Tamiya TS-101 bse white

[daves]

Tamiya spray paint has always been a challenge to find in Hawaii. There are several outlets that carry it, but the stock is always moderate. It can only be shipped by boat.
White primer has been on back order for awhile now. My favorite source just got in TS-101 base white. My research shows that it is to be used to cover a dark color when painting a lighter top color. I am asking if anyone has experience with this paint. I want to use it as a white primer on a Ferrari 641/2 with TS-8 Italian Red as the top coat. I cannot afford a mistake as I only have a halt can of TS-8.

Dave

[fastbackfreddie]

Hi Dave, I am not familiar with the TS-101, however my suggestion is that if you can get hold of the Tamiya pink primer in Hawaii, that might be a better option for you. From my experience it does make the red topcoat really 'pop', and it also may help you make your limited TS-8 go a bit further too. Good luck with it. Cheers Tim

[vanhookvintage]

I haven't used it, but based on my reading Tamiya's description on their website, it looks like this is a substitute for primer, and meant to be used over darker-colored plastic, so there's no effect of the dark color on the top coat. Sounds good to me.

From Tamiya: "is specifically for use as an undercoat. With minimal layers it provides a superb base".

Thanks for the tip, actually!

Cheers,
Greg

[daves]

Hi Dave, I am not familiar with the TS-101, however my suggestion is that if you can get hold of the Tamiya pink primer in Hawaii, that might be a better option for you. From my experience it does make the red topcoat really 'pop', and it also may help you make your limited TS-8 go a bit further too. Good luck with it. Cheers Tim

I wish I could find the pink primer. Only primer available in Honolulu now is the rust color. I have used pink TS spray under the red and it works great.

Dave

[Paul_OFarrell]

Hi David,

Did you consider decanting the TS-8? Spraying it via an airbrush with a narrower spray pattern will minimise paint loss, rather than the broader spray pattern that Tamiya's rattle cans have.

Cheers, Paul
Sydney, Oz

[Roncla]

I've got a can of that TS 101 here and have been using it for awhile. it is really just a white primer with more pigment so better covering ability than their regular white primer.

I always use grey primer first as I can see imperfections better. A coat of this TS101 afterwards then allows you to lay down translucent colours like reds without the grey altering the shade.

It dries to a satin like finish is just like Zero paints.

[daves]

I can report back that the base white is amazing. Goes down nice and flat with a satin finish. I let it dry and then sprayed the Ts-8. Ended up with a nice gloss finish and did not need much paint. The coverage was much better than when I used the white primer. Need to stock up on this one.

Dave

[dancraft]

Sounds great Dave, thanks for the update. Hopefully Tamiya will decide to release this in the square bottles for airbrushing too.

Regards, Dan

[indycals]

I just saw this thread about an hour before going to my better-stocked-but-farther-away hobby shop - they had this paint so I picked one up - I have few things to try it out on! .