Milo

How do I paint an amt car model? I got a nice corvette, but all the pieces are bright orange. Do I need to prime all the pieces with white before painting, or will the paint just cover it up?

Also, when painting any piece, how do I keep paint from blocking the connection places making it hard to get pieces together?

Thanks, how much paint and thinner will I need to cover the whole body?

I believe it is using aerosol can

because my airbrush sucks it was like a 40 dollar thing, and it connects right to the testors bottle It's embarrassing lol

thanks, this woulda been helpful earlier tho I had been advised to strip it and paint it again, I brushed it again with unthinned testors enamel paint (just the usual 2 oz bottle). It came with a result of this (I hope this time I loads): It has a very thick coat, and as you should be able to see, the light reflection is all messed up. I'm also worried because of the thickness it won't fit on the model. but anyway, is this still recoverable by wet sanding, or should I restart? or should I just cry about it

So I watched some tutorials on wet sanding, and they said to sand one way and sand the opposite way, but it had it with 6 different sheets, and I believe they were all the same grit. Is there a reason not to reuse a sandpaper?

I can wet sand this texture out right?

thanks, I just put thinner on my brush and wiped it all away

How do I strip the paint?

Are the bumps a result of bad airbrush or not thinned enough? It could also be the way I was brushing, I had to hold the airbrush relatively close because it shoots with such low power. The airbrush was shooting globs of paint, not even spray like it should. Also, can I wet sand it to improve looks? or should I just give up and have a bumpy car?

So when you dip the paintbrush with thinner on it into the paint bottle, how is that not ruining all the paint inside the bottle? I've already done that with my flat black, so I'll need to get a new one.

"keeping the brush wet" is this meaning wet with paint, thinner or water?

I don't really understand the method using the brush, can you explain better? And, how do I know when my paint is well enough thinned for air brushing? Someone told me that the regular testors paint bottles are good and ready for air brushing.

So how do I thin? should I put it in a small bottle along with some thinner from a pipet?

And is there anything I can do anymore to revert the roughness? Is there a way to wetsand it?

I'm using the small 2 oz testor bottles of paint. Should I thin it in the bottle or pour it in some mixer or something to thin it?

The attached photo should show my problem. I brushed the piece matte black, but there’s so much texture, how do I make it smooth? Or how do I do better in be future?

Ok, that's what I was thinking

ok thanks, mine is a race car, so it's not meant for super beauty on the inside, I'm picturing like semi-gloss black. But for another one of my models, it may not be so

can you show me pictures of what your cars' bodies look like from the inside?

Ok, but even when something is showing, like maybe the underside of the top (the top of the car from the inside perspective) if this is visible, should I keep it the body color, or should I make it the interior color?

On the interior of the body, usually what people don’t see, how much of this do I paint? Will it be visible? I’m currently working on the c7.r corvette made by revel. I’m quite new to model cara, so please I’d love help. Thanks