Tamiya Plating?

What difference does it make when the model come in silver plated body. Don't you just do the same liek prime paint and cover all teh platign up so what does teh plating do??

you don't paint plated cars. pretty useless imo

agree. but if you want to strip the paint...is hell. :D Althought Plating models by Tamiya are limited, is only apply to collector, to modelers, this is totally crap. IMO.:D

You're not supposed to paint them? Oops..:o Oh well, I like the blue of my Z muuch better :D

C this tamiya porsche 911 gt3 i got comes in Metal Plated body so what do i do now do i just use gloss over it to finsih it off or other stuff??
very confused :confused:

I had the same kit and becuz it's hard to find decent Tamiya kits in my local hobby shop I just bought it and treated it like a normal kit (primer + 4-5 coats of paint). Only thing I did was mask off the backlights and side lights on the body so I wouldn't have to paint them X-11 or use bare metal foil.
It's possible that they're not supposed to be painted but they turn out just as good as you paint them imo.

Grtz


Jan