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Best Practice for Priming, Painting Wheels

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  • Member since
    November 2018
Best Practice for Priming, Painting Wheels
Posted by Models32466 on Saturday, December 1, 2018 1:12 PM

my dilemm is Priming and Painting

Have Tamiya Easy Eight.  If I secure the Return Rollers and wheels with the suspension to the model and then Prime, base coat then paint the wheels black seems like a pain.

Should I prime and paint the wheels, suspension, etc while there off the model or secure them to the model and then muddle through trying to air brush the wheels then paint the tires black

Splatter, Clog, Clean Nozzle, Repeat!

  • Member since
    March 2003
  • From: Western North Carolina
Posted by Tojo72 on Saturday, December 1, 2018 1:37 PM

This is Tamiya's Semovente,similar roadwheel situation,this is how I handled them on both kits

http://s180.photobucket.com/user/tojo72/media/Tamiya%20Semovente/DSC01325_zpsba074e60.jpg.html 

I painted the wheels off the tank and then just popped them in.

  • Member since
    January 2013
Posted by BlackSheepTwoOneFour on Saturday, December 1, 2018 8:33 PM

What Tojo said... paint them before popping them on your tank. 

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