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Thanks Bill...I have some of the 3m perfect it on my toolbox in thr garage, used it when I cut and buffed my car in high school. Thanks Roger...I thought about the gray primer may shoot the next car with it. Any reason you don't like the white?

Gotcha...I'll definitley get some plastic spoons and fiddle around with different stuff before I spray the car. Always had great luck on 1:1 stuff with an awesome slick surface before paint.

Lol, thanks man! Although the 600 was said to be used on the putty applied areas only before primer. I've prepped real cars for paint before, but never have worried about breaking through the primer lol. So the principle of a 1:1 doesn't apply? That question comes from not going with paper finer than 800 grit...the smoother the canvas prior to paint the better the end result with less chance of orange peel etc....?

Hey guys, not new to the hobby, but new to the forum. Just picking the hobby back up after about 5-10 years of not doing it. I've got a question about wet sanding after priming. Little background on my painting procedure. I've always painted with rattle cans, and have had awesome luck with them, and my finishes always came out as smooth as glass (thanks Tamiya Spray Paints, lol.) Before, I never primed my bodies to be painted, always washed away the mold release agent and let them dry. While said parts were drying, my paint cans were in the hot summer sun warming up to raise the head pressure in the can, as well as warm the paint temps up inside, so they'd flow better. This always yielded finishes like glass for me. Upon picking the hobby back up, I found this forum around Christmas time. I noticed that almost all of you guys prime before color and have awesome results....so I figured what the heck, I'll try to see if it will make a difference on my first build back in the hobby. My first model back into the hobby is a Tamiya Mazda RX-7 Efini. I've sanded down all the mold lines, scribed all the panel lines, panel washed them, and filled in some sunken areas on the spoiler with some Tamiya White putty. After that, here is my wet sanding procedure ...600 grit (for the putty areas), 800 grit, 1000 grit, 1500 grit, 2000 grit, then finally 3000 grit, and a final wash before priming. Since it is February, and I'm using rattle cans, I warmed up some water in a bowl, and placed my Tamiya Fine Surface primer in it to raise the pressure and warm up the paint. Shot my first light coat of primer on, let it flash for 20 minutes, then laid down my final heavy 2nd coat. The end results are amazing, and smooth as glass. I did have 2 dust particles float onto it though during this. One on the hood, and the other on the passenger door. I wet sanded these particles out using 1500 grit followed by 2000 grit. Then, I proceeded to do as I do on a 1:1. I wet sanded the entire primed body with 2000 grit sand paper. Upon doing so, I broke through the primer in some areas, going back down to the molded red color. Here is my question, finally after all that nonsense you read, lol. Should I have to re-prime the car since I broke through the primer back down to the molded color? Thanks in advance and here are some pictures of the primer before and after sanding.

Again, looks great man...really like the gauges on the dash too!

See a lot of people running red/brick red/maroon colored steelies with the wide whites on that color of primed rat rods...maybe throw some baby moons on them?

Where did you find your Hobby Design Big turbo? I looked @ hobbylink Japan, and they're backordered. The one pictured is the model meister turbo from the kit that you posted the pic of?

Dude I love this build. Giving me lots of ideas for mine! Thanks for the link on the rims btw. Where did you find the turbo kit? That thing is massive.

Nice! I had this exact same kit when I was growing up. Wish I had another to build, lol.

Love this build.....what size of solder was used for the intake? Getting back into the hobby after many years, thinking of doing an FD RX-7 with an LS swap and was trying to get some ideas.

What wheels are these and where do you get them? They look awesome!