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Pac-Fan:

Use Fusion (paint made for plastics) --  It actually works. Tough to get it to flake off because it seems to soften the plastic after it sprays and becomes part of it when it dries, comprared with normal spray paint that eventually peels or easily scrapes off.

brock.sampson:

This is the paint made for rc car bodies http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXCY13&P=ML.  Pactra makes a lot of different colors as well.  I have used this a lot and works very well but as others said spray from the backside and use a good tape to mask off so you don't get paint bleeding under.  For the top guns you should only need to mask off spots for the led lights not the whole bar.  I have a plastic bezel and just made holes for the leds and stuck it to the back of the bezel with automotive trim tape.

Level42:

I can tell you it'll work, because my Star Wars Cockpit bezel was spray-painted (probably in the factory) by accident !!!

And I have no clue how to remove it after it's been on there for some 25 years...




The 80s Man:


--- Quote from: Level42 on September 17, 2007, 03:27:59 pm --- Star Wars Cockpit bezel was spray-painted
And I have no clue how to remove it after it's been on there for some 25 years...


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I would use Easy Off Oven cleaner to remove paint from plastic. I've done it before and it works very well but it does take some effort. I used Easy Off to remove the green paint from an Xbox jewl with no scratches at all and I've also use Easy Off to strip the paint off of an old 20 year old plastic model car so I could repaint it and it didn't harm the plastic at all.

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