Testor's One Coat Lacquers

[Dave Ambrose]

Has anyone used Testor's One Coat lacquer on a Jimmy Flintstone model?

Did it need a prime coat? Testor's claims it doesn't. If you did prime before painting, what did you use for primer?

I'll be using an airbrush, if it matters.

Thanks,

Dave Ambrose

[Marc @ MPC Motorsports]

Has anyone used Testor's One Coat lacquer on a Jimmy Flintstone model?

Did it need a prime coat? Testor's claims it doesn't. If you did prime before painting, what did you use for primer?

I'll be using an airbrush, if it matters.

Thanks,

Dave Ambrose

Dave,

Rule of thumb for resin is you ALWAYS prime before painting. I usually use Tamiya primers, but I like Duplicolor or Plasticote sandable primers for resin.

[cruz]

Last I heard was that no paint attacks resin but you should always use primer on any resin product...

[dimaxion]

Last I heard was that no paint attacks resin but you should always use primer on any resin product...

Please , to save youself allot of heartache , please use primer . The extra cost is well worth the protection . When Resins were a new thing I had a bad experiance . I latched onto a '50 Hudson two door sedan (I don't know which model) . John Hier made it . I soaked in Whestleys , primed it and painted it a dead on match for the contemporary Hudson I was replicating . These were days before MCW . John Hier was offering a few colors in Lacqure . I clear coated it . Much drying time inbetween . I think it took a year to paint . I chromed the windows out with a brush .

Now , I moved on to about my third attempt of foiling . The first for large areas like the side chrome trim . Worked super . Got it all done and went ot remove excess . Large portions of the paint job came off with the tape (foil) . I haven't done foil since . I had not primed the body with adhesion promoter . You must use it under the first primer . it is the same stuff used on flexible body parts on 1:1 cars . Our Resin kits are the same material . All that work for .......! I will take pics and post throughout the modeling community . I will strip it some day and do over . I resist major (back to the start) as long as possible when I hit a certain spot in the build , like the end . Especiall;y when i cannot get the color of paint again . Thanx..

Edited August 15, 2009 by dimaxion

[Dave Ambrose]

Please , to save youself allot of heartache , please use primer . The extra cost is well worth the protection . When Resins were a new thing I had a bad experiance . I latched onto a '50 Hudson two door sedan (I don't know which model) . John Hier made it . I soaked in Whestleys , primed it and painted it a dead on match for the contemporary Hudson I was replicating . These were days before MCW . John Hier was offering a few colors in Lacqure . I clear coated it . Much drying time inbetween . I think it took a year to paint . I chromed the windows out with a brush .

Now , I moved on to about my third attempt of foiling . The first for large areas like the side chrome trim . Worked super . Got it all done and went ot remove excess . Large portions of the paint job came off with the tape (foil) . I haven't done foil since . I had not primed the body with adhesion promoter . You must use it under the first primer . it is the same stuff used on flexible body parts on 1:1 cars . Our Resin kits are the same material . All that work for .......! I will take pics and post throughout the modeling community . I will strip it some day and do over . I resist major (back to the start) as long as possible when I hit a certain spot in the build , like the end . Especiall;y when i cannot get the color of paint again . Thanx..

Thanks to everyone for their advice. I will definitely use primer.

One question: Is the adhesion promoter you mentioned an additive?

Thanks again,

Dave Ambrose

[dimaxion]

Thanks to everyone for their advice. I will definitely use primer.

One question: Is the adhesion promoter you mentioned an additive?

Thanks again,

Dave Ambrose

I have to admit , it is addictive . I cannot achieve an equal paint job without it knowing it will stay put . I still see the Hudson on a regular basis and lament . Thanx ..