Putty Applicator

The work ends of this tool have a very nice polish and are easy to wipe clean. One end is similar to a butter knife with a point. I like this end for cleaning up dried filler a bit like a scraper. The other end is almost like a golf putter, which I also find as a great tool for reaching into a homemade bottle of liquid sprue to turn over and mix up.

When I first pulled this applicator out of the box I thought When will I need this thing? It looked rather sophisticated so I continued to use toothpicks and #10 scalpel blades for shaping and smoothing putty jobs. Curiosity got the best of me and now I use it almost exclusively for applying putty. Easy to use in shaping and forming putty in and around seams, joints, and places which require a bit of patching. Easy to clean to, simply wipe off and move on with applying more putty or to put back until the next time. I recommend this putty applicator.

This tool is great for me. I was using coffee stirrers, my fingers, etc. This saves my skin. that tamiya putty does not come off easily. I am able to use the required amount of putty and I do not get it all over places that do not need it. Saves my a lot of clean up time. I will look for a more flexible one, but this one is great. A nice weight and feel. the knife end also scrapes. I would place this in a beginning modeler kit.