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Originally Posted by chato de shamrock
Thanks for your time guys. At this very moment im polishing one kit while painting two others. I was thinking of starting to spray paint them now and leave them sitting in their box while i finish this current kit. It never crossed my mind to tape the sharp edges to protect the paint. Im going to also leave the paint sit on the model for a longer time before i start with the rubbing compounds, and avoid the coarse compound unless its really needed. Im going to also apply less of the compound and see if that has any positive effects.
I started building kits in my early high school years, about 9 years ago, when lowrider models were bearly beginning to show up and hardly anyone knew how to mount motors to simulate hydrolics while keeping the cars interior. I dropped the hobby when the girlfriend demanded more time  but picked it up again early last year. Thats when i started playing with the rubbing compounds to try to achieve the mirror shine look. Im still new with primers but i know light colors with white primer and dark colors with gray primer, and ive never worked with air brushing.
Question regarding paints: Testors/Model Master are enamel paints. Is Tamiya also enamel?
Question: Ive been going through this site as well as others looking for a definition of "orange peel". Ive seen many people mention it but cant seem to understand what it means.
Final Question: I tried clear coating (Model Master #2936 High gloss clearcoat) for the first time on my last model. My steps were as followed: Tamiya Compounds, wax, clear coat. Do you guys polish your clearcoats?
Again, thanks for your time guys. It's greatly appreciated.  |
Tamiya make at 3 kinds of paints.
Acrylic series - X-series (gloss) and XF series (flat/matte) in small jars. Generally used for interiors
Acrylic laquers - TS series in small aerosols. Generally used for car bodies.
Enamel series - don't know the numbers as I 've never used them. Generally used for detailing interiors.
The first 2 are general the most popular ranges for 1/24 plastic kits. The applications I've indicated are purely generalisations
There is a also a series of Tamiya aerosol paints formulated for polycarbonate RC model bodies.
For definitions of orange peel and other paint problems try this google search.
I have it saved in my favourites and I use it quite often
http://www.google.pl/search?hl=pl&q=...tnG=Szukaj&lr=
I think but am not sure that the clear you mentioned is an enamel. I'm surprised it worked OVER wax. Just goes to show that you live and learn!
I would have thought that painting anything over a wax was prety risky although I know that gionc has had good results doing this
HTH