[Hello New Member]

1 hour ago, Novamadcars said:

Auto paints are good on hard plastic body’s.

Ahh - and assume the clear shells aren’t hard body - sorry for daft lad newbie questions!

[The "Postman Brought Me" Thread]

Arrived this afternoon.  First Tamiya kit and excited to start build but have a zoom pub quiz tonight!!!

[Hello New Member]

50 minutes ago, taffer said:

Hornet a great first choice!

BUT I'd recommend waiting for the ps paint, it's flexible for the shell, non lexan paint will crack and fall off, just run it unpainted until it arrives!

Thanks Taffer - I was thinking that but not sure I can bring myself to run unpainted!  And I fancy having a spare shell but take your point if its just going to fall off but had read some folk used auto paints ok.  Spare shell isn’t a lot of money...

[Hello New Member]

Hi everyone - just joined after finding this forum recently and waiting for DPD to deliver my new Hornet kit in half an hour!  Will post on postman brought me thread later.

As a kick my neighbours had a Tamiya Dune Buggy and a Ford Ranger but sadly Santa could never afford to bring me. I recently dusted off a mustang radioshack model i bought in Texas 12 years ago when I lived there and suspect like many other started thinking about a kit to help occupy during lockdown and my daughters are keen too.

I went for the Hornet as near the house we have some car parks that are empty just now but even more fun a field with bike track that i think will be ideal. I bought a bundle kit from Wonderland models as they seem to have good availability and if i ever get out of lockdown they are near my office in Edinburgh so I can pop in for future purchases!

Black PS paint was on back order for another week or 2  so I am going to use some spare car paint and primer I have - have heard mixed results but will see - I am getting the real paint and a spare shell so I can do it properly and have a spare shell.

No idea how long the build will take but pretty excited!  Suspect will end up buying more once I get bitten by the bug - fancy a rally car and nearly bought a second hand scooby but fancy doing the builds but still trawling ebay too!

Will post updates and sure I may have questions - not sure Hornet was best first attempt but soon find out!