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                        Tamiya base color

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                        tigerman
                        • Member since
                          March 2003
                        • From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA
                        Posted by tigerman on Tuesday, May 25, 2004 10:11 PM
                        Everyone hit the nail on the head. Welcome to the forums Chester.

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                         Eric 

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, May 25, 2004 9:15 PM
                        I agree with all of the above posts. Surface primer is the way to go. Welcome to the forums Chester
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                        wipw
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        • From: Utah - USA
                        Posted by wipw on Tuesday, May 25, 2004 2:51 PM
                        Plastic also sometimes has "flow lines" in it. And if we haven't told you before, Chester, WELCOME to the forum!! Sign - Welcome [#welcome]
                        Bill ========================================================== DML M4A2 Red Army ========================================================== ========================================================== -- There is a fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness". (Author unknown)
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                        renarts
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: Sunny Florida
                        Posted by renarts on Tuesday, May 25, 2004 1:59 PM
                        The paint will also hide plastic graining, scratches from the x-acto from cleaning up parts, stains from glue or filler, filler, and will give it an overall "tank" look. Think of it is preparing a blank canvas.

                        Mike
                        Mike "Imagination is the dye that colors our lives" Marcus Aurellius A good friend will come and bail you out of jail...but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, May 25, 2004 1:54 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by wipw

                        Plastic, along with being shiney, is a little translucent. You can hide the shiney with a flat spray, but you can't hide the translucency. Got to hit it with the paint bucket!


                        Good point Bill. This can be really noticeable on fenders.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, May 25, 2004 1:51 PM
                        Yeah!! [yeah] What ausf said Dunkelgelb translation.....dark yellow.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, May 25, 2004 1:01 PM
                        Give it a zap of the ol' Dunkelgelb and everything will be beautiful.
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                        wipw
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        • From: Utah - USA
                        Posted by wipw on Tuesday, May 25, 2004 12:45 PM
                        Plastic, along with being shiney, is a little translucent. You can hide the shiney with a flat spray, but you can't hide the translucency. Got to hit it with the paint bucket!
                        Bill ========================================================== DML M4A2 Red Army ========================================================== ========================================================== -- There is a fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness". (Author unknown)
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, May 25, 2004 12:44 PM
                        on my tamiya ardennes tiger, I left if there. I never do that anymore. Prime it with grey or something...
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, May 25, 2004 12:40 PM
                        The Tamiya "A" is close but a little too yellow and the "G" is WAY too yellow, more like a sand color.
                        Paint over.
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                        spector822002
                        • Member since
                          December 2003
                        • From: Southern Maine
                        Posted by spector822002 on Tuesday, May 25, 2004 12:26 PM
                        PAINT OVER! ,... close but no cigar!Big Smile [:D]
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                        wildwilliam
                        • Member since
                          December 2009
                        • From: West Grove, PA
                        Posted by wildwilliam on Tuesday, May 25, 2004 12:14 PM
                        Chester,
                        pretty sure everyone paints over.
                        the color is probably in the ballpark, but the bare plastic is not an ideal surface for
                        gloss & flat coats, decals, weathering etc.
                        it just looks too much like plastic.
                        (and w/ good reason, eh?) Big Smile [:D]

                        i would strongly recommend painting it.
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                        chester111472
                        • Member since
                          May 2004
                        • From: Indianapolis
                        Tamiya base color
                        Posted by chester111472 on Tuesday, May 25, 2004 12:08 PM
                        I just bought a Tamiya Panther 1/35 and I noticed upon opening the box that the plastic mold is in a mustard yellow type color. Does everyone just paint over this, or is this color a good match for they dark-yellow base color that was used after 1942 for tanks straight from the factory?
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