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Prior to painting any resin kits , you must thoroughly wash off the 'mold -release' on the resin parts; many recommend Westley's 'white wall (automotive) tire bleach., available at Pep Boys, AutoZone, etc. ($5. worth will do a yard full of cars.) Then they can be painted with almost any kind of paint over a primer compatible with the top coat. I've never built any Westerfield resin kits but they are reputed to be very accurate models of specific prototypes. As far as glue to construct resin kits, most use both a 5-minute type epoxy and CA (super glue); regular plastic solvent liquid cement or that useless tube cement will not work on resin. Resin is usually more brittle than plastic Typical resin kits should be checked for warpage prior to starting assembly and sometimes a bit more flash may need to be removed. They really aren't much more complex than plastic kits--they just often cost a bunch more, because they are made in much smaller production runs for a limited audience.
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