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Hi Guys,

ive just acquired a “French Cafe” from the good people at Dio Dump and wanted to ask if there is a particular brand of paint I should consider. It’ll be predominantly brick but with a wooden facade
 

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Steven, maybe a daft question to some, but I presume it's made of plastic?
 

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Your user name's Dulux and you're asking us about paint? :smiling5:

Are you airbrushing or brushing? Vallejo have a good range of colours and are fairly easy to use (some will disagree) but they can be fragile.
Pete
 

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Sorry, Steven. I can't help. I've never worked with resin.

There will be plenty of members who have, mind. :thumb2:

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Basically treat it like plastic mate; wash with warm water plus a little Fairy liquid prior to working (to remove any lingering mould-release agents/grease) and , once dry apply the primer of your choice (many a discussion on this forum on this subject!). Any paint (all manufactures do suitable paints to suit your needs) will then be suitable - I've used acrylics and enamels, and a mixture of both and they all work equally well! Good Luck!
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Basically treat it like plastic mate; wash with warm water plus a little Fairy liquid prior to working (to remove any lingering mould-release agents/grease) and , once dry apply the primer of your choice (many a discussion on this forum on this subject!). Any paint (all manufactures do suitable paints to suit your needs) will then be suitable - I've used acrylics and enamels, and a mixture of both and they all work equally well! Good Luck!
Steve
Thanks Steve,

Think I’ll look at the “Vallejo” range of paints
 
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Your user name's Dulux and you're asking us about paint? :smiling5:

Are you airbrushing or brushing? Vallejo have a good range of colours and are fairly easy to use (some will disagree) but they can be fragile.
Pete
I’ll be airbrushing and painting
 

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As Steve put it: just treat it as plastic, and you’ll do fine. (That said, I normally don’t prime plastic models, but I do use it on resin ones, as paint doesn’t seem to adhere as well to resin as to plastic.)
 
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