Hot Rod Paint Colors ?

[Jon Haigwood]

I am planning a Milner Coupe style project and trying to pick a color.

I am considering maybe a Metallic of flake color. After thinking about it and looking at some of the 1:1 cars it appears that most 32's in the fender less race style have solid colors and the full fendered show car styles have the Flakes and metallic paint.

Is this the general feeling on paint schemes ?

Would this be out of place on a fender less High Boy ?

(this is just a practice body I use for paint tests)

[JunkPile]

hot rod primer always works

[1930fordpickup]

There are no rules when it comes to painting a Hot Rod , just do what you want. If you think it looks good do it .

Somebody might have a paint color chart that they have made on their own , in all reality it is just their opinion on a chart.

[John Goschke]

Just don't do "piss yellow!"

[cobraman]

No right or wrong. It's your build so paint it whatever color you wish.

[Snake45]

No right or wrong. It's your build so paint it whatever color you wish.

What he said.

Now, if you're doing it '50s style, you wouldn't use a metalflake. If doing from the '60s up, go for it.

[Ace-Garageguy]

You did see some fenderless metallic-painted cars in the '50s (metallic paints were available on high-end cars as far back as the 1930s) but as Snake says, the metalflake was a '60s look. Getting a scale-correct-appearing metallic particle in your paint can be tricky, as most of the metallics look like dune-buggy or bass-boat HUGE metalflake when applied to a model.

You tended to see more solid colors on hot rods in the '50s because by far, most of them were built on a budget, and solid color paint was simply cheaper.