Re: OT: "Aluminum" Paint Jobs.

Brian,

Model masters makes a Metalizer spray which you then buff to the
required sheen
and must then be followed by a Metalizer sealer. It works very very well
on
plastic models but i have never tried it on minis...

Los

Brian Burger wrote:

> On Fri, 2 Apr 1999, Mark A. Siefert wrote:
>
> > Hello All:
> >
> >	  I'm going to be getting ahold of some aircraft minis rather
soon and I
> > want to give them a very
> > "silvery-aluminum" paint job (just think P-51).  However, I'm not
quite
> > sure where to start.  Would I:
> >
> >	  1. Prime Black
> >	  2. Dry brush metallic silver
> >	  3. Wash
> >	  4. Dry brush some more silver
> >	  5. Add details
>
> Too much trouble, I'd think...
>
> Humbrol makes very nice enamel metallic paints, including silver and a
> duller slivery 'aluminum/steel' color. Prime whatever color you like,
> paint the planes solid silver or aluminum, then pick out details -
wheels,
> canopies, propellers, etc.
>
> If you use acrylic paint, I don't know...I do know from friends who
use
> acrylics that the metallics aren't very good sometimes. That's one of
the
> reasons I've stuck with enamels.
>
> Am I really the 'Last Enamel Painter'? Seems that way, talking with
other
> gamers locally...I love 'em - good solid colors, great metallics, you
can
> get some great effects. (My enamel yellow can cover a black primercoat
in
> one pass. No acrylic I've heard of can manage that...)
>
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