DJMar

The ghosting issue that I've had in the past with Tamiya lacquers has happened with 3 different brands of tape (Tamiya's own, 3M High Performance Green, and Scotch Blue). All of the lacquer was flashed off in the dehydrator for 2-3 hours, and cured for at least a week (some longer) BEFORE masking. All the paint had those weird marks on it after removing the tape, no matter which of the 3 brands I used. I usually remove masking tape as soon as it is safe to do so without disturbing the paint underneath, so it's not an issue of the tape sitting on the paint for too long. I thought perhaps it was the solvent in the paint causing a reaction with the tape adhesive, but you would think the same thing would happen when spraying other lacquer paints, too. The fact that it happened on 3 different types of tape was also frustrating. I haven't had this problem with cured enamels or any other automotive lacquer I've used. To be honest, I never tried polishing out the marks. IME, clear coating them doesn't make them disappear, just makes them a little less visible.

Unfortunately, I've had the same thing happen with different types of masking tape and Tamiya lacquers. It doesn't seem to matter how long the paint has had to cure, some tapes leave ghosting in the paint. Not really sure what causes it other than a reaction with the adhesive. I've tried FrogTape Delicate Surface tape with better results, but basically I stay away from Tamiya paints if I'm masking a two tone.

That blue is mighty tasty!

Really nice, and I'm digging the purple. What flavor is it?

Exactly this, you can see it clearly in the posted pics. If you look at the instructions, you can see the correct position of the fender unit on the frame.

Oh, I dig this. It's looking really sweet.

Great Minds Think Alike!

After years of "sand/fill/sand/prime" work on two piece oil pans, this is the method I've used to get rid of those horrid seams. Sometimes the shape of the pan makes the final shaping a bit tedious, but IME it's a lot quicker and more foolproof than using filler. 👍🏼GMTA and all that. It's an SBC, the same engine that was in the original Stacey David Rat Roaster kit.

That looks killer!

Hakosuka! That's a lovely 1st gen GT-R.

Sweet!

I love the color, is it Testors Purple Metal Flake?

This was a pretty infamous mislabeling goof by AMT back in the day.

A few years back, I bought a quart of Duplicolor Paint Shop gray primer (BSP100) for some touch up on my '53 F100. I had about half of it left over, so I've been using that when shooting lacquer. It's amazing how long a pint of primer will last. It is ready to go straight out of the container. I didn't buy it specifically to use on models, but it works well if you lay down multiple thin coats. I haven't had any problems with it. I do like MCW standard gray primer as well, but haven't used any in the last 3-4 years.