I’ve been checking MY Monogram B0ss 302 Mustang’s chromed part, and realized that the cromed paint doesn’t cover the whole of the pieces, some yellow spots can bee senn on some of them. So i want to remove the paint from all of them and re-paint it… I’ve found this video on the net:
It is in japanese, but maybe you can recognize the method this guy used. From minute 2:20 you can see how he removed the paint from chromed parts, mixing water with another substance… If anyone has an idea, I’d like to know. Thanks a lot in advance. Best regards.
Rather than remove chrome first, I prime it with a toothy primer such as Krylon. Paint adherence has been good. This is particularly attractive for only painting part of a chrome part- no need to rechrome the remaining areas. Just mask off the chrome area before priming.
Covering areas you don 't want to strip with parafilm, etc would also work well.
Granted I don’t strip all the parts, some like headlights,mirrors, etc are tough to redo so I cut those of the sprue before stripping.
Tamiya chrome strips easily and quickly. Revell, OTOH, is very thich and tough to remove same for some of the older IMAI kits like MOSPEADA(those took a 3 day soaking).
Did a Tamiya kit and the chrome disappeared while I was still pouring bleach(undiluted) into the container soaked the runners for 30 seconds rinsed and VOILA.
I see, I see… Thanks a lot for your replies… I’ll try to remove the paint of a scrap part, so let’s see what happens. I’ll post some progress as time permits. Best regards.
I assume by “professionally prepped” you mean pay someone else to do it. I don’t know any of my modeling friends who hire a professional to paint their models. If you do, it isn’t a hobby any more.
Bleach will take the chrome off in under an hour, usually.
Wash the parts, dry, and airbrush Alclad chrome on top of a gloss black base–it looks amazing. I can’t believe I ever used chromed kit parts after using this method.
