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12 July 2016 at 13:51 #66498
Dave Kershaw
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Hi All,

I've previously built wooden boats and used Humbrol enamel, but at the moment I'm renovating a Graupner RTR PT 109, im not 100% sure of the Hull material, looks like some mixture of Plastics, glass fibre, So Im wondering if Enamel will be ok. If not Please could you help:

Recommend Paint Type, best place to get it from etc ( it will be on the Water at some point )

Many Thanks

Dave
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12 July 2016 at 13:51 #2608
Dave Kershaw
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12 July 2016 at 14:17 #66499
Malcolm Frary
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Bearing in mind that any surface, whatever it is made of, needs proper preparation before paint is applied, Humbrol enamel has worked on all of the models that I have ever made that needed paint (starting with the then newly issued Airfix Gladiator).

I like to shoot the plastic items with a layer of Halfords grey primer as an undercoat. So far it has failed to melt any of my models and provides a consistent opaque base layer for the paint pigment to sit on.
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