I suppose hand painting will be hard to achieve what u want. To make it as shiny as mirror, you will need an extremely smooth and flat surface. that means not even one brush stroke or uneven paint should be present. I suggest u use air brush or spray, then it will be easy to make it shiny.

Hi , i have a few questions i would like to ask about painting a model kit .

Firstly , i'm a beginner , just learning to paint my first kit atm and i'm having some issues

First question is , where can i buy Mr Color paints and thinner ? i bought the ones i had from a trip to japan and by the looks of it i dont think i have enough (especially thinner)

Second is , how do i make the paint look less 'shiny' ?

Sometimes its too 'wet and thick' sometimes it too runny :/

I'm using a paintbrush to paint it

This is the picture of the problem i'm having :/
The top row left and middle are too 'shiny' and the rest are the right shade of color imo , that's the shade i want to get



Also does normal thinner work just as well as the Mr Color thinner ?

On my paint bottle (Mr color) it says metallic , steel , primary , i bought the paint because my model instructions had a paint scheme for the model and recommended colors using the Mr colors numbering scheme so i just foloow

eh really i didnt know there was such a thing >.< is there a shop you can recommend me to go where i can get all these supplies ? preferably in KL area

The Best Place for Hobby Supplies in KL is Time Machine @ Berjaya Times Square IT Center Lvl 2....

For Hobby Supplies from Online Stores refer to the following Links below

http://www.jshobby.cc/ - JS Hobby

http://www.myotaku.com.my/ - MyOtaku

Hi, frequent buyer from JS-hobby here,usually restock paint from them. Would say their service is good and usually receive my items within 3-4 days and they packed my parcel well.But i think depends on your location as well casue saw some forumer complaint they did not receive their item.

i got most of my paints from js-hobby at tmn bukit mewah JB..as their shop is about 5 min drive from my office...nice guy...got BIG stock on paints, kits (Gundam especially), hobby tools..as of the complaints, maybe can call owner directly  if got problem to sort things out...