| You have gotten your model car home and got it all | | | | consider is using mesh or cloth based sandpaper. If |
| ready to assemble. Your next step is to get it painted. | | | | you use a standard paper based sandpaper you |
| You load up your airbrush gun and get it set to go. | | | | chance it falling apart on you in the middle of your |
| Next thing you know you have a wad of paint of | | | | repair. |
| various colors. Belatedly you remember that you were | | | | Once you have your sanding block ready you can |
| going to clean your gun later but you must have | | | | begin the process. Start by rubbing circles over the |
| forgotten. Now you cool new model is a big mess. | | | | part of the model to be sanded. Take your time and |
| What should you do now? | | | | concentrate on accuracy not speed. While you may |
| If you sand your model you take a huge chance on | | | | be looking forward to getting your model built making a |
| ruining your model. So, what now? The best answer to | | | | mistake could cost you more time and money. As you |
| that is to wet sand your model. With the wet sand | | | | continue to sand you should add more water. This will |
| technique you can easily remove the mess without | | | | keep debris from building up and will also keep your |
| having to worry about big repairs or having to replace | | | | sandpaper lubricated. |
| your model. The first thing you need to do is to | | | | The best way to do this is to use a spray bottle. It will |
| prepare your model. | | | | allow you to mist water on the model without having |
| Wet your model with warm water. You may use a | | | | to soak it.. Keep going with this process until your |
| little dish soap if you wish but it is not necessary. Make | | | | model car is back to the way it was before you had |
| sure that you DO NOT submerge your model car. If | | | | the slight accident. Remember, you can use this |
| you do you can end up waiting a couple days for it to | | | | process any time you have a painting mistake. |
| totally dry out before you can work on it anymore. | | | | Depending on where it is though you might have to lay |
| Your next step is to make a sanding block for your | | | | a small coat of primer down if your model car was |
| sandpaper. Your sandpaper for this step should be | | | | two-tone in that spot or had a special paint design. This |
| between 400 to 1000 grit wet sand paper. | | | | will allow you to go back and recreate the paint |
| A sanding block is a tool used to hold your sandpaper | | | | scheme that you had to remove. Now you just have |
| and make it conform to the area to be sanded. In this | | | | one step left. You should now clean your airbrush gun |
| case by using foam your sandpaper will be able to | | | | before you begin to paint again that way you don't |
| conform to the shape of your model. Another thing to | | | | have the same mistake again. Happy modeling! |