Paint/prime questions

[charlie8575]

Over the weekend, I picked up a Lindberg Dodge Dakota pickup. Very nice kit.

It came molded in red plastic. That in of itself isn't too big a deal, but the nice folks at Lindberg were thoguhtful enough (?- great for younger modelers, I guess) to pre-paint a lot of the details, including the door handles and grille, both of which are molded to the body. Does anyone have any idea what type of paint that is?

Also, the interior is molded in black. I'd like to do Forest Green with Camel. Any ideas for priming the interior- i.e., gray or white primer? I'm a little concerned with being able to adequately cover the black.

Charlie Larkin

[highway]

You need to find a primer that says "Primer/Sealer" on the can so the red plastic will not bleed through. I have used Duplicolor enamel primer that has "Primer/Sealer" on the front of the can, but not sure what the paint number is. You can also use the same primer on the interior, it should block the black plastic as well. The Duplicolor Primer/Sealer I have used is gray, I'm not sure if it is available in other primer colors as well.

[MikeMc]

shoot it or brush it with Future...better than BIN....best sealer around!

[Tony Bryan]

One of the best ways to stop any coloured plastic bleed through, and this works on any coloured plastic be it red or blue etc, is to prime it with

matt brown, I use Tamiya Desert yellow (XF-59), and being matt gives the top coat something to bite to, and brown being a neutral colour covers the coloured plastic

and doesn't allow the plastic colour to bleed through, also, it allows you to keep the detail if it is air brushed on, therefore you just don't need the

primer sealers, of coats of future to seal it, if you are having doubts, try it on a bit of sprue you will be surprised at the results it will give you

[weasel]

i've never had a prob with Plasticote T235 grey primer...seals anything, red, ORANGE, yellow, etc...

depending if you want a darker green int, use the grey primer...

[MikeMc]

One of the best ways to stop any coloured plastic bleed through, and this works on any coloured plastic be it red or blue etc, is to prime it with

matt brown, I use Tamiya Desert yellow (XF-59), and being matt gives the top coat something to bite to, and brown being a neutral colour covers the coloured plastic

and doesn't allow the plastic colour to bleed through, also, it allows you to keep the detail if it is air brushed on, therefore you just don't need the

primer sealers, of coats of future to seal it, if you are having doubts, try it on a bit of sprue you will be surprised at the results it will give you

Yep this will work also.....because acrylic is acrylic....future is clear and cheaper than Tamiya acrylics.

Bleed thru is caused by the solvents in lacquers pulling the color out of the plastic and up into the paint. I have never heard of plastic bleed thru with acrylics as the base is water /alcohol.

I use both duplacolor primer /sealer and Future and keep all my details intact...it has to be THIN not thick...