<VV> Paint for Models

[James P. Rice]

Bill at all:  May I suggest you go to a hobby shop or someplace which sells
small cans of paint for models.  Don't know if you have a Hobby Lobby around
you, but where I live, they are the only place selling kits and supplies
like paint for models.

Or go to www.squadron.com and order from them.

And remember to wash the model before you paint it.  Like a real car, right
process and right materials usually produce good results on models.

Krylon may be "industrial strength" paint for lawn furniture plastics and
the like.

Also, Joe Darinsig is the only expert on models I know.  I don't have his
e-mail address, but someone else could forward him something and request, if
he has one easily available, a list of plastic Corvair 1/25 scale models.
What I know is AMT did a series of EM coupes, convertibles and sedans and
all coupes of LM's, which after 1965 generally came with parts to make Fitch
Sprints and Stingers, plus some wonderfully weird custom parts.

Like real Corvairs, models are worth only what you can get for them at the
time you want to sell them.  Probably wide variations in time and space.
Take what you can get, give what you can live with.

Historically yours
			James Rice



Message: 7
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 20:54:19 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Bill H." <gojoe283 at yahoo.com>
Subject: <VV> Plastic Models question
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org

  When certain enamels (Like Krylon Plastic Fusion, which is support to BE
for plastic) are sprayed on the grey plastic, a terrible finish results, and
it even causes some dissolving of the plastic.  This doesn't happen with the
older white styrene.  My suggestion for this grey plastic, is Testor's
Lacquer, which comes in genuine GM factory colors, as well as others.

I already messed up one kit, trying to glue all the parts together
correctly...Bill H.