Revell Mongoose Rear Engine Dragster - Painting the Flexible Fuel and Oil Lines?

[larrygre]

Hey everyone,

The pre-molded fuel and oil lines in the Revell Mongoose RE Dragster kit are molded in polyethylene - a plastic that most paint tends not to stick well to. Has anyone overcome this problem?

Thanks in advance!

[Chuck Most]

Krylon's Fusion line works on polyethylene, the trick might be finding the right color, as the choices are a bit limited in that line.

You might try spraying a lacquer-based primer first, then go over that with the desired color. I can't personally vouch for how that will work on polyethylene, but I use it on vinyl quite a bit- I'd try it out on the sprue first of course.

[Cato]

Hey everyone,

The pre-molded fuel and oil lines in the Revell Mongoose RE Dragster kit are molded in polyethylene - a plastic that most paint tends not to stick well to. Has anyone overcome this problem?

Thanks in advance!

Wiping them with a lacquer thinner - soaked cloth may remove the slick surface. Failing that, I'd remake them out of wire, solder or buy the aftermarket lines-using the originals as templates for length and thickness.

[Edsel-Dan]

I would try the same type paint you use on tire sidewalls. Acrylic

there is/was a paint formulated for Flexible parts of Model Railroading

but am not sure if it is still made. Was it from Badger??

I want to say it was called Flex-color or Flex-coat??