what is best for removing old paint
 

i would like to know what is best for removing paint if you messed up or somthing

^^^^Depends on how you want to fix your mess up. If your going to repaint the whole car, you can use a mild paint thinner but be extremely careful as thinner can melt plastic but this only works well if the paint is not dry. Or if you want to try and fix the problem you could try and spot paint in the bad section. Either way you will need Scotch Brite and possably a really fine grain sand paper say 1200 or so. It is essentially the same way a body shop would fix a paint mess up but with a whole lot more care and delacasy. Good Luck, PEACE

Paint remover
 

I bought this stuff at Johnnys Toys that will take the paint right off and not harm the plastic one bit. it was 7.99 but I can not remember the name of it. I used it on my supra and the skyline I am repairing for my friend. I will get the bottle tonight and get the name

I'd have to say GOO-GONE. I love this stuff!!! This takes off paint like magic. Its good for touching up or taking off a whole coat of paint. I highly recommend you use this.

You can use brake fluid to strip paint off really quickly.It is mainly used to strip down lexan bodies in a short period of time,but I doubt it would harm the plastic of these bodies.

I have heard that Brake fliud will turn clear Styrene milky (headlights etc..)

Anyone else noticed this?

I would remove the lenses anyways. I'm gonna try this with one of my bodies I want to re-paint. How long would you leave it in the brake fluid?

15 mins tops, any more and the plastic starts to soften too much. As you said, stripping down is essential, remove all metal screws as well as anything else that may be damaged... brake fliud is not a kind substance... ;D

Use scalecoat II. stuff is the best. will not damage the plastic one bit, even if you leave it in for a day.

i used this stuff called opps and it didn't hurt my body at all

SANDPAPER
 

JUST SAND DOWN ANY ROUGH SPOTS AND PAINT EIGHT OVER IT

I've tried nail polish remover. This stuff works great but it can take off the factory coat of paint though. So be careful!

I used to give my Bit bodies a paint thinner bath, just drop em in a jar of it, swirl, leave it in for a while, then take it out later on and remove the stuff with something like an old toothbrush. Worked like a charm...too bad I sucked at painting.