Heya Gundam peeps!

I have a few questions regarding acrylic topcoats. I'm hoping experts in this thread can chime in and help me out:

1. Where can I get my supply of topcoats from? I meant specifically Mr. Hobby (both Flat and Semi-gloss) and generally at what price?
2. How do you prep your Gundam and topcoat prior to spraying? From what I read you should give the can a good shake. Some even recommend half-dipping the can in warm water before spray.
3. How to handle moving armor parts? For example RG Justice Gundam have multiple moving parts when the limbs are full-bend. I'm thinking to topcoat 1 layer on limbs at full-bend, then another layer at neutral position for best coverage. The bend-able waist seems tricky.
4. Coating the ball-joints. Going on a limb-by-limb basis, I will surely hit the joints. Should I mask them so I don't end up making them super tight due to the excess coating?
5. How easy is it to mess up the topcoating process?

Thanks for your time!

P.S. I haven't actually done top-coating before so any advice and tips on this will help me greatly!

This post has been edited by xyekit: Mar 27 2017, 02:56 PM

Hey guys, if you guys could recommend a brand for paint primer, what would it be? I'll be using exclusively acrylic (Tamiya) brush painting until I get my airbrush (much later).

If you could let me know where to get them too, that'd be awesome!

Thanks ya!