Another Tamiya Leopard A4

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Oven cleaner but wear gloves !!
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Re: Another Tamiya Leopard A4

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MrChef wrote: Tue Sep 02, 2025 5:33 pm Yeah a paint stripper will help you out a lot with that. I didn't notice the issue in smaller pictures on my phone.

People swear by the Testor's ELO stuff although its a bit pricey-

https://www.hobbylinc.com/testors-easy- ... ver-542143

Now lets try to figure out what happened with your paint so it doesn't happen a second time.

Whatever people say DO NOT try Brake fluid. I did, and it was the wrong thing to do and not worth it as well as cleanup.
Yeah, brake fluid eats plastic and paint. I have also heard oven cleaner works.
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Re: Another Tamiya Leopard A4

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Welcome to the incompetent world of Meter Rat. :headbang: Went old skool. A further two hours with wet and dry, used wet got it back to good plastic, and sound paint. I am rather pleased that I made such a cock up, as it has allowed me to address a lot more issues that were highlighted.
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Really hope the priming goes smoothly for you mate as that was a lot of hard work to get it back to that stage :thumbup:
do you think maybe a lower coat hadnt dried properly before you put next coat on ?
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