Mr Color And Mr Surfacer

[Howard of Effingham]

recently, well only over the last week i have started using these ranges for whom
the UK distributor is MDC. the Mr Color gungze sanygo are one of the paint ranges
used in say hasegawa and trumpeter kits and i had a selection of the modern era
RAF colors.

are they any good you maybe asking?  

yes! at first i was not very happy with the finish on a hasegawa Harrier GR3
that i am building for the south atlantic SIG display but perseverance is the thing.
heavily thinning the dark grey for the second coat with water made things much easier
and gave a better finish. this morning i started the coat of dark green and this has
gone well first time.

Mr Color's clear green has proved very useful for painting HUD's and the like.

Mr Surfacer comes in several grades [500/1000/1200] and for now i am using just
the 1000 grade pot. it has a   niff on opening the pot. use it rather than glue
or say green stuff for filling those awkward gaps you get when you have assembled
a model. it can be wiped off with surgical spirit and sanded down when dry. it also
seems to be better to apply in several goes to fill the gap [best used on gaps of 1mm or less]
the first model i have used it on is an airfix F-86D, but it is also proving useful filling
seam lines on an F-14A that i am rebuilding for someone else. it does not melt the
plastic which is so useful.

[matrixone]

I think Mr.Sufacer is very good stuff and really like using it, to save yourself some money get the 500, I have the 500 and 1000 grades and after trying them on a few models the 500 has been very useful while the 1000 is just too thin to be of any real help in filling small seams and scratches and will not buy any more of it but I am sure it would be very useful for those who need to have a flawless surface for a NMF.

Matrixone

[dragon]

But how exactly is Mr Surfacer used?  All the bottles I can purchase are in Japanese (which I can't read with the one semester class I barely survived through in College).    B)  

[Hobbes]

see this thread

[Howard of Effingham]

see this thread

thanks harro.

i missed this one first time around.

[John Howling Mouse]

Um, what exactly is "surgical spirit"?  Mineral spirits?  Rubbing Alcohol?

[Howard of Effingham]

Um, what exactly is "surgical spirit"?  Mineral spirits?  Rubbing Alcohol?

here in the uk you can buy this in 200ml bottles at the chemists. it is medically used
for bed sores and to harden skin apparently. i'd refer to it as rubbing alcohol rather
than mineral spirits.

[gooberliberation]

Hey, is it safe to paint acrylics over Mr Surfacer? I could've sworn that I read that it'll make acrylic crack over it.

[Howard of Effingham]

Hey, is it safe to paint acrylics over Mr Surfacer? I could've sworn that I read that it'll make acrylic crack over it.

can't say that there are any problems with using mr color [or other acrylics] over
mr surfacer as i have not seen any yet on two different models. however, the mr
color resin primer, is just that a resin primer and can't be used on plastics that i
know of.

[Mossie]

Um, what exactly is "surgical spirit"?  Mineral spirits?  Rubbing Alcohol?

Rubbing alcohol Baz, methylated spirits should do as well I think.