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Geez, yellow is a PITA

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  • Member since
    September 2009
  • From: San Jose, CA
Geez, yellow is a PITA
Posted by lambing on Friday, November 13, 2009 9:50 AM
Painting the cowlings on a Tamiya 03 Max Biaggi Honda. Already have 4 coats of chrome yellow down, and it looks like I have several more coats to go.
  • Member since
    February 2003
  • From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State
Posted by rjkplasticmod on Friday, November 13, 2009 10:24 AM

Unercoating with White makes painting Yellow a lot easier.

Regards,  Rick

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  • Member since
    September 2009
  • From: San Jose, CA
Posted by lambing on Friday, November 13, 2009 10:39 AM
Good tip - i thought about using white primer, but just used gray
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    May 2005
  • From: Left forever
Posted by Bgrigg on Friday, November 13, 2009 11:05 AM
 rjkplasticmod wrote:

Unercoating with White makes painting Yellow a lot easier.

Regards,  Rick

For a real bright yellow I prime with Tamiya AS-12 Aircraft Silver, followed by a coat of flat white, then build up the gloss yellow. The silver really enhances the color.

So long folks!

  • Member since
    March 2008
  • From: Steilacoom, Washington
Posted by Killjoy on Friday, November 13, 2009 12:51 PM

I have found that after white undercoat, a layer of tan or desert yellow (or any very light brown) before yellow really reduces the number of coats I lay down.

Chris

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