice.... I really like it for making odd shaped stuff like this becuase it can be shaped, if you balls it up you can stick a bit more on and have another go

[Deere-est]

Well, I have been using it and have found it very easy to use. Like you Simon, sanding wheek, needle file and then wet and dry paper to finish. Comes up very well

[Tractorman810]

do you think it would shape int oa dash board then tris?? need to make a big rounded bump look one for the marshall 804, and aint really been to sure what to use

[Deere-est]

I'd have thought so, just make a block and sand it down like Simon did with his wieght block I guess. . . 

[martin]

i have been using it for years i think its great i use the white milliput which is for finer work i once tried the revelle one in a tube but no were near as good

[Deere-est]

That's interesting to hear Martin, havn't tried any other product from Milliput or any other company. May try some white stuff some time too then, cheers. 

[Simon]

I use the yellow one, which I think is in the middle... I have a tube of fairly runny filler for fine filling when finished.... I would say it's perfect to make your dashboard out of Sean, it's really nice stuff to work with... I did the fuel tank on the TM in it too I think, or a similar 2 part putty anyway...

[Tractorman810]

will get a tube next week then or tommorrow if its in the shop near me, dont ever remember seeing it there mind

[Deere-est]

Little red cardboard box, Sean. Not very big, ask for it if you can't see it just incase.

[Tractorman810]

ok tris, thanks for the info, wasnt in the local shop so wil pop into town and the model shop this week all being well

[miker]

great stuff, i use it to make my roadless front weights etc, i got mine from hobbycraft, saw it in there when  i the misses went in for necklace making things

[Simon]

great stuff, i use it to make my roadless front weights etc, i got mine from hobbycraft, saw it in there when  i the misses went in for necklace making things

Blimey, that is impressive.... Do you have a mould for them or do you shape each one individually

[miker]

i made one that was all but spot on and then i use that as a template, shaped the bonnet on my super six with it as well, and the oil tanks for my forestry convos

[Simon]

I'm in good company then I thought I was being a bit of a bodger making these irregular shaped or mass items out of it, thought I should be 'scratch building in brass haw haw haw' to be doing it properly :D

[miker]

if it works ok then its fine in my opinion, sands up really well and can be smoothed with water too which is great, i wonder how many packets it would take to make a whole tractor

[Simon]

\ Maybe we should try.... that could be a separate class in the scratch building competition.... 'Sculpting in Milliput'....

[miker]

:D im off to hobby craft