Paint?

Do u really have to clear coat the car paint.......or can you just leave it?

normaly I use clearcoat, but I did see a gloss jet black model that looked real good with out it.

i did a clearcoat on my model.........but it was a triple thick clearcoatin shit..........and it made my model kinda grainy.......

I have seen some crap clear turn yellow over time too so buy the good stuff

I've found that a clearcoat isn't always necessary; especially with Tamiya spraypaints. :)

i just use it on the models with lots of decal, like the wrc impreza and the racing gtr.

You aren't obliged to do it, but my experience is that it will result in a better, shinier body. But choice is up to you, becaus especially when clear-coating over decals can be very tricky.

ciaoo Olivier

I didn't clearcoat any of my ITRs or my mini cooper.....

I don't always clearcoat them, sometimes though.

P-man seems to hate clearcoat, he just poilshes and waxes the paint.

I never use it as i dont think it looks real IMO.....spent a bit of time getting a good paint job, then by giving it a good rub with compound you should end up with a great finish

Take P-Mans advice. If you see his creations over here you know what I mean. ;)

It's not such an easy question. It all depends on what tecnhique of painting suits you best. If you still live in the enamel-age, like I do :rolleyes: , it's better to clear coat. I only have a couple of miserable experiences with spraycans, so I can't comment on that, but P-Man just did.

Also it depends on the subject. For racing cars, I prefer to clearcoat my decals in. The clear will protect de decals over time and I don't like the decal edges to be visible. I know others might not think so, that in reality sponsoring stickers are just stickers and not glossy and all that stuff, but I prefer them to clearcoat. For race cars scale models it's all about "Does it look right?" and not so much about, "Is it right?"

Just my experience.

Good Luck ;)

I want a 3nd Option: Sometime :D

U should use Clear Coat for Metallic finishes such as silver, gold anf glittery colors. BUt if ur just using like white, blue (depends whut kind), or black u wont need to. If the paint has speckles of glitter u should clear coat it.

To the people who think i dont know about models i do, i used to build 1:43 models like for 2 years. So i know alot of stuff about modeling. (Sorry i had to post this just wanted to verify some info.)

Originally posted by tonioseven
I've found that a clearcoat isn't always necessary; especially with Tamiya spraypaints. :)


yup!!
for me i juz clear coat some met colors and solid colors i juz polish them crazy to make it shine.:D