{"id":370,"date":"2005-01-19T19:59:16","date_gmt":"2005-01-19T23:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seanpallas.com\/?p=370"},"modified":"2005-01-19T19:59:16","modified_gmt":"2005-01-19T23:59:16","slug":"putty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seanpallas.com\/?p=370","title":{"rendered":"Putty"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_371\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/seanpallas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/tricorderkit18.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-371\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-371\" title=\"tricorderkit18\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/seanpallas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/tricorderkit18.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Putty\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/seanpallas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/tricorderkit18.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/seanpallas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/tricorderkit18.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-371\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Putty<\/p><\/div>\n<p>To finish up the primary body work, I filled any large gaps, holes, or seams with an automotive filler putty that the Bondo may have missed. To fill in the smaller, pin-size holes, I used Squadron&#8217;s Green putty. I let the putty dry overnight. The next day I proceeded to wetsand the main body components with 250 grit sandpaper. I then worked my way up to 400, 600, and finally 800 grit paper to ensure a smooth finish on the body. At this point, the body needs a &#8220;splash coat&#8221; of paint, which will be detailed later. However, due to the wintry weather in my area, this will most likely be put off until the early spring. Until then, I&#8217;ll move onto other parts of the kit like dry-fitting the electronics, prepping the decals, and modifying the main body and lower door so they sit flush when the tricorder is closed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To finish up the primary body work, I filled any large gaps, holes, or seams with an automotive filler putty that the Bondo may have missed. To fill in the smaller, pin-size holes, I used Squadron&#8217;s Green putty. I let the putty dry overnight. The next day I proceeded to wetsand the main body components with 250 grit sandpaper. I then worked my way up to 400, 600, and finally 800 grit paper to ensure a smooth finish on the body. At this point, the body needs a &#8220;splash coat&#8221; of paint, which will be detailed later. However, due to&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":371,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[15,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mark-vii-tricorder-project","category-projects"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/seanpallas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/tricorderkit18.jpg?fit=640%2C480&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s930oe-putty","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seanpallas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seanpallas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seanpallas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seanpallas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seanpallas.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/seanpallas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seanpallas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seanpallas.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seanpallas.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seanpallas.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}