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mr surfacer or cast-a-coat?
greatbrit
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Posted: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 - 05:35 AM UTC
which is best for the non slip surfaces on modern AFVs?

and also where can i get them in the UK?

cheers

joe
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Posted: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 - 05:49 AM UTC
Joe,
both are good but for modern Brit stuff I'd go for the cast a coat as the granuals will make it look a bit more realistic, as the non-skid is applyied from a tin before the main paint IIRC, as to finding who stocks them try these places,
here for mr surfacer and here for cast-a-coat
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Posted: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 - 05:57 AM UTC
Ta mike
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Posted: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 - 06:19 AM UTC
I have used CAST-a-COAT on my Warrior and it looks really nice... Do some experimenting on a scrap model first, though...

BTW, guys at Small Shop are very nice and have great service.. I think Alisdair visits Armorama, so you can drop him a PM as well.

Mario M.
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Posted: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 - 09:26 PM UTC
Mr surfacer is like super fine grain putty. Used it to fill in gaps when joining airplane fuselages together and filling in joining seams on tanks and ships. it goes on with brush (or toothpick ) and does xcellent job of filling in small holes, lines, etc
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