painting plastic models, advice needed

Those are a number of pretty specific questions.  I'd advise asking this in the Painting and Airbrushing forum.  There are frequent discussions there on the best sites for color number conversions between brands, etc.

I personally like Testors enamels, but there are folks who do not like odor, or who live in small apartment and family does not like odor, one of the big reasons acrylics are so popular.

Unless or until you get an airbrush and learn how to use it, you'll need to rely on spray cans for painting cars. That somewhat limits your choices to enamels or lacquers.

take a look at the spray cans at the hardware store. Those are my picks for flat or gloss black or white, gloss red yellow and blue. 

Gray primer, and I like to use rust oleum red on the bottom of my ships.

Thanks Don. Ha, I totaly overlooked that there was a Painting forum. Will do, thanks.

Useful info.  Thanks!

Use both.One model w/ enamels and the next model w/ acrylics .They both are good.Do not limit yourself.Be flexible and enjoy the art of painting and building.

Hi All,

Well, after building my first model since I was a kid (with all your help!), I figured I should post the results:

The rest are here: https://goo.gl/photos/VbNhdZZfQfS6cWNY7

Learned a few things along the way including:

• When to thin paints
• Painting methods
• Dealing with fumes
• Do a better job trimming flash
• Acrylics vs oil based paint

Anywhoo, 'twas a fine project.  Maybe something more complex next time.  Thanks again for the help folks.

Greg

gregthec

Hi All,

Well, after building my first model since I was a kid (with all your help!), I figured I should post the results:

The rest are here: https://goo.gl/photos/VbNhdZZfQfS6cWNY7

Learned a few things along the way including:

• When to thin paints
• Painting methods
• Dealing with fumes
• Do a better job trimming flash
• Acrylics vs oil based paint

Anywhoo, 'twas a fine project.  Maybe something more complex next time.  Thanks again for the help folks.

Greg

 

 

That looks SWEET! Well done, man.

"Fumes", yeah that's pretty important...LOL