Sandboarder

Laurel with a wheel swap and exhaust tips. Great build out of the box.

Hobby shops sell stainless steel mixing balls or glass. Also be careful of mixing balls in glass paint bottles. You can also get magnetic paint mixers. No vibrations, just drop the magnetic bar into the paint and the base unit will spin the magnet around mixing your paint.

I got something new so decided to do a mock and intend on prepping for summer.

These arrived today. Now to find to factory colours as they were sold out when I ordered these.

SMS is made right here in Australia while Motolow is made in Germany. It is good to see Australian products (SMS and DDA) have popped up on this forum after I’ve spent months logged off

Oh wow! So I bought one at my local hobby shop for $75 AUD. Now keep in mind that the here my local hobby shop charge $80 for your AMT models kits and around $80-85 for Tamiya. Maybe seeing as how crazy the last few years were and it is 2023, remember it is very expensive to export from Australia to the USA no different how Round 2/AMT charge us Australian’s such a high retail price for their products.

Yeah of course you can. The idea is that the metallic flakes in the silver will block the bleed through. Any texture from the silver can be sealed and smoothed with a primer or surfacer. There is no reason you can’t spray primer, silver, primer, colours and clear coats. On your projects I personally only use Mr Hobby 1500 Black surfacer for everything I paint. Recently I painted a Bandai kit molded in red and pink with black primer/surfacer and then a light green paint, no bleeds.

Spray a coat of silver under your primer or use black primer.

This turned out awesome. Sounds like you really enjoyed the Bandai kit. Great to see your OOB build and then taking the time to disassemble and rebuild after paint. Looking forward to your next Bandai build, what ever it is that you choose

Wow!! Absolutely amazing paint job!!! Providing you have not mentioned any mods and said the kit was a joy to build, it has really turn out impressive. Clean build with all the right details to make it pop and stand out. Nailed the Gasser stance.

This build is amazing!!! Great take on a C211, I really enjoy seeing fresh ideas and interesting platforms.

That’s unusual. I try to stick to the same brands materials. Tamiya paint, thinner and remover etc. Got a few options to try out now.

Have you searched the Tamiya catalog?

I haven’t used it but I bet it’s bright

I like your point