newbie with some questions...

[teresaluvr]

when spraying ur car with acryllic, is it better to put the decals on bfore spraying or after?, im thinking of putting them on before because u wouldnt see the lines on the edges of the decals?...idunno if this is even tru or not....im kinda new to all this and i just built my first model..revell integ type R. i guess i did a mediocre job, but ive put about 12 coats of painton it. i first started to paint it yellow but soon realized id made a mistake because yellow was soo hard to cover up the primer i used. 8 coats later i made my next mistake on painting the black rainguides on the roof of the car and yellow shows mistakes really well so i just sprayed the whole car black, about 4 coats..now i finally sprayed one coat of acrylic..finally im almost done...im planningon spraying another coat tomrrow morning but idunno if i should put the decals on first or not...it was kinda an idea i was just thinking about how to make it look better. ill post soem pix of my first model soon. i sprayed so many coats of paint that the integra and acura logos on the body cannot be seen anymore neways..my names alan and im kinda new to this......nice to meet yall.

im thinkin of tamiya's calsonic skyline next. anyone done this project before? i think i got enough experience from my type R to do this project..hopefully....its not actually my FIRST project, but its my first project in years so i have SOME experience..

thanx for reading my boring life story


-alan

[obarbosa]

WELCOME!! :flash:

I'm a beginner also, but I think you put the decals before the acryllic.

Cheers.

Orlando.

:sun:

[fatboyslim]

I take it that when you say acrylic you mean the clear/lacquer top coat?
if this is the case then yes you can put the decals on first BUT test the lacquer fist on a decal that you won't use as some lacquers will ruin the decals.
Personally I've never used a lacquer I just give the painted body a good old polish (Autoglym-hell if it's good enough for Aston Martin then it'll do for my models) stick the decals on then give it a final buff (once the decals have dried) to remove any finger prints and thats it.

Anyway Welcome to A.F enjoy your stay and don't forget to check out the Modelling Forum F.A.Q page the information there would cost thousands but we dish it out for free!!

[COZMO6476]

First of all...Welcome to the forum!

one thing that i've learned in the 4 months that ive been modeling is that if you mess up the paint job, you can always start from scratch by stripping the paint. there are details on how to do that in the FAQ. IMO its much much better than painting over previous mistakes. I've stripped a couple models already because of poor painting. hope that helps.

[teresaluvr]

thanx

i just finished my type R...i guess it turned out ok.

i think im using the wrong kind of glue. im using this cyanoacrylate stuff my dad has and its soooooooo thin and it runs all over the place. but if im carefull i can get it just right. and it also turns the dry paint into liquid and then nothing will stick together so i gotta dry off the "melted" paint and do it over. and when i was gluing the rear windshield wiper to the windshield, it ran down the winshield a little bit and theres this big blotch spot around where i glued i ruined my model

yah so next time ill use some better glue

[Daryl]

cyanoacrylate is AKA superglue, and it fogs up any clear parts it gets near

[jaykit21]

Welcome to the club! Superglue can be your worst enemy or your best friend. You only need to use a dab of it. Take some scrap cardboard, squeeze out a bit and use a toothpick to apply tiny amts. If you get some on clear parts, you are screwed! Nothing you can do will remove it. A little goes a long way here. Superglue is awesome b/c it dries within five minutes as opposed to 6 hrs. for regular model glue. As for paint, don't paint colors over other colors. If you screw up use Castrol Super Clean (found a automotive stores in the USA). This will strip the paint clean. Always, always go primer then paint.

:bandit:

ps- For your ruined window, keep it and use it as a template. Go buy some Evergreen clear sheet styrene from http://www.greatmodels.com/. This will enable you to make replacement windows that look just as good. Just take your time!

:bonghitte

[TheSyndicate]

It's much easier to strip paint from a model that has been primed opposed to paint directly on the plastic. So far it has taken 2 days to remove black spraypaint from my corvette c5-r.