Paint, Primer, Clear Coat, ect. advice

[tpliquid]

i use TAMIYA everything, tamiya paint, tamiya glue, tamiya sandpaper, tamiya putty, tamiya epoxy putty. i am biased because i only worked with tamiya products only. heheh

[Macdaddy4738]

what grit sandpaper is your work horse type paper? The one which you use to clean up parts where you cut them off the tree?

[Vric]

Take a look there for basinc about cutting ans assembly
http://www.tamiya.com/english/scale/beginner2/1.htm

Also few good basic tutorial by tamiya there:
http://www.tamiya.com/english/scale/beginner2/index.htm

There is also more advenced technic there:
http://www.tamiya.com/english/howto/howto_top.htm

[Macdaddy4738]

thanks alot for those! those are pretty handy. What sandpaper do you use for general sanding though?

[pre98zetec]

I use 3M sandpaper (Automotive), 800 to remove mold line's then sand the whole body smooth with 1500 before painting.

[Vric]

Originally Posted by Macdaddy4738

thanks alot for those! those are pretty handy. What sandpaper do you use for general sanding though?

I have 320 (for big putty work) 400 600 800 and 1500 grit.

it's not for polishing, only for building

[Macdaddy4738]

i use alot lower grits than that. I sand tree marks with 80-100-150 sand paper...depending on how high the mark is. Then progress to 250 all the way to 800. Is this not a good thing?

[Vric]

I would say higher than 350 is too hard on plastic part.