Painting Polycarbonate

[RichardinNZ]

Just bought a CR-01 Land Cruiser, my first Tamiya with a polycarbonate body. Got the main spray paints for the body, but can't get hold of the black for the rear arches. Can I use normal Tamiya acrylic for these areas which are only small and I'll paint by brush or will it crack?

Thanks

Richard

[Tamiya1/10]

Just bought a CR-01 Land Cruiser, my first Tamiya with a polycarbonate body. Got the main spray paints for the body, but can't get hold of the black for the rear arches. Can I use normal Tamiya acrylic for these areas which are only small and I'll paint by brush or will it crack?

Thanks

Richard

There is a good chance the paint will crack if not the PS model. However, I have used plastic paint on Poly body, but were for shelve queens or with very low, low gentle running time.

Maybe test it out with the excess trim from the LC (unless is in the garbage already) and flex it a few times to see how much cracking will ocurr.

[terry.sc]

Acrylic paint will work fine, it's flexible so it won't crack.

Parma Faskolor paint for lexan bodies is an acrylic paint.