Re: OT: "Aluminum" Paint Jobs.

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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