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by **SoundwavePrime** » Mon Feb 15, 2010 2:44 am

im going to buy a 20th aniversry optimus prime for 100 bucks :grin:

and i want to paint his gun black but not sur how or what to paint it with

News Credits: 2 · by **Skyfire77** » Mon Feb 15, 2010 5:41 pm

Any hobby/model paint will do; I prefer Testors myself.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Mon Feb 15, 2010 5:59 pm

Skyfire77 wrote:Any hobby/model paint will do; I prefer Testors myself.

The Testors were actually the ones used in Customising Classes of BotCon. Just a word of warning: if you need to remove paint, do not use anything that has acetone in it, as that'll eat the plastic before you can say hello.

by **Praxus Prime** » Tue Feb 16, 2010 7:03 pm

same as skyfire77. testors is what i've tried, and it works like a charm

by **michellatron** » Tue Feb 16, 2010 9:07 pm

Going to go with everyone else - Testors is the best. That's the only kind of paint I ever use with my model cars. It's a quality product and the consistency is awesome. I've tried other brands and they were just too runny and streaky for me.

News Credits: 2 · by **Decepticon Spike** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 8:42 pm

Like many others have already said, Testors is the best one to use. I've used it on the few customs I've done.

News Credits: 1 · by **Pontimax 01** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 10:25 pm

Testors/Model Master is good to use. I prefer their acrylic lines, but the enamels work equally well. Tamiya acrylics work well also.

I've even used artist paints like liquitex before and had decent results, especially airbrushing.

by **aslahibbs** » Thu Feb 18, 2010 1:13 pm

Hey I used testers paint on my Leader class megatron and its a very nice paint!
Check out my custom Leader class Megatron on ebay!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 500wt_1182

by **SaTaN CoNvOy** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 2:16 am

aslahibbs wrote:Hey I used testers paint on my Leader class megatron and its a very nice paint!
Check out my custom Leader class Megatron on ebay!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 500wt_1182

That thing looks sick dude!

But yes Testors works the best. Also DO NOT FORGET TO GET DIFFERENT SIZE PAINT BRUSHES!! And maybe some brush cleaner. And if you use Sliver on certain parts, and it dries all sticky like just dab a bit of clear nail polish on it and it should be ok.