Sprue Goo Just Got An Upgrade - Here's How

In this hobby cheating Tutorial, I'm gonna show you how Sprue Goo has just got an upgrading. This is an amazing an Quick method to upgrading your Warhammer, Gundam, Bolt action or any miniature hobby adventure!

[Primal]

Next try the same method but with a metal shaper. The plastic isn't coming from the sprue, the glue on the model softened that plastic enough to be sculpted. I do this when working on customs when something is extremely rough and would take too much effort to properly patch or sand. Acetone + q tip on the rough plastic area it wont take long to melt it down enough to do a quick sanding.

[oldenerdy]

I've been doing this hobby for a long time and never thought to use sprue that way. Thanks for the Tip. I'll definitely try it on my next project.

[mayofrench]

This is a technique I have used before. Thanks for putting it out there for others to use.

[Jauphrey]

You genius. Wonderful, simple technique. See a lot of posts indicating others that have used it but, even having a pot of sprue goo, I've never considered this means of sealing gaps. Thanks mate!

[markrayton]

Fantastic idea. Thanks very much for sharing. I would have never of thought of that. Cheers buddy 👍🏻

[MiniatureMasterClass]

I've seen thousands of hobby videos on YouTube and this is the first time I've heard of goo crayons to fill seams. Definitely going to try this on my Gunpla. This channel is gonna take off, just a matter of time!

[AutekMor]

Thanks for this, saves me getting spruegoo while trying to sort out my own Skitarii models :D.

[liamhobbs]

I'm assembling Skitarii right now! Great advice.

[WilhelmScreamer]

This is a clever workaround for the seamwork

[anonymoose]

This seems like I very useful tip, I would never have thought of this👍

[JacobCross]

Might try this with recasting with Sprue-Goo, coating the cast with glue, then fill it in with the goo, assuming the cast doesn't get stuck to it, I might try this out... 🤔

[leonleeds]

Defo going to give this a try, just building an Awakened Wyldwood and the gaps were noticable, but getting a knife or whatever in to clean up after sprue goo would be hard in most of the places.

[calvingifford]

Just WOW! Thanks very much for sharing!!

[rosemaryr.long-morgan]

Thanks for sharing. What a great idea, was just wondering how best to fill-in panel lines. I'm doing a 2 door to 4 door conversion of a 1/25 '66 Impala. Lucky for me same length & wheel base on both hardtops, (unfortunately will loose that cool curve/angle from 2 door rear window) Hinging driver door (after all that hard work, I want to show off interior too) Hood comes hinged, but replacing 396 with 427 engine from the '66 chevy malibu ss stock car :) Again thanks

[HO-bndk]

That's way too clumsy and messy. I recommend Magic Sculp and a drop of water to smooth it. Fine sand or scrape once cured (if needed).

[TooMiniModels]

Your results look nice, but I don't see why you scrap the seem with a piece of sprue, is the plastic glue supposed to dissolve the portion of the sprue that your scraping it with?

[duncanmcdane]

Why not simply use wall filler? Easy to thin down with water, dries in between 1 and 2 hours depending of how thin you've used it and then sand/file it down. Everywhere available and cheap as chips. No toxic chemicals, no cutting by accident into the plastic and you can even carve/cut some rudimentary detail into it later on.

[hh]

This is called plastic welding and the Gunpla community does this.

[tabletop.will.phillips]

Totally unrelated to the sprue glue subject, what's the song that kicks off around 3:38? It's great.

[PurgingParrot]

Just tried it and encountered a number of issues. I was putting Tamiya into the gaps and taking a sprue to rub on it. The mix very quickly becomes uneven and ‘tacky’. It is leaving streaks and even strings behind. Am I doing something wrong? If you need more info lmk.