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

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

The UK will already stop the sale of new gas powered cars in 2030 or something. All the brands like Dodge are just trying to get on board with the new technology’s before a banned like you UK stops their sales. Can they sell me a reasonably priced EV that does 800km per charge? No. Until they travel 500 miles a tank for under $40,000 USD they aren’t practical and travelling 186 miles down Route 66 and then stopping for a long charge just ain’t going to happen.

Mr Hobby do a good selection of these paints as well.

Clear coated primer? You mean this colour?? I can get around most trends when they are built well and understand the trend/influence.

Gloss clear coat

I mainly use thinners for airbrushing but I only use Mr Hobby Mr Levelling thinner for any lacquer paints. It’s a bit slower drying which helps the paint level and dry smooth.

Mr Hobby gun chrome is a pot of solvent based lacquer paint. As always airbrush for the best and most even results but of course you can brush it on. Ensure it fully mixed as mine brushed on a little grainy. I only don’t a small test as I intended to airbrush it but I have not at this stage.