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  1. You might also want to try Tamiya Color Chrome Silver. It is number X-11. Most of my acrylic paints are Tamiya Color paints.
  2. I don't know. I do know that the initial chemical bonding eats into the top layers, to bond with the plastic on a molecular level which is why the paint doesn't chip easily. this is an immediate effect and does weaken the structural integrity, which is more noticable on thinner plastic parts. If the plastic is thick enough, you my never have a proble, but on thin walled plastic, it is pretty immediate.
  3. One thing about paints that that I was taught by my instructor when I took a movie miniature model making course in college was to never use enamels on plastic of any form. Sure it will cure on some, like styrene, but it does this by eating into the plastic and bonding to it chemically. According to my instructor, this will eventually destroy the plastic. It will, at the very least weaken the structural integrity. Sure, it is less likely to chip, but that is because of the chemical bonding by eating into the plastic. all enamels do this. They will also only bond, and thus cure, to a few select types of plastics. Plastics like vinyl, urethane, and others won't bond with the paint, leaving the paint perpetually sticky and gummy. As a rule, I use acrylic paints exclusively for everything. Not only won't they weaken the plastic, but they are also easier to clean, since they are water-based. Yes, they are more easily chipped, but they don't damage the plastic like enamels of any form will.
  4. This is more about the Ultra Magnus than it is about paint removal. The reason why Ultra Magnus' head is molded in blue, then painted white is because the head is molded in the same mold as the legs. Therefore, to get Magnus' true unarmored head appearance, they have to paint it white. Magnus in his unarmored form is, and always has been a White "twin" of Optimus Prime, and the head is supposed to be white, not blue. The "prototype" you saw with the blue head is one where they forgot to paint it. If you look at the back of the box, you will notice that the head is also white, but the detailing is a bit different than the final production model. What you see on the box art is how Magnus' head is supposed to look, not what you saw at BotCon. The white helmet is the correct coloring. To get that look, all you need to do is use some Tamyia Sky blue acrylic paint with a little silver mixed in and paint the crest and face plate. then, if you want red optics, but still want to keep the light piping feature, remove the lightpiped optics and paint that entire piece with Tamyia red clearcoat. The end result will be deep crimson optics, not bright scarlet, but they will be red and the light piping will still work. If you don't care abpout the light piping, just paint the optics silver or gold, then go over them with red clearcoat, and paint the back white to match the rest of the helmet.
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