Preparing car for re-paint

Hey guys...
I was wondering i am customizing my 1/18 dodge viper that was blue with double white racing strips. I took them off, but I am not really sure what the next step is to prepare the car for paint. Do I sand it to metal or just primer right over the factory color.... I need some help here guys...Thanx a lot

Mike
King Kustoms

There was a Scale Auto Magazine article on this a few years ago: He used some chemical to strip the factory paint. I can look it up for you when I get home.

for diecast i use dot4 brake fluid, for platic i use CSC

I'll move this to the right forum.

You can use Jasco paint stripper on diecasts. Search the diecast forum for other techniques.

Just get someone to sand blast the car. Ezist way of getting rid of the paint.

Look here :

http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=2316987&postcount=8