Hi

I wouldn't use a Lacquer or Alcohol based paint or primer with Tasca tracks, there are lots of reports on the net of Tasca tracks falling apart 6 months to a year after painting when strong solvent paints have been used. A good wash and a water based paint is all that is needed, I use Vallejo on mine without any problems.

Paul

Paul, Thanks for the info. I've yet to build a Tasca kit, and sure wouldn't want to ruin a set of tracks out of stupidity. I've had my issues with Vinyl tracks, and painting them varies from manufacture to manufacture.

I painted Tamiya tracks with a coat of their lacquer Grey primer, then their Acrylic paints, which are really alcohol based, and all went well. I just had a complete failure with the Academy vinyl tracks and the Tamiya primer. Once dry, it just flaked right off. I repainted with Model Master acrylic paints, as they're water based, and the paint stayed on. What I couldn't accomplish was gluing the track ends together, as melting the pins as suggested never works for me. I tried CCA glue and when dried, just flaked right off. There are some specialty vinyl glues out on the market, but I haven't tried them as yet.