Chrome Trim question

For a simple and cheap way, pick up some masking tape and mask the area around the trim. Make sure to burnish the edges and then apply a clear coat to the trim and onto the masking tape. The clear coat can be acrylic, enamel, or lacquer. Adding the clear coat helps to prevent the paint from bleeding under. After this has had 24 hours to dry, paint on the chrome silver color you want the trim to be. I prefer to use MM Chrome Silver or their new Chrome Silver Trim. Let it dry and peel off the tape. Alcad is the way most modelers prefer to go, but its $7 for a 1 ounce bottle and it must be airbrushed onto the model over a gloss black enamel primer coat.

Ryan: Thanks for the tips. I'll give them a shot. Adding a clear coat after masking but before finishing is well worth a try. "Bleed under" has often been a problem when I've masked, especially cockpits. I build more airplanes than anything else.

You can use some of the BMF you have to mask with. It is thin enough that it really won;t allow bleed under.
I love BMF myself and alot of how it turns out depends on which color you are useing and how you apply it. Best way I have found is to run a tooth pick down the corners of the trim , then burnish it in with a q-tip and trim away the excess.

Chris,

Pardon my Australian ignorance but what is BMF?

Cheers

Tony

Sorry, Bare Metal Foil.

Cheers

Tony