August 29, 2024
Here is a comparison between Milliput (on the left) and Green Stuff (on the right). They both handle completely different. Milliput is easy to mix and it‘s very easy to change the shape of this stuff, once cured, it‘s rock solid. Green Stuff on the other hand is quite hard to mix (my fingers were hurting after mixing it 😄), it holds itself together alot, thus changing the shape is not so easy and once it‘s cured, it behaves more like a very resilient rubber. I should also mention, that green stuff is way more sticky than milliput.
So, why do you see the same vehicle with two different weld seams? Well, first I did them with Milliput but I was not happy with the result, the weld seams were to wide and they looked a bit extreme. Thats the thing with milliput, it is a joy to mix and to shape it in small noodles, since this stuff doesn‘t hold together alot but thats the exact problem, its hards to create very small noodles and once you apply the c-shapes on it, it‘s so soft that you cut the noodle instead of pressing the shape on it. Then it is also not as sticky as green stuff, which means that it is more likley to stick to your tool instead of sticking to the tank. To hinder it from sticking to your tool, you have the make it wet but then the noodle holds it self together even worse, problems after problems!
So I wasn‘t happy at the time, all the work was gone and I wanted to get Tamiya‘s Quick Type Epoxy Putty, because Night Shift really liked this stuff for making weld seams. Unfortunately, it is hard to get here. Then I thought that I can give my local hobby shop a try and thats where I found Green Stuff.
And that‘s the end of the story: thanks to it‘s ruber like texture, you can roll it (and even stretch it!!) in very thin noodles, it is sticky, so it will stay in the groove and it is more resilient to changing the shape, which means that you wont cut the whole noodlle by applying the weld shape. But don‘t get me wrong, for filling gaps etc., Milliput is, thanks to it‘s soft nature, still the greatest stuff