Red Plastic Is Made By The Devil

[Craig Irwin]

OK, I posted on page one before finding page two. It seems you cant buy it anymore. I'm glad I still have a stash because it works great. That muddy green self etching primer works good too.

[MachinistMark]

duplicolour makes a good primer/sealer too

[Ramcharger]

I just went through this with the Whistler Mustang IMSA. It's molded in red, the body is red with the lowers being white, after clear the white parts turned orange. I used primers, sealers, magic amulets, and voodoo curses. Every repaint turned out with an orange tint. So I went into my stash and used the lowers from the JPS Mustang that are molded in black. Since the JPS car is black the problem won't be seen. The roll cage, luckily, can be red black or off white, guess which one I chose? That's right - red. The only real way to solve this problem is to paint the car red or orange (or a variant) or black, which hides the tint. Otherwise, build another kit molded in another color.

[Junkman]

I just went through this with the Whistler Mustang IMSA. It's molded in red, the body is red with the lowers being white, after clear the white parts turned orange. I used primers, sealers, magic amulets, and voodoo curses. Every repaint turned out with an orange tint. So I went into my stash and used the lowers from the JPS Mustang that are molded in black. Since the JPS car is black the problem won't be seen. The roll cage, luckily, can be red black or off white, guess which one I chose? That's right - red. The only real way to solve this problem is to paint the car red or orange (or a variant) or black, which hides the tint. Otherwise, build another kit molded in another color.

I used very similar solutions for the past 30 or so years on red plastic. This is the first time where I really don't have the choice and have to confront the problem head on.