Lindberg's Big Scale Hot Rod-HELP!

I can't help you out much with paint usage on those vinyl parts but to tone the chrome down and to give it a more true metal look I usually coat my parts with Tamiya Smoke. It works really good at reducing the toy like look from model chrome and levels out nice.

The paint is X-19 Tamiya Smoke.

To illustrate, the wheel on the R/H side has no Tamiya Smoke paint on it where the L/H was treated with a coat of it.

You'll also need acrylic paint for the vinyl pieces. Enamels like Testors won't dry properly or at all on vinyl. Dullcote will give your parts an unpolished aluminum look, or as Mustang said, use the smoke to keep the shine up.

Thanks guys for the helpful tips. I've never airbrushed Tamiya jar paint before, should be interesting. Thanks again.

mustang1989

I can't help you out much with paint usage on those vinyl parts but to tone the chrome down and to give it a more true metal look I usually coat my parts with Tamiya Smoke. It works really good at reducing the toy like look from model chrome and levels out nice.

The paint is X-19 Tamiya Smoke.

To illustrate, the wheel on the R/H side has no Tamiya Smoke paint on it where the L/H was treated with a coat of it.

 

 

That's a great idea, mustang1989! I just printed it out and it will go into an old copy of Tips and Techniques for Scale Modelers that I've had for many years.

Well thanks Jim. It really wasn't actually my idea. I got it from an issue of Scale Auto....