Completed Integra W/ Body Kit *pics*

[djmr2]

Originally posted by Peteex
I don't know why everyone thinks testors paint is so bad; I used it on all four of my most recent models

i think most of the people here are just lazy, it's just EASIER for them to get better paint jobs with Tamiya cans, so they go and dis testors.
Some people here use Tamiya cans and personally, i think they're paint jobs still suck.

It's how you finish the paintjob that makes the difference..

[reveller]

djmr2,

I agree, people should quit dissing Testor (like they do with Revell and AMT ). I got good results using Testor paints.

[bah humbug]

If you suck at spray painting it is your fault, but if your good at spray painting good for you.

I have a friend who is expierienced with testors model master spray paints and can get a good finish.

But serioiusly if you got a Testors can and a Tamiya can got two bodies and experimented, you can DEFINITELY say Tamiya is easier to use.

In Tamiya cans paint flows much better than testors. And Testors in my experience tends to spit paint, and goes on Heavier.

Tamiya is just so much easier to use and you don't have to be as careful.

[zangief]

damn that looks rough...did u sand the enges on the hood and bodykit?

hate to be a jackass....but someone has to say this ...sry man and it looks like a blob of paint just fell onhte roof

now ive used testors before and the result has been nothing that i wasnt pleased with and ......IMHO i think its just the painter that causes the "testors" resuts.......u prob just sprayed too close and too much

again sry to be an ass .......but good hustle i know u tryed and and it was a good job but ..i dont think that it was time to paint ..shouldove preped more

good try tho

[mike@af]

Originally posted by zangief
damn that looks rough...did u sand the enges on the hood and bodykit?

hate to be a jackass....but someone has to say this ...sry man and it looks like a blob of paint just fell onhte roof

now ive used testors before and the result has been nothing that i wasnt pleased with and ......IMHO i think its just the painter that causes the "testors" resuts.......u prob just sprayed too close and too much

again sry to be an ass .......but good hustle i know u tryed and and it was a good job but ..i dont think that it was time to paint ..shouldove preped more

good try tho

I have had lots of expierience with painting and normally my testors paints good. The paint sprayed all blochy that why my bodykit looks horrible, before it was painted it was smooth as glass. I dont know what happened it just splattered everywhere thats why the hole thing looks awful. And the fact that I got pissed at it didnt help much.

[primera man]

I dont think we need to be calling people lazy because they pick one brand over another...its there choice to use.
If they get a better finish with what they are using....cool, keep it up.

I've used both brands and i know what i would use.....Tamiya paints work for me and i'll continue to use them because ,for me...they work. With the price of kits costing more and more i dont fancy screwing up a paint job with a brand i know doesnt work for me....it doesn't make me lazy

[mike@af]

Im gonna try and fix my airbrush to try and solve the whole problem.

[clatescivicr]

Nice effort, but the lips aren't even equal. And the vents should be more rounded. I can't wait to see the restoration though! Good luck with it.

[zangief]

good luck on the next try on the paint hope it works this time ....again didnt mean to be a jackass

but i think that u can do better!

and have fun

[chaos]

Agree with the others on the restoration. I like the interior tho.

[Honoturtle]

I have only painted one car body with Tamiya sprays. (Tamiya Civic) It has some orange peel, but I wasen't accustomed to it, I usually use Testors Model Master with an airbrush for the bodys(always had good results with the paint, it's the dust that screws me the most!), but wanted to give Tamiya a shot.

Anyways, Mike, a little sanding here and there, it would look awesome, it's always good to put away a project and bring it back out again, because you'll definatly be more experienced, but looks good for a first bodykit!

92 Mustang, hehe, I do the same with my projects!

[mike@af]

So it sounds to me like the car pretty much sucks in general

[clatescivicr]

It doesn't suck man, its just you rushed it, and thats what happends. You can tell a rushed job mostly everytime. It just needs some sanding and the front lip balanced. Don't sweat, just put it away and then go back at it when you feel you won't rush it. I know I have had to with my tegs.

[Hash_man]

I agree with most people, it just looks like it was really rushed, the interior looks pretty good, but the exterior looks very rushed.

The only think I dont like about the actual model, is the fact that your rear bumper looks a lot lower and looks like it was not rushed compared to the front bumper. The front looks O.K. but definately could have used more time and thought.

[mike@af]

OK...I have made the decision of restoring it after my next model, most likely.