Yohan

Yes it is a diecast metal model, and thanks for the info Mr obsessive. I'm honestly putting the model down for a while cause I did something horribly wrong. But here's some pics of it loosely assembled before I screwed it up.

OK after reading this thread again, I have decided to try clear coating it.

Thanks for all the replies everyone. Okay I have finished painting it, and I will say that it looks amazing. But it's chipping horribly!! Not on its own! But if something so much as lightly scratches it, it takes the paint with it and leaves a terrible little mark. Do I need to get some of the model masters clearcoat!? Or is the paintjob already toast!? Oh god! My babies dying!! Somebody help me!!

This is the 1/18 scale 1971 383 dodge challenger convertible ive been working on for about a century. It originally had a gross pace car paintjob (i think i posted about it before...) which i'm trying to repaint blue. is a greenlight, i would have wanted to do a highway 61 (couldnt afford it lol) and probably couldn't bring myself to tear one of those apart anyways. So far i've only broken 9 things when disassembling it, and will begin screwing and glueing it back to glroy once i'm done painting it. Also are 1/18 modded car projects allowed one here?

It was this kind.

I painted my model car with some cheapy model masters lacquer paint. But i want to protect my paint job with a clear coat/gloss/idk and i dont know how or what to use. I saw some krylon clear gloss at michaels but it said it was acrylic, and i dont know if thats safe to use with it. So how would you guys recomend i protect my lacquer paint job? Also do i have to sand the paint before putting any clearcoat/gloss/wax/sealer/idk/etc on it? Any help is much appreciated!

Hello, i was wondering what do you do about plastic trim or plastic in general, when stripping paint from die-cast model cars. Cause I wanted to buy this greenlight dodge challenger strip and repaint it. But I bet all the chrome trim on it is plastic, and I don't know how to go about stripping it without damaging it. Any help is much appreciated.