haldir Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 So with the season finally switching over to Spring, I'm wanting to start spraying my models & other stuff outside again. Now I've had this model for a couple years now, one of the reason for not starting is the paint scheme: Yah, that is a chrome body with florescent red decals. I've got the decals, it's just the chrome paint that has holding me up. Chrome paint is one of those holy grails to a modeler. Find the one that will hold up the handles of model building. Now Green Stuff World aka GSW has airbrush Chrome paint & I thought about trying that one out, as a couple of videos I've watched show a fantastic finish using a gloss black undercoat for the chrome to do it's magic. Has anyone tried spraying GSW chrome for airbrush? Curious about what your reaction with the paint was/is. There is anther I think I'll trying from C1 Models called C1 Metallizer. It's a powder you buff into the paint. The darker the base paint & how much you buff into that, gives you a brighter finish. Again, what I've seen in videos, it's looks amazing. Both paints are made/from the UK, so either one will require a overseas order, unless I can find a dealer here the US. It would be nice if I could find one that stocked both. ha ha. Also, I almost forgot to ask this, but has anyone tried their Dipping Inks line? I'm assuming they are their version of Speed-Contrast type paints. I'm wanting to try all the available lines out there, so I thought I'd ask first. Thanks! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmorse Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 My first thought with anything from GSW is to wonder what product it is that has been relabeled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strawhat Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Have you seen the Mirror paint from Stuart Semple/Culture Hustle? It's expensive (~$40 a bottle) but they say the bottle is enough to cover an 8'x8' area. I saw a video on YouTube where some car guys (Dip Your Car) sprayed some shells with it. I don't remember much about it, just that it looked pretty nice. You can't top-coat it with anything solvent based, though. Something about the solvent kills breaks down the mirror-effect. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haldir Posted March 27 Author Share Posted March 27 18 hours ago, strawhat said: Have you seen the Mirror paint from Stuart Semple/Culture Hustle? It's expensive (~$40 a bottle) but they say the bottle is enough to cover an 8'x8' area. I saw a video on YouTube where some car guys (Dip Your Car) sprayed some shells with it. I don't remember much about it, just that it looked pretty nice. You can't top-coat it with anything solvent based, though. Something about the solvent kills breaks down the mirror-effect. I think with decal solvents, that brand is out. I'll definitely have to use Solvaset or Microsol for those florescent decals to conform to the body curves. I think I'm gonna get the C1, GSW & Alclad 2, SMS along with Spaztik & Molotow chrome & do the spoon test. If anything, I'll have a supply of chrome products to use if some of them work like they are suppose to. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmorse Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 If you want to see spoon tests before ordering the Barbatos Rex youtube is a good place to see almost any paint sprayed onto a spoon. Looks like he's done all of those. https://www.youtube.com/@barbatosrex9473/search?query=chrome 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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