Randy Ayers Nascar Modeling Forums

[RTDaddy]

Saw the post on what to use for Petty Blue, what is everyone doing for the "STP red?"

[jjsipes]

When I build my Petty cars, I use Tamiya Fluorescent Red with a light coat of Tamiya Fluorescent Orange over top the Red.



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[hurricane21]

Any brand's flourescent red will work. I ordered some from Montana Colors which works great. It was less than $10 and I think I was able to do 8 or 10 different cars with the one can.

[lefty1820]

You nailed it with the red! Beautiful!

May has well give us your blue color choices as well? Got a few late 80s/90s King Richard builds coming up.

Lefty

[jh63fan]

If you are using spray cans, a lot of builders use Tamiya TS-23 blue over grey primer to tone it down a bit.

[jjsipes]

I simply used Testors AMC Big Bad Blue Lacquer on my Petty cars. When I painted these I hadn't found the Tamiya TS-23 that everyone has been using. To keep all my Petty's close to the same color and since Testors no longer has the Big Bad Blue in the paint line, I have used Scale Finishes AMC Big Bad Blue and it matches the Testors. But now I have seen firsthand that the Scale Finishes line of enamel paints do not work with the Tamiya Primer that I use. Need to find another primer to use I guess.

[Rocketman]

I use tamiya Florescent Red spray rattle can over white primer