I haven't used Cellulose stopper because previously it hadn't been so recommended. Well, the reason for trying Mr This and Mr That is because they were recommended by fellow modellers. PS there are some very nice touches on this kit which I hadn't spotted in the reviews. Surfacer to try.) What should I be using as a tool? What should I use for cleaning? How long is it advisable to leave before scraping/sanding? So: Where am I going wrong? (I do have some coarser Mr. Surfacer into the slight sink marks above the outer flaps and we'll see what they come out like. Dissolved Putty, but I dolloped on some blobs of Mr. So from this stage of a brief trial my favourite is the Mr. The lines under the Mr DP where hidden where there had been blobs and partially filled where there had not. S been applied were little less visible, if any, than the control. I painted a piece of inner wing that had not been treated as a control. Where it had been visible in the Mr.S, which was everywhere, it was still visible. Where the line had been visible in the putty, it was still visible. Where there had been blobs or Mr DP, it had filled well. I then overpainted the area with H56 Metal. Surfacer of the tailplane I removed with an old file, to reduce any damage to the surfaces. Obviously, I couldn't be bothered to wait long, so after about 30mins I scraped off the Mr Dissolved Putty with the edge of a knife. The line was only hidden where blobs of the material had formed. Again, it did not seem to flow and required repeated applications to cover. I also had stored Mr Dissolved Putty upside down, and tried applying it in much the same way. A lot of the Surfacer spread to each side of the line, so the whole surface will need rubbing down. (It is not a huge trench, to be fair.) It seemed to require several jabs of the brush to hide the line, and after a little time drying the line reappeared. I hoped it would flow into the line, but it did not. So I had stored the jar upside down to gain access to thicker substance, and applied that onto the Vampire. It also did not stay where applied but ran onto adjacent structure. I had previously used Mr Surfacer 1200 on the sunken fabric sides of a Hasegawa Hurricane, but found it had little more effect than a coat of paint and took several coats to show any effect. I decided to apply them using an old paintbrush with short hairs and with cellulose thinners for cleaning. One problem is that they come without instructions for use and without advice on cleaning the tools used. I do have the alternatives sitting on the shelf, so I set out to give them a try. Normally I would use White Milliput to overfill the area and then rub down with a wet finger. I am attempting to hide the large spanwise line on the upper wing and tailplane, plus the lines around the fin, rudder, and tailplane to make clear which are moving parts and which fixed structure. The Airfix Vampire T.Mk.11 has provided an example for comparative testing of these three methods for filling excessive panel lines.
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