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                        What to do with metal chain?

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                        Mopar Madness
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                          April 2015
                        What to do with metal chain?
                        Posted by Mopar Madness on Thursday, October 12, 2017 3:51 PM

                         Hello friends. I have a Dragon kit that comes with what looks to be brass metal chain. I don’t know if it’s better to blacken or oxidize it instead of painting it for a more scale affect. Any suggestions on painting or oxidizing metal/brass chain to make it look realistic? 

                        Chad

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                        stikpusher
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                          July 2004
                        • From: Sonora Desert
                        Posted by stikpusher on Thursday, October 12, 2017 4:07 PM

                        Brass is a bit of a different equation. But the guys at AMPS have mentioned using gun bluing liquid (for actual firearms) to do the same thing with Fruil metal tracks. 

                         

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                        Mopar Madness
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                        Posted by Mopar Madness on Thursday, October 12, 2017 6:14 PM

                        Good point Stik.  I have a bottle of KleenBore Black Magic somewhere in the garage.   I’ll give it a shot on the brass, I’ll definitely try it on some Fruil tracks if I ever get a set. Beer

                        Chad

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                        Griffin25
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                          May 2015
                        Posted by Griffin25 on Thursday, October 12, 2017 6:34 PM

                        I agree with the gun bluing solution to darken steel or in this case white metal Friul tracks. I tried it for the first time last week on some Friuls. It darkened them up quite a bit and added a bit of rust/oxidation to them. AK makes a darkening solution as well. I think it has the same ingredients as gun bluing solution. I'm not sure if it will work on brass however.

                         

                         

                        Griffin

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