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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ArtChromer" data-source="post: 203698" data-attributes="member: 20181">Just to throw another opinion at you, I use whatever I can get my hands on for the least cost. Now I am just starting out again, and am ok with less than stellar results, as I am just getting my bearings back in this world. I try to find enamel rattle cans that say OK for plastic, but I have yet to run into anything that doesn't adhere to plastic, from Rustoleum, Krylon or any housebrand from walmart/lowe's/depot. Results may very, but the risk is worth the cost. To that point I have also not had the plastic ruined by paint either. I imagine some lacquers may on bare plastic, but an enamel primer ought to keep you safe. I can't see myself ever using anything from Tamiya, simply based on the cost. I use 500 and 1200 grit wet/dry paper from Harbor Freight. I only sand down flashing, molding or spruce marks off my bare plastic. The model should have no issue holding paint to the surface, especially if you have a nice primer coat, so no sanding needed.  I only wet sand on primers to smooth any imperfections. I tend to cross my fingers and hope, with a nice laying primer coat, that finish and clears will spray on evenly how they are supposed to. However, keeping some 2000+ grit stuff around in case there are some anomalies that need wet sanding should keep you out of trouble there.I aim to make something that can be considered art, but concede this is just some plastic at the end of the day. See you out here, -Art.</blockquote>

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