First timer again, materials for polishing a gloss finish

I've found the Tamiya polish is fine. You do have to be careful around raised edges as its easy to polish through to the primer or plastic beneath.

I've used silver polishing and brasso before and they work well , I have also used tooth paste and that also works , It all depends on how much paint needs to be removed to get to the dust . you can also try extremely fine sand/polishing pads , micro-mark has some from 2400grit to 12000grit I haven't tryed these but I think that these would work well..

good luck

mike

Tamiya compound works well for me. For the dust particles, try using a very fine sanding stick or sandpaper (8000 should do the trick). After you sand the dust particles out, give it a go with some compound or something that someone else recommends.

Hope this helps.

try wet sanding with very fine paper. 6000 grit and up. makes it very shiny

I've tried different methods. I have LMG's polishing set with a bunch of cloths starting at 2400 up to 12000 grit, two polishing compounds. But as of today I use Tamiya's polishingrubbing compound and a soft cloth and it does the trick most of the time. If there is dust or other particles in the paint I use some 4000 and/or 6000 grit cloths before polishing. After I'm satisfied with the shine I put on Tamiya's model wax. The Modena below is painted all Tamiya spray cans with TS-13 clear on top and then polished out using the above method. Even if it isn't top show standard it's pretty darn good anyway...

Good luck!
Niclas

Thanks for the replies, I will try out the suggested methods.
Also, while I am posting, can I use regular car wax to polish to a final finish and do you use Future to seal the completed model.