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I want to paint the F-105B I'm building as a fairly new and clean bare metal Thud. What is my best bet? Testors silver?
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Do you have an airbrush? I'd suggest Alclad- best representation of bare aluminum finish. For a Thud to match the pics I'd say their just plain aluminum- not the polished aluminum. For a striking finish you could alternate just plain aluminum with their "white aluminum", a more weathered appearing aluminum. Make some panels aluminum, others white aluminum. Use both over a gloss black undercoat. The undercoat must be perfect- Alclad is a very thin, translucent paint and undercoat flaws show through dramatically.
Don Stauffer in Minnesota
Have an airbrush and I found somebody suggesting to use Poly Scale Flat Aluminum as its not grainy looking as some of the metallic bare metal paints.
Don Stauffer ...Use both over a gloss black undercoat. The undercoat must be perfect- Alclad is a very thin, translucent paint and undercoat flaws show through dramatically.
...Use both over a gloss black undercoat. The undercoat must be perfect- Alclad is a very thin, translucent paint and undercoat flaws show through dramatically.
Actually, only the High Shine Alclad IIs are translucent. They are Polished Aluminum, Chrome, Airframe Aluminum, Polished Brass and Stainless Steel. And yes, they do require a very smooth surface. Also it is recommended that you use a gloss black undercoat to really bring out the shine. But you can achieve panel shading by using other colors like gloss grey, yellow, red, etc.
The regular Alclad IIs are opaque but they too really need a well prepped and smooth surface. But it doesn't have to be gloss black. In fact, it makes no difference whether or not the undercoat is black.
In any event I don't think you should use enamel paint as the undercoat, but I could be wrong about that.
In this case I'd recommend starting with a base of Alclad II Dull Aluminum and then adding some of the other Aluminums as panel variations.
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Here is a test shot using the MM Non-buffing aluminum and the MM chrome silver. The silver paint is a bit old and went down thicker but the metalizer went down nice and thin. I put down just enough so I could not tell if it was painted over the green or the gray. Test model just had the paint lightly sanded with 1000 grit and cleaned befor painting.
I think I'm going to play with the MM aluminum metalizer a but more.
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