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Thanks Spiny I'll send them an email

I might try some zero paints on a test build and spoons first. I'd love a real bike but resisted, I've built kit cars and a few classics. Trying models as a cheaper hobby!

Thanks, some useful info on those links!

Thanks for the reply, I tried a few different techniques on the side panel and found that the gloss only really took if I sanded the red coat first. I polished it with my car cutting polish which worked well. Tired the same on the main body but without sanding, got a reasonable wet coat on but tried polishing and it just peeled it off so flatted back and just left it with the rattle can finish. I probably didn't leave it long enough to cure, I'm a bit impatient so need to work on that. I'll leave the paint a few days and see how it polishes. I also had a disaster with the other side panel. Had my electric heater on in the garage left a piece too near it 😭. Not sure if you can order a spare sprue seems a waste to order a new kit for one panel. The wheels came out really well and they had a gloss coat on with no problem but that was with tamiya acrylics not the rattle can. Good idea cheaper kit to practise on. I built this over Xmas but it RC, still a nice build.

Hi All, First Post, working on my first build ever (well adult build!). I'm Just working out how to add pictures. My big issue is gloss top coat. I've read guides and watched videos, sprayed a tack coat with vallejo gloss them applied a wet coat but not much success. I'm wondering if the gloss coat doesn't adere well to the tamiya rattle can I've used for the Italian Red. This model was a bit of a test to see if I had the patience etc, it's come out OK and I'd like to build the tamiya Mercedes 300sl next but keen to nail gloss coats for my first car build. Any tips appreciated, I have a basic airbrush and compressor in the garage. Other things I'd like to learn to improve, technique for getting exhausts to look authentic, and tips on the fine detail on forks and brake, at the minute I'm hand painting the finer details but it looks miles of the detail I've seen on other posts. Thanks and nice to meet you (I'm more at home on 1/1 scale builds)