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How-To use styrene to fill holes and gaps in rc hard bodies

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This is an alternative to using body filler such as Squadron or Bondo. This uses scraps of styrene to fill and melt together into gaps, seams and holes. Final bond is stronger than filler, strong as the body itself. You can use body filler as a last step to fill scratches and very light non structural holes or do another pass with styrene.

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@habiks 12 лет назад

Just mix the styrene strips and with some cement on a tin foil. When it dissolves / gets soft, use a toothpick to use it as filler.

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@fraudbuster5232 9 лет назад

Great video and very helpful. I am going to be starting a project that will require a large long gap to be filled. I was going to use a compound or bondo, but I think your way is much better. Thank you for sharing.

@pantablo 15 лет назад

Not sure. I can barely hear it but I had AC/DC (Back in Black album) playing in the background at one point, and nothing else so it must be one of those songs. The Tamiya plastic bodies are, I believe, ABS plastic, not styrene. The two are similar but different. That's why I prefer to use the Bondene, which is meant for mating different plastics. Tenax 7R is for styrene but works well on the bodies. Toy bodies could be different plastics but usually are ABS.

@Morongotongo123 15 лет назад

always showing us all the good things about RC !! thanks again pantablo .. gracias amigo . LorenzoZ

@FROADER 15 лет назад

Awesome work! Whoever is getting that body is one lucky SOB!! :)

@pantablo 15 лет назад

Thanks. Trimming the fenders to fit large tires (per your comment on other video) is with dremel using a sanding drum attachment.

@PatrickNevin 14 лет назад

Where can I get these types of glues such as "ambroid pro weld. Thanks for your reply! Pat

@nathan61984 15 лет назад

You sir, must dabble in black magic lol.

@pantablo 14 лет назад

Plastruct Bondene is one I use often, and I recently started using Ambroid Pro-Weld which I consider to be superior. Tenax 7R is a third that is quite good but has recently been difficult to find. Any of these three will work but I would recommend the Ambroid first.

@pantablo 14 лет назад

Thanks! To do a How-to or video I'd have to build another one, lol. That wont happen anytime soon. I have too many to finish. I have another 90's ford extended cab (very detailed) I need to finish, among others. Go to scale4x4rcDOTorg and search user FROADER and term SUPERCAB. I built that cab (the one in this video) and there's a build thread with tons of photos. Its the closest you'll find to what you're looking for. These bodies (the F350, 90's and 80's f150, Hilux, etc) are Tamiya bodies.

@pantablo 14 лет назад

I get all mine at local hobby stores. Some are better at stocking them than others. The Plastruct Bondene seems to be the easiest to get. I just discovered one hobby store (the best of the bunch) actually carries the Ambroid. Check a few local hobby stores if you have them. If they don't, check if they can order it.

@5kcsqt 15 лет назад

Knowledge is: Watching your tutourials eating dinner at the computer desk. Haha.

@pantablo 13 лет назад

@Bracerjack -Here I use Plastruct Bondene. You can also use Tenax 7R and Ambroid ProWeld (my current favorite).

@Morongotongo123 15 лет назад

ohh btw ... pantablo ... you know what i would like to see .. how you cut the tamiya bodies .. lets say the front and fenders. dont know if you use the dremel and if you do which part you use to cut or if you use something else. thank you amigo

@pantablo 14 лет назад

@5kcsqt -I don't think so. What I've done, and seen others do, is use a thin layer of Shoe Goo to adhere a piece of styrene to the lexan on underside. Then you can glue styrene drop bed to that styrene using conventional methods. Too much Shoe Goo though and lexan will react, losing its shape a bit. This also eliminates the typical method of painting lexan on the inside. I added tons of detail to my lexan Range Rover Classic (the white one) in this way.

@pantablo 14 лет назад

@bayareaaxialcrawler -Sorry, nope. I have pictures of the drop bed I made for a current build I have going on, the Blackfoot V2, but thats it. Those are on Scale4x4rcDOTorg.

@pantablo 12 лет назад

You are very welcome. Hope this helps.

@pantablo 15 лет назад

The orange yota has TLT axles.

@BLThackrey 12 лет назад

I use 5 minute epoxy and tape off the underside. less work and less chance of damaging the body with a blade . leave it for 5 minutes and job done

@johnday7693 Год назад

Is that the tamiya f350 body that has been extended, or what body is this

@EcBuddy123 15 лет назад

5:35 the song wat is it? l0l nice this will really help me in te future, so styrene is the pastic the hard bodies are made of right?

@EcBuddy123 15 лет назад

o k, so that stuff is like glue but melts it together right? can u used tat stuff to put two pieces together like a camper (idk if tats right) onto a pick up truck?

@saefulabdulazis5430 4 года назад

Can I know the size of the cabin and the tub I really want to make ??i'm from indonesian

@pantablo 14 лет назад

Awesome. Glad this helped!

@PatrickNevin 14 лет назад

Can you tell me what is the best glue to bond 2 pieces of styrene together? Thanks very much. Pat

@5kcsqt 14 лет назад

Got a question that may help others. Say you wanted to do a drop bed on a lexan pickup. would styrene sheeting bond to it about the same as lexan sheeting?

@JacobHayden 10 лет назад

Great video man very good info

@ricklewis950 6 лет назад

Can I use clear styrene or is the white different?

@pantablo 12 лет назад

very appreciated!

@pantablo 12 лет назад

That's probably a great solution too.

@pantablo 11 лет назад

I'm not familiar with that solvent but it sounds like it wasn't the proper stuff. You can mail order the Plastruct or Tenax 7R, either of which work well. There's also a third called, Ambroid Proweld which is probably the best of the three.

@Jim-xv7tq 6 лет назад

You need a solvent called Methyl Ethyl Keytone (MEK). But beware I don’t think many rc hobbyists know the Dangers of MEK. It is super flammable, and pretty much will melt any plastic of plastic glove, Which is good when you want to melt the styrene yo melt together and form a strong bond.

@erebus1964 6 лет назад

Plastruct Plastic Weld contained trichloromethane in the past (Plastruct Bondene contained dichloromethane), but I believe they changed the recipes for both in the meantime. You can use trichlormethane (aka chloroform) directly which is a potent solvent for plastics like ABS, PS, and PMMA. Cheaper in larger bottles than the stuff sold by the modelling companies. You just have to assure a good ventilation at your workplace. Chloroform is hazardous, as most solvents are ... and always act responsibly.

@wweraw5678 14 лет назад

can i use this on my 0.40 body

@nathan61984 15 лет назад

Craziness.

@Genuinevill 11 лет назад

epoxy works wonders for jobs like this.

@pantablo 14 лет назад

No reason why not. Just be careful with the thinner material when pressing the filler in. I assume you're not talking about a clear lexan shell though...might be now that I think about it. if so, no, you can't do this. The lexan is too flexible adn the solvent is not meant for that type of plastic.

@pantablo 15 лет назад

@FROADER -lol...he'd better beat on this thing! Oh and remind me not to wear black jeans and black sweater when sanding...d'oh!