Hi all,
I am hand painting my Tamiya 1/32 Mustang as I do not have an airbrush. Here are my paints and equipment I can use.
Revell Aqua silver
Humbrol Enamel 11 silver
Citadel Runefang Steel
Revell Aqua Thinners
Humbrol Coloro paint brushes sizes 00,1,4,8
Humbrol Flat brushes sizes 3mm, 5mm, 7mm, 10mm
Which combination will get me the best finish?
That’s a big kit to paint by hand. My suggestion is to get Tamiya spray paint #AS-12 Bare Metal Silver. I used this on my P-47 Thunderbolt and it’s the perfect look in getting that bare metal look in a WW2 era aircraft.
[snStpd]…Silvers tend to not go on well with a brush. You can get away with it on small parts…but on a whole airframe, especially a 1/32 kit, is asking for craptastic resluts!
Spend the few bucks on a spray can at least!
Good luck![t$t]
Thanks. I’ll look into it. I did the classic yesterday and knocked over my Decal setting solution! Now I know I’m back!!!
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Ditto on a Tamiya rattle can.
Where are you located?
RESLUTS?!?! What kind of sluts are those? Um, are they the painting kind? [;)] I’m sorry - I couldn’t help it.
Anyway, yeah your best bet is with an airbrush, or spray paint can. www.harborfreight.com has some that although not the very best will do a great job on your model. I built a P51-B turtleneck Mustang with one of these. Or if money is no object, www.dixieart.com or www.bearair.com are two of the best websites that I know that carry every type of airbrush that there is. You can also get air in a pressurized can for airbrushes if you can’t afford a compressor.
~ Cobra Chris
You are right.Tamiya is best to use and you can also light buff it to a Shine.Silver leaf is buff able.You can also block off panels and buff w/Graphite powder for a darker shade of panel.
Interesting thread. As a person who, as a kid, used to literally POUR the silver paint on my plane and then spread the paint on with a brush, all I can say is DON’T BE LIKE ME! Invest at least in a good rattle can of silver. The Tamiya suggestion is a good one.
On a side note, I’ve only used the Tamiya Silver once and it was a long time ago. Can anyone comment on how well it holds up to masking?
Eric
LOL! That must have been quite a sight and a mess to clean up after. I used Tamiya New Metal silver and had no issues with masking pulling off the silver.
Ha-ha-ha! I was a 14 year old kid back when I did that. I thought it was a genius idea! And to the eyes of a 14 year old kid, it turned out pretty well. I know that the reality of the situation was that it looked ANYTHING but good.
I did that on a Testors B-58 Hustler. I also built it with the gear up and instead of gluing the gear doors in the “up” position, I simply taped over the open gear bays with Scotch tape. I figured a good thick layer of paint would cover up the serrated ends of the tape. I did so many things wrong to that poor kit! LOL!
Eric
[:O] I’m not the only one!!!
I never did that. As I recall, however, I did build the old Hawk P-51 kit that came chrome-plated. Seam lines? Who cares?!
Don’t forget that while the fuselage on the Mustang was bare metal. large parts of the wings were painted silver and definitely look different than the rest.
Instead of hand painting or spray cans, would you be interested in getting an airbrush? My first airbrush was made by Testors and cost $20.00 - $30.00. This was a complete kit that came with six ready mixed for air bush bottle of paint sets, a hose, cleaning tools, compressed air, and an air brush. Literally a box set that’s ready for first time model makers right out of the gate.
This will be a perfect kit to help you to get acclimated with painting with an air brush. Once you feel comfortable with this Testors all in one Kit, you’ll be ready, moving forward in getting a Paashe, Badger, NEO by Iwata, etc. air brush. Good luck sir!
Toshi
Try the Tamiya Bare metal silver spray.Light coats.It accepts light costs of Testors metalizers through airbrush.Bufable.Seal w/Alclad “Kristal Cote”. Tamiya Bare Metal Silver spray can.Light coats.