Tamiya ferrari red??

[Vagabond_se7en]

I'm sorry for the n00b question but I got a Tamiya Ferrari F50 for X-Mas but the manual only gives the tamiya color code for the yellow version and I would like it in ferrari red. So does anybody know the code for what red it is cuz they have several reds in spraycans, TS-??

[Veyron]

TS 8 Italian Red. You need to spray the yellow body with white primer first or the TS 8 will have an orange tint to it if sprayed directly on the yellow plastic.

[Vagabond_se7en]

Thx man, does it have to be a white primer, can't I use the standard grey primer Tamiya has cuz I have a lot of these cans still laying around?

[hirofkd]

Originally posted by Vagabond_se7en
Thx man, does it have to be a white primer, can't I use the standard grey primer Tamiya has cuz I have a lot of these cans still laying around?

You might want to experiment what gray does to red on a scrap plastic, or the cap of spray, but to cut the story, gray darkens red, and it looks like one of those blood red of Alfa Rromeo.

[Vagabond_se7en]

I'll go w the white primer, thx for the advice guys

[God|Zilla168]

if you don't have white primer here is a little trick that i did. prime it with the normal grey once dry lightly sanded to smooth out the orange peel. then spray a fine light coat of white when I say fine I mean just enough to cover most of the grey. let dry then do another quick sanding then apply the ferrari red or the bright red and you get a nice result.