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WasteGas
01-03-2006, 01:08 PM
Duplicolor badly crazed my C6 shell. After priming it, it looked there was some crazing so I sanded it and was able to smooth it out. Did another coat of primer just for good measure. I went and laid down a mist coat of black waited couple hours then did another mist coat. At the end of the day I went and did the first wet coat and viola the swirly craze! :shakehead

I did a lot of sanding yesterday to smooth it out as much as I can. I'll lay down Tamiya over it instead this time. I hope there won't be any reaction between the two.

The embossed flags on the front and the back and the engraved corvette in the back is pretty much gone :crying:

Oh well... :screwy: I was thinking of getting another one at Walmart.

cinqster
01-03-2006, 05:03 PM
Wastegas, I know b*gger all about this kit, but I'm sure I've read somewere that many people have had paint reaction issues with the yellow plastic that Revell used for it.

freakray
01-03-2006, 05:36 PM
There is a major is a major issue with the latest batch of kits from Revell regarding the plastic type, a quick forum search would hopefully turn something up.
As is mentioned, there are paint reactivity issues which are rather a large concern for those of us that build Revell/Monogram subjects.

Instead of buying a new kit, call Revell on their toll free number and voice your issue with the kit.

cinqster
01-03-2006, 07:13 PM
There is a major is a major issue with the latest batch of kits from Revell regarding the plastic type, a quick forum search would hopefully turn something up.
As is mentioned, there are paint reactivity issues which are rather a large concern for those of us that build Revell/Monogram subjects.

Instead of buying a new kit, call Revell on their toll free number and voice your issue with the kit.

Doh...it's just dawned on me that the latest batch of the Revell 1/8th Deuce I'm about to start is also yellow plastic, it's about the same colour as the C6's I've seen at Le Mans - I hope this doesn't suffer from the same issues as this thing is going to eat up body prep time and materials...grrrr!

pre98zetec
01-03-2006, 07:15 PM
weird, i've heard all this talk about ti crazing the plastic but I've used duplicolor on a new hummer, mustang and C6 with no problems, it was red filler primer.

WasteGas
01-03-2006, 07:34 PM
weird, i've heard all this talk about ti crazing the plastic but I've used duplicolor on a new hummer, mustang and C6 with no problems, it was red filler primer.

I used the white sandable primer on mine. Maybe I should've used gray so I could distinguish areas that was actually covered with primer since the mold was white.

digitalbanzai
01-03-2006, 07:51 PM
Well, i'm calling it, three times i've tried to use Duplicolor black over primer, and it always screws up on me.

blubaja
01-03-2006, 08:10 PM
Revell's new plastic sucks. Hehe..you censored bugger. Hehe...Is that as bad as F**k to you guys?

p9o1r1sche
01-03-2006, 08:44 PM
Duplicolor white primer has crazed every styrene kit that I've used it on. It works great on polyurethane.

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