Captain Courageous Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 (edited) I'm painting up a couple of bodyshells. I ran dry whilst painting the two shells. Normally, I use Tamiya PS rattle cans but my local R/C shop has very low stock (and none of the paint colours I wanted except for Champagne Gold), but he did have some Core RC paint (which says it is for polycarbonate bodies). Does the Core RC paint play nicely with Tamiya paint as I have two part-sprayed shells or does it react in any way? Also, if the Core RC paint is any good, it seems to be better value - cheaper per can than Tamiya PS and 150ml of paint instead of 100ml. Thoughts? Is Core RC Paint any good, can it be used alongside Tamiya PS paint, do folks use it/recommend it? Thanks in advance, CC Edited January 13 by Captain Courageous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormbringer Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Core rc paint isnt bad not quite as good as Tamiya paint does it react dont know i had in past used tamiya fluro ornge and ran out and the used core fluro orange it didnt react but cant vouch for other colours If its really urgent to get the paint you could buy it online from like Modelsport , Wheelspin etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kpowell911 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 I recently had to use Core RC White over PS1 Tamiya white. Truth be told, the Core paint was fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Courageous Posted January 14 Author Share Posted January 14 Thanks for the replies. Just tried some Core RC White Knight over Tamiya PS -16 (Metallic Blue) and PS -57 (Pearl White) and there is no adverse reaction. Looks like Tamiya PS and Core RC paints can be used interchangably. Guy in the model shop said that Core RC paint splatters a bit so best to warm the can up in some hot water first - which I did - and no issues. As the Tamiya paint is approx £6.75 for 100ml and the Core RC paint is £5.75 for 150ml (=3.83 per 100ml), looks like I'll be switching to Core RC in future. CC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred barlow Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 This was painted in both tamiya and core paints and it had no reaction (the orange is tamiya and it's backed with the metallic core RC silver 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Courageous Posted January 15 Author Share Posted January 15 That's a heck of a big bucket on the rear there Fred! 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred barlow Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 1 hour ago, Captain Courageous said: That's a heck of a big bucket on the rear there Fred! 😁 Standard mardave hot hatch wing to keep the back end down 🤣 the raw power from the 4.8v battery needs it 🤣 but it does look smaller in green than orange 🤔 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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