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Hi everyone bought some Mr Surfacer 500 as suggested by swamprat 33 to do some cast effects on my Panther and Tiger cupola and cupola hatch have to admit it works fantastic Thank you and for anyone else give it a go it's simple
Cheers Lee

Good tip did you use the spray or the brush on??

I used The brush on and dabbed it with a piece of rough sandpaper let it dry which only took a couple of minutes then repeated got a great effect
Lee

Good tip thanks Lee

Mr Surfacer 500 is not easy to find in the UK.
I ran out and was unable to find any in time so i made my own.

Humbrol plastic filler mixed with liquid poly makes a very good substitute.
In fact, to be honest, it looks the same, smells the same and works just the same too.

Tim

I ordered some, via ebay, from Hong Kong - £ 2.95 + £2 p&p. Had it in my hands 5 days later, was really impressed , wasn't expecting to see it for weeks.

Hi Try this if you cant get mr surface ,PVA glue and polyfiller mix to paste ,thinner(but not runny) the better dab on with a stubby brush and let it dry.Then paint as normal.

cheap and easy to do give it a try on a scrap hull you will be surprised it works .

regards pete

Realise this post is fairly old now, but Mr Surfacer is readily available from E Models in the UK.

Another alternative....

Being cheap and a couple hours from the nearest hobby shop, I've been using thinned down Bondo body filler. The can says to clean tools with Acetone, so I used that to thin the resin in my empty Mr Surfacer 500 bottle. I pull out what I need and mix in the hardener. I does take a bit longer to cure but it works great. A pint of Bondo will go a LONG way. I just bought the gallon can....