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Looking for some advice on the best way to proceed layering the paint on my P51 Mustang. I'm thinking of gray primer followed by a full coat of gloass black and then a split of the main colors to be Tamiya Chrome silver on wings and front fuselage and RAF green on the rear. Scheme has black and white invasion strips lower fuselage air intake, two white stripes across top ailerons and two black strips top wings.
Should I primer the entire aircraft gray, then paint the white over it, mask the white and spray remainder with black gloss or use white primer first on the invasions strips followed by white top coat? The ruder and propeller cowling will also be yellow, so I need to consider putting that yellow over the primer coat too.
I guess I'm asking if the white is going to cover the gray primer. If so, that would be the easiest. If not I need to do two primers, gray and white. More work, but will do if that's the call.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions and advice.
Bob
Primer
Silver (on grey primer). Gloss black is best when using Alclad. Silver is never high gloss on any aircraft... PERIOD! Although I prefer Tamiya AS-12 Bare Metal Silver in rattle can for silver on my aircraft
Mask for green
Measure and mask whole section for invasion stripes (white, black, white, black, white). White is easier on silver than on grey primer
Mask white stripes for black
BlackSheepTwoOneFour Primer Silver (on grey primer). Gloss black is best when using Alclad. Silver is never high gloss on any aircraft... PERIOD! Although I prefer Tamiya AS-12 Bare Metal Silver in rattle can for silver on my aircraft
I have seen some fairly glossy silver or aluminum paint jobs on aircraft- civil aircraft or restorations. Bare metal when polished can be mirror-like. Museums and show planes are frequently polished. And, in service, some squadron and wing commanders had some nicely polished planes.
Don Stauffer in Minnesota
While that's very true in museums or resto aircraft but not on those in active service during conflicts. Mirror like finish on aircraft during any war conflict doesn't look realistic.
BlackSheepTwoOneFour While that's very true in museums or resto aircraft but not on those in active service during conflicts. Mirror like finish on aircraft during any war conflict doesn't look realistic.
Okay, that I agree with. In peacetime, however, military brass still likes their polished birds. Also, in the thirties many prototypes and experimental birds that were delivered in BMF were highly polished before delivery.
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