Painting any Hard Bodies

[hornet69]

Is it best to prime them ahead of time? Just wondering how to get a nice finish, im kind of a painting noob, so any help would be appreciated. []

[Dephcon5]

if you dont prime then you will most likely be painting the shell twice. You almost have to prime if you want a decent finish. If you use a basic enamel and not tamiya paint then you can get away with no primer. But the problem with enamel is you lose a lot of the detail. A good article on painting Tamiya hard bodies is published by... errr... Tamiya

http://www.tamiyausa.com/articles/feature.php?article-id=35

this should help.

[Shodog]

I highly recomend Tamiya's fine line primer. Great coverage and it's so thin you don't gum up the details. I used it on my Midnight Pumpkin below as well as many other of my hard bodies

[akemag]

I got the tip here to use primer. Had some serious problems before that. used Tamiyas fine surface primer on both my Hummer and my Luncbox. Great surface to paint at.

[DJTheo]

If the body is new, white and pefect you can get away also without primer if you do first a light mist coat of your colour, in all other cases or if you arent very experienced with painting, better use primer.

Cheers

[hornet69]

Thanks for the tips guys, I have a nice new, white Pumpkin body waiting for paint, just needed to figure out how I was going to do it, now with your help, im gonna go give it a try, hopefully have it in my showroom when I get back from vacation. []

[hornet69]

Nice lookin shell Shodog, what are you putting on the hood? I noticed the cutout.

[terry.sc]

quote:Originally posted by hornet69

Nice lookin shell Shodog, what are you putting on the hood? I noticed the cutout.

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Try here:

http://www.tamiyaclub.com/xforum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=17629