Tamiya RX7 problem

[oldcarfan]

Mold lines usually are raised and actual body lines are indented. It helps me to lightly go over the mold lines with the side of a #2 pencil to highlight them. Then I know just where to sand.

[Donny]

2 hours ago, oldcarfan said:

Mold lines usually are raised and actual body lines are indented. It helps me to lightly go over the mold lines with the side of a #2 pencil to highlight them. Then I know just where to sand.

Thanks Gary, once again I'm confused. To me the body lines that I use my scriber tool on are like grooves in the body fairly deep , the mold lines are either flush/marked or fractionally raised. the body lines I have to work and increase the depth to allow for paint, not the sure the correct procedure for body/mold lines, so I'll do as you suggest and pencil them. To me, the mold lines I have always thought to be the raised things left by the injection process and should be sanded flat? Correct me if I'm wrong with all this, I'm still learning. 

Don 

[Donny]

First seat brush painted for the RX7, not happy, but did turn out slightly better than I expected. Later today I going to try airbrushing the other seat.

Don

Edited Thursday at 05:51 AM by Donny

[Donny]

Okay, here is the front seats of the RX7. The left seat I brushed, the right seat is air brushed. The original plan was to have the seats two colors, the center as you see it, and the outer surround in a darker blue, I didn't like the  dark blue so have opted to just do them one color. I didn't expect to see the brushed seat a different shade to the airbrushed one. Putting the shade/color aside, I prefer the finish on the airbrushed seat, and I noticed it is more a matt finish than the brushed hand painted one, which has more gloss even though it's all out of the same pot. Is this normal?

The difference is streets apart, so I guess it's air brushing from now on, and masking. 

Don 

[STU111]

2 hours ago, Donny said:

Okay, here is the front seats of the RX7. The left seat I brushed, the right seat is air brushed. The original plan was to have the seats two colors, the center as you see it, and the outer surround in a darker blue, I didn't like the  dark blue so have opted to just do them one color. I didn't expect to see the brushed seat a different shade to the airbrushed one. Putting the shade/color aside, I prefer the finish on the airbrushed seat, and I noticed it is more a matt finish than the brushed hand painted one, which has more gloss even though it's all out of the same pot. Is this normal?

The difference is streets apart, so I guess it's air brushing from now on, and masking. 

Don 

Hi Don. I rarely brush paint anything these days, certainly not large parts. Masking is a pain, and in the past I’ve spent an hour masking up for what amounted to 5 minutes airbrushing time! But, the end result is worth it. The seat on the right looks heaps better. 👍🏻