Donny

Thank you mate, think I'll leave the 12000 until the next build with a bit more experience. Don

Thanks David, the paint is pretty smooth, feels nice. A couple of spots I noticed a tiny bit of crazing, but not enough to worry about, and it would be extremely difficult to fix them, so leave well alone I think. Don

Thank you for your comments and advice Trevor, I am pretty happy (with the paint), how it has turned out for my first one, and I will leave it as such. I don't want to try for a better finish and mess it up. So on with build/finish. Don

I meant to add, it actually looks better real than in those pics

Okay guys, this is where I'm at. First color, know it's not very good, but my first shot. Where do I go from here, polish, w&d, not sure of the next right move. Not sure if it's good enough to proceed, so need your help/advice. I have Mothers polish I can use when necessary. Thanks Don Don

Think I might need to do a few tutorials on this one, looks pretty tricky Don

Is it a bit too shiny to use for windscreen moulds/surrounds? Don

Is there something I can get for a windscreen trim, like chrome/silver tape made for windscreens and doors. Saw Rons test of Fusion Firm, not sure if my hand is steady enough to use that without masking. If there's a similar thing but a tape, that would be great. Thanks. Don

Work of art mate, love it. Don

Nothing exciting from me guys, but just happened to notice this Ford Shelby GT-H when passing a games shop, and thought, "yeah that's a great ride", and will good on my shelf when it's built. Right now it's in my stash hiding from my wife Don

Like to build something like that, if I live long enough in awe of that. Don

Definitely Greg, I'll master some of the more friendly ones first. Don

Yeah, the penny just dropped. DUH! Dupli-color is made for "metal" so has different properties than paint for plastic models. Gotta be an age thing, I didn't do the "why is this happening" analysis. I need to do the analysis thing on all paints except those made for plastics, Tamiya, Mr Color, AK etc. I had actually forgotten how much there is to learn, coming back to this hobby, paint, glue and so on. Thanks guys for turning on the light bulb. I bought a couple of cans of Dupli-color, because I liked the vibrant colors, at that stage not having considered the differences between the paints, plastic and automotive. Thanks guys. Don

Thanks John. I'm at the take everything on board stage, and in for a lot of experimentation stage. Don Thanks Dave, I'm about to buy a new respirator, so I'll look into that one, thank you. Don

Thanks Luke. The paint learning curve has started. I didn't know why the Dupli-color had that reaction, just thought I didn't put it down right. But yes, I will stick with your recommendation and stick with Tamiya for the time being, until I learn a lot more. Thanks Don

Today I did my first spoon test. Tamiya, TS31, very good, but just a bit too orange for what I want, Dupi-color, Sting Red, not so good, (see pics). Tomorrow I should have my Tamiya TS49 bright red, so I'll see how that stacks up. Comments welcome. Don

I have to try and do something like that for my'32, I knocked over a parts bowl and the exhaust extensions fell into the solvent thinner, bah first mistake, stupid mistake.

Absolutely nothing, just tested a couple of paints - miserable failure. The red one with the crappy finish Dupli-color "sting red". Bad to start with, so I w&d 600/1000/5000, didn't improve a lot, the orange spoon is Tamiya TS31, straight form the can, one coat- very good, nice gloss finish, well for me. I will have Tamiya TS49 Bright Red tomorrow, so a further comparison, pretty sure I know what will win, Tamiya red or orange. Plwase let me know if you think I didn't get it right. Thanks Don

Good one Les, I can't do 2am. ten is my deadline, after that I'm in zombie land

Thanks Les, appreciate your help as you personally know the situation.

Thanks mate, sorry to be a pain, you have better things to do than helping me. Yeah I have a mask, but just bought a better one, and I just bought a fan that I hope will blow a lot of the fumes away. With all that maybe my situation might improve.

Yep, I looked at that earlier, and TS31 bright orange, hard to decide which is best. It's hard to tell with the samples on the websites, they give you two different colors, with the TS31, the color sample on the rattle can lid is closer than the sample they show. I think I'll get them both and do the spoon test and see which one I like/closest and go with that. With the trim, semi-gloss or flat? One more question and I'll get out of your face, painting small parts, fuel pumps, distributors, that sort of thing. I've used Tamiya satin, semi-gloss, etc, can't continue to do because of the fumes, even on those little bottles that are solvent based. I tried water-based acrylics that don't work so well, so do I have to primer them first, bit hard, because of a paint build up destroying the detail. How do you get around that? Airbrushing would use a hell of a lot of paint. Thanks for your patience mate, if you can help me here, I'll leave you alone until the next build. 🙄😂

Been on different sites on the 'net, cannot find that color, can you give me the TS please.

Really like that red, I can feel a change of mind coming up. It's sort of a orange red, I really like that, thanks. I ordered the TS85, but that can be for another day if I change my mind.................mmmmm. What code is that red?

Great looking car, like it a lot. Don