Banpei's new TA60 family cruiser

[livelaughlevin]

(10-30-2023 10:46 PM)banpei Wrote:  

(10-29-2023 08:36 PM)livelaughlevin Wrote:  the rims turned out great! what did you use to get this result? paint and sanding wise
. My old rims may get this treatment too till i can get some nice advans or ssr's

I just sanded them down lightly with 120 grit at first to get most of the paint loose, then two more sanding rounds with 400 grit and 600 grit.
This made the surface smooth enough for two layers of primer. The primer was then sanded down with 600 grit.
Then three layers of paint and three layers of clearcoat so far. I still need to do the insides and then I'm done.

ah, where did you find the paint? could only find model scale packages so that would turn out pretty expensive

If I had to do it again, I would not use the 120 grit but immediately go for 240. There were still some scratches visible from the 120 grit after I sanded down the primer. However, I couldn't be bothered to do another primer session. I regret this because now it's still faintly visible in the final layers.