Sandboarder

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

The Black is smoother then the white. I assume the Black pigments are finer but it has never given myself a bad result. I use both 1500 black from rattle cans and through the airbrush with the same results.

It’s over 500, that the equivalent of 500 grit sanding. If you use Mr Surfacer get the 1500, it’ll cost the same and is super smooth when dry.

Im just saying don’t be afraid to buy a Rocket Bunny 86 and pull the flairs out. You can still build a great car from the kit without the flairs. I really should make an effect to finish these one day. RB kit suspension with a simple 18” Aoshima wheel swap. Zero modifications, OOB.

Company’s like Hobby design make resin LB Walk fenders and body kits but they are about twice the cost of buying a Aoshima kit and separating the parts you want. The Lambo has moulded on flairs while the Aoshima 86 is better suit. You can take the flairs out and still built a really nice Toyota 86 in RHD or LHD or FRS Scion