Painting moulded transmissions

[Mixalz]

Hi I'm currently working on a tamiya Rx7.

I've just started using Alclads paints and would love to use these on the transmission but its moulded to undercarriage. Has anyone got tips on how to paint these? I'm tempted to try liquid masking but I don't think I will be able to control in the narrow spaces.

Alternatively what paints do people use to brush paint these? I'm pretty new to this but keen to learn.

 

Cheers

[espo]

Depending on just how hard it is to mask the transmission you might just brush paint it. I would use your favorite "aluminum" paint and a little black wash and it should be good.   

[John Pol]

you can always use silly putty around it than spray it

[BigTallDad]

you can always use silly putty around it than spray it

Make sure you're using Silly Putty and not Play Dough; Play Dough leaves an oily residue behind.

[Tom Geiger]

Silver Sharpie

[Snake45]

Silver Sharpie

I've used that on molded-in chassis details. Works real well for exhaust pipes, too, if you want them fairly fresh looking.

[High octane]

I would use a couple of different size brushes and some Model Master Steel enamel paint.

[Snake45]

I would use a couple of different size brushes and some Model Master Steel enamel paint.

I've done that too. And also their Aluminum.

[StevenGuthmiller]

If you want to use Alclad, & you're doing something fairly easy like a transmission, you can mask around it with BMF.

I use a lot of foil for masking purposes where you have irregularities in shape that are too difficult for tape.

just throw spare pieces of foil on around the transmission, get them down tight in the corners & then cut around the tranny with a sharp X-acto knife.

The larger area can be masked with regular tape.

I use foil for transmissions that are attached to the block where masking with tape would be a bear.

Works well for me.

For this Pontiac engine I used 2 different colors of Alclad.

Aluminum & Steel.

 

Steve

 

 

 

[peteski]

You could do reverse masking:  Paint the transmission area of the chassis silver first, mask the transmission, then paint the rest of the chassis whatever color it needs to be.

[Mixalz]

Thanks for the replies. I think I'll just have to try some different paints (only ever used tamiya but have realised now better paints exist for brushing). I like the ideas of putty and BMF but again the space would be too small to do accurately in this model.