Tamiya equivalent to Testors 1204 gloss dark red

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Rebuilding a Pocher Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza. Having trouble with getting Testors 1204 Gloss Dark Red to apply evenly. Is there a close Tamiya equivalent? It looks like TS-8 Italian Red over a gray primer might work.

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Hi Miata,
Correct, Tamiya’s TS-8 Italian red would definitively work.
In regards to primer, I’d use either a red oxide or a dark gray.
If that’s not dark enough for you, you can always spray Tamiya’s clear red TS-74 over the main color?
There is also TS-33 Dull Red but Italian red over a dark primer would work a lot better.
If anything, I’d test it out on some scrap plastic first just to see.
Hope that this helpd?!
Happy Modeling,
Mike

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