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2K views 5 replies 5 participants last post by  philsmith 
Sound advice from Russell, but here are a couple of extra tips of my own for both resin and plastic bodies:-

Mount a piece of plastic tubing on a wooden base, about 4"x4", then you can attach the body by pushing the mounting post into the plastic tube, if the body has no mounting post then just stick it to the top of the tube with a 'sticky fixer'.
Also you can use 'sticky fixers' on small detail bits to keep them in place on a piece of scrap cardboard when you spray them.

Get hold of some 'Tack rags', available from decorators shops, to get rid of the dust on the car just before you spray, they are only a few pennies each.

If you live in the UK, use Halfords paints, they have every colour imaginable and they seem to work ok on all kinds of plastic and resin.
also in the UK, T-cut (or Brasso it's much the same) is great for polishing and thin it with Mr Sheen for the last go!

Can't agree with Russell more on the heat thing, make sure everything is nice and warm for the best and easiest results
and try not to spray when it's raining!
 
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