Model Car Culture Podcast · Scale Riders

Pancho Paint

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Bancho says his base is “straight Comet Silver” from Tropical Glitz, then he breaks it up with bigger flake in sections.

1. Model Car Culture Podcast episode 266 centers on Bancho, called in from the 209, talking about paint work on 1/24-1/25 scale cars and 1/10 RC bodies. 2. Host 65Lokes introduces Bancho, describes him as a painter known on Instagram under #BanchoPaint, and frames the conversation around his current builds. 3. The episode asks how Bancho chooses colors, layers silver, flake, and candies, and keeps RC work and static model work organized. 4. Bancho says he looks at a lot of pictures and one-on-one painters, then keeps colors in similar tones so they “flow” together. 5. He explains that a green body can use about three different actual colors inside the pattern instead of one flat finish. 6. Bancho says his standard starting point is gray primer and then a silver base, and he names Tropical Glitz Comet Silver as his go-to. 7. He describes using bigger flake in certain sections and making the whole body one size flake only when he wants a different look. 8. He says his airbrush is a 0.8, and he also uses Harbor Freight and Amazon paint guns with different tips depending on the job. 9. For bigger flake, he says he drills out a Harbor Freight touch-up gun and uses a 20-gallon compressor instead of a larger spray gun. 10. He says the airbrush is mainly for patterns, while the touch-up gun handles clear and larger flake work. 11. Bancho says he prefers pinks and purples because they are bright and stand out, and he points to a pink-and-white pearl Corvair as an example. 12. He says the yellow 63 he is finishing uses a pearl-based color on the roof area, with candy added over it for fades. 13. He says a champagne-gold Toyota truck gets flake over the gold base, while the interior pattern sections stay clean so the body breaks up visually. 14. He explains that when a panel ends up too tall with flake at a tape line, some builders scrape it carefully with a razor blade before clear coat. 15. He says he usually does all the patterns first and leaves flake, fingerprinting, and raindrops for last so he does not pull sensitive work off with tape. 16. He says he has also had to re-back-mask a whole section after missing one little area, which forces him to check both sides while masking. 17. The tone is technical and casual, with 65Lokes asking follow-up questions while Bancho answers in short, practical explanations. 18. The format is a live interview with photo references, shout-outs from viewers, and repeated discussion of specific builds on screen. 19. RC and model-car builders who want paint process details should listen. 20. Viewers wanting narrative drama or a structured story arc may skip it.

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Practical paint talk that stays close to the bench.

Bancho Paint keeps its focus on paint, scale, and the choices that make a build look finished instead of merely assembled. It moves through ready-to-spray urethane paints, Rust-Oleum sandable primer, and the kind of back-and-forth that sounds like builders comparing notes, which…

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Press play if you want paint talk from the scale-model and RC hobby circle, with Bancho sharing what he has been working on.

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