Painting/decaling resin car -
2. Car in its holder, ready for primer.
which my friends in the U.S. use. This product does not seem
to be available in Australia.
Prime the cleaned car. This gives us a solid base coat and it will
show up any small imperfections in the build. I use a holder
that I made out of brass stock that screws into the truck holes.
One end simply slides through the upright, enabling me to
have different sized cars on the holder [2 and 3].
When the car is mounted and ready for priming, tape over the
couplers with Tamiya tape to stop the paint from gumming up
the Kadee 158’s works. This tape has a low tack, especially if
you cut it to size on a glass sheet. I have never had it pull any-
thing off the car or remove paint.
Use a primer
For the priming coat, I use Rustoleum Flat Gray Primer with 2X
Coverage. Don’t be fooled by the name, as I have tested this
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MRH-Dec 2014
