Hi everyone,
I have embarked upon my next multi-build project, a group of Wildcats from different manufacters. One will be finished out as a pre-war "yellow wing" US Navy bird belonging to VF-41 on the USS Ranger. The painting instructions have the fuselage and lower wings painted aluminum.
Was this actually a paint coat of aluminum or was this just a natural metal (unpainted) surface?
So regarding painting, I have a few choices for the aluminum. Model Master Metalizer aluminum, or I could go with a few of shades out of the Alclad II line, white aluminum, dark aluminum or dull aluminum. Typically when I do an Alclad finish, I put down a coat of decanted Krylon gloss black first. To this point I have only used dark gray Stynylrez as a primer coat. If I go with Alclad, presuming that is a suitable paint for this build, is the Stynylrez a sufficient undercoat for the Alclad? The Stynylrez is a water-based acrylic polyurethane.
On to the yellow, the instructions are calling it "Orange-Yellow". I have been unable to find any paint bearing that name. Of all the photos I have seen, I don't see any hint of orange in this paint. Looks like straight yellow. So if that is indeed the case, I have Tamiya flat yellow, Model Master Acrylic deep yellow and Model Master bright yellow. I am thinking the bright yellow but if anyone thinks otherwise, please let me know. And I suppose if there is some orange in this color, I could put down the yellow followed by a light coat of the Tamiya clear orange? Probably want to do some test-bed painting on that.