What paint to use for custom 1/60 YAMATO

[DatterBoy]

Was wondering, for those of you have done YAMATO 1/60 customs:

What type of paint should I be using if I want to make a custom 1/60? I want to match the paint texture as close as possible to the Yamto paints in order to aintain consistency with the other valks, but don't know what kind to use. It appears to be more of a matte and less of a gloss paint so I ant to keep that feel. ALso wanted to know if those who have done it used paint strippers or anything like that before repainting your valks.

Any ideas?

Thanks

:Dat