Are there tips for painting hard-to-reach areas with a spray can? I usually end up with overspraying those areas to get paint in. I do have an Iwata AB and a Paasche AB, but I prefer using spray cans for priming & base-coating.

If it is primer or the base cote, over spray should not be an issue.

Is that so? I always buff oversprayed areas anyway.

What are you using for spray can primer? That can make a huge difference in your results. Jeff T.

Ola Chrisk

I usually prime several stages of the built itself. I use Tamiya Primer from the rattlecan. To give you an idea. Check out my T-20 built
T-20 Komsomoletz mod 37

Every subassembly is primed separately so every nook and cranny is covered before I started airbrushing.

When I used to use a spray can, I built accordingly, so that I could easily spray these hard to reach areas. Now I undercoat with the air-brush and can build more as one has better control. Its all in the planning.

I agree with Robert and Frank. One other thing I do is to spray all the hard to reach places FIRST, then go over the rest of what you're spraying. That way you have maximum coverage with minimal build.

An alternative is to mask off / protect areas where you don't want the paint to build up too much. Say for example you are trying to get paint down on to the lower hull side between the wheels and the track guard and don't want to build up lots of paint on the wheels or the upper hull; apply masking tape (the normal decorators' kind) straight across the wheels and across the track guard, or even a piece of taped on card or paper. It doesn't have to be perfect masking because a little paint leakage won't matter (as you said you're talking about priming or base coats), but it will protect that area from too much paint and you can continue applying light coats to build it up in the area that you are trying to get to. Hope that makes sense.