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What paint should be used to paint a Gundam model?

I'm new to making Gundam models, but I hear that you should first paint all the pieces with their respective colors with primer while the pieces are still in the frames. I was wondering what spray primer you suggest for painting a Gundam.

Use an ENAMEL spray primer that you can buy at Walmart.

DO NOT buy the little cans of Testors from the hobby shop. They are WAAAAYYY to expensive.

And don;t paint all the little piece BEFORE you assembly them. Look at the directions FIRST, and se what kind of sub-assemblies there are -- like left and right legs and arms, torso, hips, backpack, etc.

Do what you can to put these pieces together FIRST. When you do this, you will find tiny little cracks at the "seams". You can fill these with Automotive Body Putty (available at Walmart) and a hobby knife (used like a spatula). Sand thing very smooth with 600-grit sand paper (available at walmart).

Once you have all the seams filled, THEN use the primer. use only enough to cover, right great big honking amount! You don;t want to fill in the fine detail. let the primer coat dry for AT LEAST THREE DAYS. then sand each piece with the 600-grit sandpaper.

NOW, you can buy those little cans of testors enamels, and paint the final colors.

Your BEST BET is to go to the Hobby Shop and pick up a magazine called Fine Scale Modeler. They mostly talk about planes and tanks, but the techniques STILL apply to Gundams. FSM magazine come out about every 6 weeks, so be sure to get each new copy. Ny just READING these magazine you will learn all you need to know!

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