T3 - Tools, Tips, Techniques - Applying Mr Surfacer 500 To Gaps and Seams with a Syringe

I decided to try applying Mr Surfacer 500 to fill in the gap between the bilge keel and the hull on the 1/200 Mikasa I am working, on as being lazy I wanted to reduce the amount of clean up required.
Depending on the size of the gap, multiple applications may be needed and the Mikasa got a minimum of 2 passes and some worse areas got 3 passes. But the removal of the minimal excess was quickly and easily removed.

[@joesanchez979]

Excellent video 👍

[@plungingfirescalemodeling2441]

Thank you very much!

[@anthonyt4068]

Thanks. Really helpful.

[@plungingfirescalemodeling2441]

Thanks for watching, glad it was of use.

[@joesanchez979]

Happy New Year 🥳🥳🥳

[@plungingfirescalemodeling2441]

Happy New Year to you also!

[@richmondtigers7495]

Very nice, I tried this but struggled to remove, but did leave for over 12 hours. The syringe application would make a difference as it’s more controlled

[@plungingfirescalemodeling2441]

Thanks for watching and commenting. True, only putting it exactly where needed it minimised the amount of clean-up making it a quick process. Because of the length and number of bilge keels by the time I finished the fourth run I could almost go back to the first and start clean-up.

[@bennettrogers7921]

Interesting tip, thank you. Any reason to not just insert the needle into the Mr. Surfacer and withdraw the plunger? Is the Mr surfacer too viscous?

[@plungingfirescalemodeling2441]

Hi, thanks for watching. Yeah I did try that but it doesn't really draw anything up unfortunately.

[@arbiteralex]

hello! i have been trying your method but i cannot find any way that i can reuse even one syringe. they all fail my even after i clean them. seems that the rubber plunger refuses to cooperate for a second time and simply detaches from the handle inside the syringe. any advices maybe?

[@plungingfirescalemodeling2441]

Hi, thanks for watching and trying this technique. Sorry I don't have any advice to make the syringes last. I just used it to fill the gaps in the bilge keels I was working on at the time and didn't need to do anymore after so just binned it when done. Perhaps a smear of silicone grease on the rubber part before inserting might work.

[@patrickvanslambrouck8436]

dank u voor de tip

[@plungingfirescalemodeling2441]

Your welcome, thanks for watching.

[@andypellatt7862]

i wonder if "Mr Surfacer" Nigels Modelling Bench has seen this ??

[@plungingfirescalemodeling2441]

Thanks for watching and commenting. I'm not sure. I came up with this as pretty lazy and wanted to minimise the amount of cleanup :)