I am going to be patient and hope this gets sorted soon!

The Tamiya TS range of aerosols are acrylic. TS-13 is their gloss glear coat and can be found via eBay, a good plastic model kit store or online outlet such as "The Modeller" http://www.themodeller.c.../Tamiya-Spray-Paint.aspx

Ok... here is a picture of the front wings with different types of finishes..

The top one with the Voda logo's has been done with "Klear" (formaly Johnsons but now by "Pledge") This has about 10 coats to achieve the finish..

The Second one down is the wing painted with "Zero paints MP4 Red" with a coat of Halfords Clear coat..

Next is the "Original" part with 10 coats of "Klear"

And last is the "Original" with a coat of Halfords Clear....

Beside is the rear wing "Untreated" to give a comparison along side the Pods... I could give you my thouths on those but if I do then... well thats a different ball game

I will attempt to put up a small video on utubebookface thingy showing how to do the "Klear"... It really is simple as "Bigmal" will tell you.. He is the "God" when it comes to this stuff lol

Spencer

PS I'll attache the original size so you can download it and see better..

Your more than welcome Mike Thats what we are here for..

Hi, from looking at the pictures above, the best colour match and shine seems to be the Halfords clear coat to me.
Does anyone else agree?
Also, how easy is it to do? And is it spray or brush on?

Thanks
Ian

Hi Ian... It's a spray can but used for cars so if you do go down this route then I suggest light coats in a well ventilated room with no dust.. one light coat from about 7 inches away then 2 mins later another... should be ok after that... you could then T-Cut the finish to get a good shine but if you have had no experience with either then just do a few coats as suggested... One other thing is to only do the RED wings... you must dismantel them because if you get any on the "Chrome" effect it will destroy it...

Spencer

Hi Scott... The Halfords clear is fine and gives a good finish but see my reply about light coats above... You've done the suspension arms so you should know about the light coats to get the bet finish etc..

Thats great everyone, thanks for all that info I can now order something I know will work. Now if I can just work out how to dismantle the back wing

As i do not know what paint finish Kyosho have opted for a simple way to test is as follows, but at risk of sacrificing said test piece, -


To test for acrylic paint, apply about a teaspoon of Methyl Hydrate to a clean (white) rag, and then rub the paint with the wet part of the rag. If the paint transfers to the rag, it is acrylic paint.


To test for enamel paint, apply about a teaspoon of Turpentine to a clean (white) rag, and then rub the paint with the wet part. If the paint transfers to the rag, it is an enamel paint.


......if it would appear that the original finish is the second,......forget about using the paint i lacquer said i would use.....if its the 1st.....then do!!

on further research it would appear that if you are just adding a coat of gloss to the said parts then please feel free to use the lacquer i previously mentioned as its acrylic and wont harm the existing finish as it would appear its not enamel.....i would probably suggest a fine wet and dry first to key the surface probably 2000 grit, wash off any dust with warm soapy water, allow to dry, then a couple of coats of lacquer thinned down then a fine tamiya cutting/finishing past to buff up the final finish :-)

this only applies if you havent already stripped the part and re coloured with an enamel base coat!!!