AlClad (or, I am in love again)

Once I found Alcad I knew I would never use anything else

Thad

More Alclad chrome, this time on Revell-Monogram's 1966 GTO:



I never would have believed it, but I think Alclad looks more like real chrome than the chrome-plated parts that come in most car kits. Properly applied, the Alclad has a more scale-like chrome look, in my opinion.

On a related note, I use hardware-store lacquer thinner to clean my airbrush, no matter what I'm spraying. It cleans pretty much everything out in one pass.

Hope this helps!

Matt Usher @ FineScale

Jdavidb,

Thanks for the tip! I've got a good-sized container of mineral spirits so I guess I'll use that to clean out the ol' airbrush afterwards. I didn't realize you could use that to clean out lacquer. That'll save some $$$.

Eric

I can get alclad II cleaned out of the airbrush with mineral spirits. Mineral spirits really does wash it right out although it's not what we'd expect with a lacquer paint.

H3nav,

I used Model Master lacquer thinner. I ran the paint through my Aztek airbrush and had no problems whatsoever with either the painting the process nor the clean-up. It would probably be more economical to go to the hardware store and get a bigger container of lacquer thinner but since I'm going to be 'taking a break" from my natural metal birds for a while I thought the Model Master bottle would suffice for now. I used AlClad Aluminum as the initial coat on the Mustang but tonight I'm going to use their Stainless Steel to pick out some panels. I also have their chrome which I picked up by mistake one day but I do plan on using it sometime in the future (can you say "Reno racers and bright 1930s era planes??). Thanks to Mr. Usher's picture above I can't wait to see how good it looks on a race plane!

Eric

It's made me a lot more enthusiastic about car modeling, too. The bumpers on this 1956 Plymouth are Alclad II chrome. I stripped the original kit plating, smoothed out the (considerable) mold-separation lines, then added the Alclad over a gloss-black-enamel base coat.

Great stuff!

Matt Usher @ FSM

How's the clean up with Alclad, i.e., do you clean with laquer thinner or a special thinner?

Yeah there are a lot of good things said about it and I can't wait to use it myself, probably on a B17 which would look really nice!!