Chevrolet Green?

[bluestringer]

22 hours ago, NOBLNG said:

Yes, but assuming you can find the color you want, you can step outside with a spray can, spray your parts and go back inside.

I spray with my airbrush in my shed which has a big door. I just open it, put a fan in front of it and spray away. No fumes inside.

[peteski]

Is this thread going to turn into another spray can vs. airbrush threads (we already have one going)?

That one also started innocently, but then turned into a battle of spray cans and airbrushes.

https://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/194131-buyer-beware/

[Jim B]

10 minutes ago, peteski said:

Is this thread going to turn into another spray can vs. airbrush threads (we already have one going)?

That one also started innocently, but then turned into a battle of spray cans and airbrushes.

https://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/194131-buyer-beware/

Kind of seems that it's leaning that way.

[StevenGuthmiller]

16 minutes ago, peteski said:

Is this thread going to turn into another spray can vs. airbrush threads (we already have one going)?

That one also started innocently, but then turned into a battle of spray cans and airbrushes.

https://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/194131-buyer-beware/

That’s not unusual.

A lot of threads end up turning into something other than what was intended.

Conversations evolve sometimes.

 

 

 

Steve

[Jim B]

7 minutes ago, StevenGuthmiller said:

Conversations evolve sometimes.

And I'm cool with that. ?

[StevenGuthmiller]

40 minutes ago, Jim B said:

And I'm cool with that. ?

Hopefully, there will be some other suggestions for the color you’re looking for, but until that happens, either the thread evolves and continues, or it dies.

Just the nature of the beast.

 

 

 

Steve

[Dave G.]

So the search is on for the nearest spray can match. And let the airbrush vs spray can thread die. He said he is not interested in airbrushes and why.

Duplicolor has the exact match, living with the flakes is the compromise. Beyond that, I don't know what Krylon might have. Tamiya has TS-20, play with undercoat color to put on first ( maybe black primer will check mark the box). And they have a darker green too. The color will be off, but it will be loose, in the ball park green.

I just wanted to add, that there have been reports of Duplicolor being too strong/hot/aggressive for some newer kit plastic. Be it the primer or the color, crazing the plastic, I do not recall. Point being, test first on some piece from the kit you're building.

Edited September 10, 2024 by Dave G.

[Jim B]

That could work. I also see that Tamiya has several dark greens in their AS line (which are semi-gloss), so I might check them out.  Their Dark Green TS-2 is flat. Go figure. I also found that Testors has a Metallic Green (1630T), so that might work, too. They also have a Mystic Emerald, so that might work, too.

[bluenote]

3 hours ago, Jim B said:

That could work. I also see that Tamiya has several dark greens in their AS line (which are semi-gloss), so I might check them out.  Their Dark Green TS-2 is flat. Go figure. I also found that Testors has a Metallic Green (1630T), so that might work, too. They also have a Mystic Emerald, so that might work, too.

this is a good idea.  Perhaps their dark green over a black base, and then clear with Tamiya's pearl clear, which will give it the metallic effect.  (I've used their pearl clear and it's in scale to me, or at least close enough)

[Dave G.]

I wouldn't let a flat paint rule it out, especially if the tone is dead on. You can always clear coat, as has been mentioned. In airbrush, I've shot flat craft paints or Createx, then just clear coated, many times..

[StevenGuthmiller]

1 hour ago, Dave G. said:

I wouldn't let a flat paint rule it out, especially if the tone is dead on. You can always clear coat, as has been mentioned. In airbrush, I've shot flat craft paints or Createx, then just clear coated, many times..

That’s exactly how I did this ‘53 Ford many years ago, before I discovered the joys of lacquer! ?

 

 

 

Steve

[Jim B]

1 hour ago, Dave G. said:

I wouldn't let a flat paint rule it out, especially if the tone is dead on. You can always clear coat, as has been mentioned. In airbrush, I've shot flat craft paints or Createx, then just clear coated, many times..

I did that with my 1937 Ford delivery truck:

The bottom half is Tamiya Dark Green TS-2 with Tamiya Clear TS-13.

[gotnitro?]

You could always just drop it off at a certain person's work, and he could spray it for ya...lol

He's probably playing whack a ball in a gopher hole right now or choo choo...