Hello all,
And sorry if this was discussed in someone else's thread already...
I downloaded the model of a Dragon Quest Slime from some website (and if I ever find that again, I'll post it here, I think it was paper-replika.com, papercraftsquare.com, http://tektonten.blogspot.com, or some such site... I really don't mean to not mention the site!!).
However, when I put it together, the "transitions" between different parts became very obvious, and it's really ugly, see the 2 DSCF pictures.
What I mean is:
If you glue 2 parts together, you usually use the glue latches on one part, and glue the other part onto those latches.
But since "the other" part has a certain thickness, there will be a small ugly white rim at each connection.
I tried to illustrate this in the "glue latches.gif" pic, not sure this makes any sense at all, my MSPaint skills are more than limited...
For some models, e.g. airplanes with metal sheeting and gaps between the panels, I could imagine coloring the white rims with some black or dark color. But in the case of other, more colorful models, it seems impossible to get the exact color to hide those steps.
Is the solution maybe to put the 2 parts face-to-face, and then glue them together using some sort of support strip on the "invisible" side of the model (see my other pity attempt at illustrating this, glue latches2.gif; support strip in Blue)? Any thoughts on this?
Thanks all...
And sorry if this was discussed in someone else's thread already...
I downloaded the model of a Dragon Quest Slime from some website (and if I ever find that again, I'll post it here, I think it was paper-replika.com, papercraftsquare.com, http://tektonten.blogspot.com, or some such site... I really don't mean to not mention the site!!).
However, when I put it together, the "transitions" between different parts became very obvious, and it's really ugly, see the 2 DSCF pictures.
What I mean is:
If you glue 2 parts together, you usually use the glue latches on one part, and glue the other part onto those latches.
But since "the other" part has a certain thickness, there will be a small ugly white rim at each connection.
I tried to illustrate this in the "glue latches.gif" pic, not sure this makes any sense at all, my MSPaint skills are more than limited...
For some models, e.g. airplanes with metal sheeting and gaps between the panels, I could imagine coloring the white rims with some black or dark color. But in the case of other, more colorful models, it seems impossible to get the exact color to hide those steps.
Is the solution maybe to put the 2 parts face-to-face, and then glue them together using some sort of support strip on the "invisible" side of the model (see my other pity attempt at illustrating this, glue latches2.gif; support strip in Blue)? Any thoughts on this?
Thanks all...