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StuL

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  1. Thanks for the info guys, I' know my car's colour, it's the Red Mica from your link 53HRA, The maroon code is a non-metallic shade they sold on the UK cars, but mine's an import. I was more worrying about translating that across to the Polycarbonate specific paints from various manufacturers. Having it professionally done might be an option, i'd just assumed it would be mega-expensive! I'm based near Manchester/Bolton, so i'll see if there's any Pro painters in my area to at least try and save on the postage. Any recommendations? I normally like to do stuff like this myself, but i don't want to "write off" a 30quid shell!
  2. Hi all, im new to the site, and have joined to ask a couple of painting questions... A chance find on ebay, saw me ordering a new shell for my old TL01 chassis. Its an old style supra, bought because i own the full size thing too! So i'm wanting to paint my Lexan shell to match the real thing in the garage, as closely as possible. this is the colour i'm after.....(not my actual car) Duratrax's metallic red, and Pactra's metallic red or cherry red look close, but they all look a bit too light, so any suggestions on how to darken these colours a little bit would be greatly appreciated. As an example, I saw another thread on here, showing how orange, backed with silver can turn the paint very dark brown, so now im worried i'd darken it too much. Would more coats of the red colour, make a difference to how much the backing colour darkens it? (if that makes sense Im happy to try out different paints, but didn't want to spend a small fortune on rattle cans i'd never use, so im just after a starting point really. Thanks again for any help, Stu
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