Tamiya TS-56 Brilliant Orange

Anyone else had experience with this colour? I'm having huge trouble getting it to cover my R33 properly :( Looks like i'll have to buy a second can. So, is this paint generally a pain or do my skills just suck?

http://members.optusnet.com.au/cefiro/modelcars/hks32/DSC00369.JPG

i bought a can of that for my 850 turbo estate, but my mom stepped on the body of the kit while it was laying on the floor in my rooant totally destroyed it. so i gave up on the car and that paint. maybe i'll try it on my next kit.

Well I used that color and had no problem

What kind of primer did you use, If you used grey primer it tends to be hard to cover so I suggest you go with a white primer or better yet even mixed you primer color to a light tinit of orange in it. Then spray that color.

Also after priming the body give it a nice rough sand just to give the paint something to bite on especially around the corners etc.

Also light coats of paint don't be afraid to give 2 - 3 light mist coat. Also warm the can of paint.

Basically do what the toutorial say on how to prep the body found in the faq forum

Yeah I followed the ever helpful FAQ's but yet it didn't cover that great. Perhaps I sprayed too lightly hence I ended up running out of paint. I also painted the chassis that could also have been why. Nevermind, I'll buy another can tommorow afternoon on my way home and see how I go. The primer I used was light grey made by Tamiya - Perhaps this is also one of the problems :\

I have never really been a great fan of rattle cans - believe me, airbrushes will spoil you silly. But Tamiya's sprays are just plain fantastic. Excellent coverage and they polish out beautifully. In many ways they remind me of the old AMT spray lacquers that were "the bomb" back in the 1960s glory days of car modeling in the USA.

A good primer is a MUST with these paints. I've been using Tamiya's own gray and white primer sprays with very good results. They also work well with Plasti-Kote light gray primer or Dupli-Color DS39 Light Gray. If you're a newbie at lacquers stick to the Tamiya primers.

Most importantly, do not lay the paint on too thick. Progressive light coats will dry better and polish out better than thick coats which can also cause runs, drips, and occasionally (if one is not careful) crazing of the plastic.

Hope that helps some.

Best regards,

thanks for the tips :)
my paintjobs are slowly getting better. After assessing the job I did on the car today under some good light It's not too bad at all. One more coat and it should be good - Then I'll use some cutting compound to improve the finish some.

I can't decide whether to clear coat it though. Will it really make all that much difference with a flat colour? If someone could reply within the next 6 hours I'd appreciate it, because that's when I'll be off to the hobby shop.

Once I get some more money together to waste on this hobby of mine I'll build up a spray booth I think and buy myself an Airbrush.

for your final coat I suggest you wet sand the body a little and around the corner. Don't sand it too hard because you don't want the primer to show. This step is just to rough it up so the paint has something to bite on. This might help with better paint coverage and even with the running down marks. but as before light mist will do.

all tamiya bright color, yellow or white, need several coat to get a good result. My yellow supra took 5 coat of paint before getting a good color