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Chrome silver and orange?

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Chrome silver and orange?
Posted by Bones-coa on Tuesday, August 26, 2003 7:58 PM
Guys, I'm building a tamiya kit and they call for these two paints to be mixed for a part on the model. Any idea as to what color they are trying to duplicate here? Thanks.
Dana
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 26, 2003 9:09 PM
Dana,
Sounds like they are making an approximation of Titanium. I've done the same thing, myself. I can highly recommend the Testor's Jet Exhaust, MM4676. Great for airbrushing, and looks alot like the burnt titanium color on jet nozzles. Plus, no mixing!

demono69
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Posted by MikeV on Tuesday, August 26, 2003 9:49 PM
What is the part that is painted that color?

Mike

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Posted by naplak on Wednesday, August 27, 2003 1:26 AM
Hmmm... Tamiya makes a Titanium color paint -- X-31.

I have used that same mix in a Tamiya Auto model -- a ferrari I think -- for those orangish rubber suspension boots.

If that's what it's for, it does end up looking very much like the actual boots -- I saw some at a car show. Big Smile [:D]
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Posted by Bones-coa on Wednesday, August 27, 2003 6:57 AM
Actually, the model is a motorcycle. As for the part, I really don't know. It appears to be a tank of some kind attached to the inside of the frame.
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Posted by MikeV on Wednesday, August 27, 2003 10:22 AM
It sounds like they are trying to replicate an anodized orange type of color such as you see on some of the street bikes.

Mike

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Posted by Bones-coa on Wednesday, August 27, 2003 11:21 AM
Hmmm...I think that may be it, MikeV. I'm gunna keep looking into it more. Thanks guys.
Dana F On the bench: Tamiya DO335B-2 with LOTS of Aires stuff (On Hold) Trumpeter A-10 with LOTS and LOTS of aftermarket goodies! (On Hold) Tamiya 240ZG (In work)
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Posted by MikeV on Wednesday, August 27, 2003 1:02 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Bones-coa

Hmmm...I think that may be it, MikeV. I'm gunna keep looking into it more. Thanks guys.


Do a search on the web for photos of the bike you are building and maybe you can find some good references for what that part looks like.

Mike

Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon
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