Airfix

[Gondor]

......and christened "Bla Petter" - "Blue Peter" (which will make UK members smile)

Obviously one they'd prepared earlier................ 

Wonder what the Swedish for "get down Shep!" is ...

Going by Google Translate

Ner, Shep!

Although I am sure our Swedish members will be able to correct that if necessary.

[Weaver]

People are starting to get their Club kits through: the Viggen is moulded in bright red and the Tiger Moth in bright yellow.

[The Wooksta!]

Who's producing them - Novo?

[jcf]

Who's producing them - Novo?

🤣

Swapping out plastic pellet colours is dead easy, the first few pulls are amusing as the colours are mixed together to varying degrees until the old colour is fully out of the feed screw. 

[scautomoton]

People are starting to get their Club kits through: the Viggen is moulded in bright red and the Tiger Moth in bright yellow.

Good idea, I always find those two colours particularly bad at covering whatever colour primer is used (unless its the same colour).

[zenrat]

People are starting to get their Club kits through: the Viggen is moulded in bright red and the Tiger Moth in bright yellow.

Good idea, I always find those two colours particularly bad at covering whatever colour primer is used (unless its the same colour).

Bad luck if you want to paint them any other colours.  Red and Yellow are the two worst colours for leaching through your primer.

[Weaver]

2026 range announcement is at 4pm today.

[zenrat]

That's 3am tomorrow morning.  I don't think i'll wait up.

[Weaver]

People are starting to get their Club kits through: the Viggen is moulded in bright red and the Tiger Moth in bright yellow.

Good idea, I always find those two colours particularly bad at covering whatever colour primer is used (unless its the same colour).

Bad luck if you want to paint them any other colours.  Red and Yellow are the two worst colours for leaching through your primer.

Exactly, it makes the logical "use the Airfix decals on a Heller Viggen and paint the Airfix Viggen as a prototype" option a bit harder.

[scautomoton]

People are starting to get their Club kits through: the Viggen is moulded in bright red and the Tiger Moth in bright yellow.

Good idea, I always find those two colours particularly bad at covering whatever colour primer is used (unless its the same colour).

Bad luck if you want to paint them any other colours.  Red and Yellow are the two worst colours for leaching through your primer.

You'll have to forgive me but I'm not seeing how the colour of a plastic is leeching through primer? I use Mr Surfacer and have no issues getting a consistent base.

[zenrat]

People are starting to get their Club kits through: the Viggen is moulded in bright red and the Tiger Moth in bright yellow.

Good idea, I always find those two colours particularly bad at covering whatever colour primer is used (unless its the same colour).

Bad luck if you want to paint them any other colours.  Red and Yellow are the two worst colours for leaching through your primer.

You'll have to forgive me but I'm not seeing how the colour of a plastic is leeching through primer? I use Mr Surfacer and have no issues getting a consistent base.

If the whole kit is moulded in the same colour then you may well have no issues.  Try modifying a red moulded kit with white styrene and then paint it white though.
It's a real thing.  I'm not making it up.
Sometimes everything is looking OK right up to the very last coat of clear at which point the red of the plastic leaches through the gold paint unevenly giving you a patchly coloured Landcruiser.
Landcruiser 80 Series 008 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr
See the red blush on the front wing?  That's not colour reflected from the background or my clothing, that's the mica red colour of the styrene body leaching through the paint.  It's also there on the edge of the roof.  The bonnet is moulded in clear and so wasn't affected and so made the affected front wing stand out like a sore thumb.  Which is why I painted it black.

[scautomoton]

Interesting, what colour primer did you use and how thick was the coat? When I think back to when I was a panel beater I'd do a repair on a panel and end up with a mix of metal, old paint and filler for the finished surface. A good coat of decent primer to cover the metal and filler then went on. After that was sanded properly the paint would go on and the finish was perfect.

[zenrat]

Interesting, what colour primer did you use and how thick was the coat? When I think back to when I was a panel beater I'd do a repair on a panel and end up with a mix of metal, old paint and filler for the finished surface. A good coat of decent primer to cover the metal and filler then went on. After that was sanded properly the paint would go on and the finish was perfect.

Back then, probly grey primer.  Then automotive rattle can.  Then acrylic rattle can clear.  Thick enough coats to have consistent coverage and no red showing through until the very last clear coat which I put on heavier than the rest to get a good shine.  At which point the red bloom appeared and I said bad words.
I don't know for sure (i've never seen a satisfactory explanation) but my feeling is it is due to something chemical from the styrene coming up through the paint layers rather than just an underlying colour showing through.
I'm sure we have discussed this before and i'm sure Jon CF had some input on the subject.
I wouldn't know where to start looking though as it would be thread drift rather than a topic of its own.

[Beermonster58]

That's 3am tomorrow morning.  I don't think i'll wait up.

😂😂Don't blame you. I won't even bother checking at 4pm!! Airfix's website will crash as usual.
I'll just listen out for the howls of disappointment accompanied by the sound of damp squibs fizzling out 😉😂

[PR19_Kit]

A good coat of decent primer to cover the metal and filler then went on. After that was sanded properly the paint would go on and the finish was perfect.

Indeed so, but metal isn't plastic and doesn't semi-dissolve like styrene does when covered with other chemicals.

I've had just the same effects as Fred had on his 4x4, but with an Italeri Ford Transit, also moulded in BRIGHT RED.