Tried a rattle can of this last night on a bunch of stuff I wanted to prime. Went on very nice and dried very smooth. I shot 4 1/144 aircraft and 6 tanks and looks like all the panel lines are still very visible. It looked a little thick when wet but once dry it was very nice. Also, Didn’t have to clean the airbrush when done! A little spendy but the finish was worth it. As long as you put it on thin the can will last quite a while.
[dto:] A little pricey but very nice stuff. It availability is a bit spotty at my LHS so when I see it in stock, I always grab a can or two. The 1000 is also nice stuff and I use the 500 from a bottle to fill fine seams and scratches. All around good product line.
Don
Hi Salvine
I use the can version of Mr. Surfacer too, both 1200 and 1000. Excellent product for sure.
I use the bottle form versus the rattlecan, but love it all the same! In fact, I’m going to be priming the 109 with it tonight (now that it’s finally slightly not freezing!)
What do you thin it with Doogs?
You can use the gunze-sango mr thinner of ordinary laquer thinner.
Just used Mr. Surfacer 1200 on a Japanese aircraft, and found the light gray color was just about right for the underside of the plane, so no finish coat needed! I just applied decals as usual, and overcoated with Testors DullCote. Worked just fine.
I use Gunze Mr. Leveling Thinner. Stuff goes on quite smooth, and if you swipe it with some fine grit sandpaper (2000 or so), it goes ridiculously smooth.
Shot my 109 with it last night:
I use this stuff too, but I prefer to AB it. Properly thinned you get a lot of mileage out of those bottles, and a lot more control than with the rattlecans.
What is with the grit figures in Mr. Surfacer? I presume that if you are priming a model with it then there would be no texture, so it must be for something else. I use bottled Mr. S 500 for seam and blemish filling and wipe away excess with alcohol. Rcently I bought 1200 to compare and see if there was a difference. Other than the 1200 being a little bit thinner I didn’t notice a difference. So does it have anything to do with texture?
The higher the number, the smoother the finish. 500 is better used for filling imperfections, seams, etc. Compare a surface sprayed with 500 with one sprayed with 1000 or 1200…it will have a slightly grittier texture. 1000 and 1200 also buff to a smoother finish than 500 will.