Austin T Posted October 17, 2013 Posted October 17, 2013 What can I use as a good high intensity metal flake (Bass boat flake) for a kit I'm building right now. I have tried the krylon glitter blast and Folkart glitter paints with little success. The krylon paint has a nice color to it and I like it but It covers way to much and the can constantly jams which speckles clear and flake all over the body. And the Folk art paint is like latex paint, it just peels off. What do I use?
Casey Posted October 17, 2013 Posted October 17, 2013 Duplicolor has/has some metalflake/metallic paints, but most likely the flake texture will be too coarse for a 1/25 scale model, a problem you are likely to encounter with most paints. I really like the Testor's One Coat Lacquers, and I'm pretty sure they have a metallic blue in the line. You can intensify the final color a bit by using an appropriate base color before you apply the metallic color, too. Maybe try this?:
Austin T Posted October 17, 2013 Author Posted October 17, 2013 I think I'll try to grab a bottle of the dupli-color metal specks stuff tomorrow and see how it does. I'm trying to find either a nice bright gold or a light green. Either way I need some fast.
Casey Posted October 17, 2013 Posted October 17, 2013 I think I'll try to grab a bottle of the dupli-color metal specks stuff tomorrow and see how it does. I'm trying to find either a nice bright gold or a light green. Either way I need some fast. If you're going gold you have to try the Testors Inca Gold One Coat Lacquer. This was a 1/10 scale body, so the flakes will look larger on a 1/25 scale body, but over a white base, in the sun...
Austin T Posted October 17, 2013 Author Posted October 17, 2013 Ok,Yep gonna grab a can or two of that tomorrow......Man I'm drooling . What clear coat did you use?
Dan Helferich Posted October 17, 2013 Posted October 17, 2013 Be careful of that Inca Gold. Once you use it you want to paint everything that color!
Casey Posted October 17, 2013 Posted October 17, 2013 Ok,Yep gonna grab a can or two of that tomorrow......Man I'm drooling . What clear coat did you use? There's no clear on it. Just three coats of Inca Gold over two coats of Duplicolor GM Arctic(?) White.
Casey Posted October 17, 2013 Posted October 17, 2013 More sparkle here: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=9452&hl=%2Binca+%2Bgold
Ace-Garageguy Posted October 17, 2013 Posted October 17, 2013 (edited) This is how big the Testors One Coat flake appears in 1/25. Definitely "bass boat" or kustom kar. Edited October 17, 2013 by Ace-Garageguy
wisdonm Posted October 17, 2013 Posted October 17, 2013 (edited) For bass boat big try nail polish. Krylon Blast. Edited October 17, 2013 by wisdonm
Austin T Posted October 17, 2013 Author Posted October 17, 2013 For bass boat big try nail polish. 20130725_162201 x 6.jpg Krylon Blast. P1011881 x.jpg Just out of pure curiosity how many coats of clear are on "Unsafe at any speed"?And what brand clear?
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