Kermit: I can only tell you about Alclad paints: If you spray a flat black base coat (I used the Alclad primer) and polish it a little bit with a soft cloth, you get a very dull look. I tried to paint my Thunderbolt (first plane mdel ever) this way and I think it turned out pretty nice. I used Alclad’s Aluminum paint and painted some panels in other colors (Airframe Aluminum, Chrome, Dark Aluminum). There is nothing “shiny-shiny” about it, but it looks not that bad on a Thunderbolt.
Clemens
Thanks for the help,
A while back I used the MM n0n-buff aluminum on the one below. It has a base coat of gull gray with different panels being painted Testors rubber and a few a mix of the two. I lucked out on it.
This one has a straight black lacquer base coat with the same top coat of MM.
That are some really awsome looking planes you got there, 68!
Thanks,
Those were my 1st and 2nd NMF models in a real long time (20+ years).
Believe me, you don’t want to see my first NMF bird (a Thunderbol). The pantjob is not perfect at all and it was my first plane model ever, so the model itself aint that good either…
Clemens
Seen a few pp, not impressed with alclads own black gloss basecoat, me included. I now use humbrol gloss black enamel instead under the alclad highshine finishes and am much happier with it.
Ive tried C1 metaliser powder and find it only seems to work on enamel paint properly too
tried clearcoat to seal it and it just ended up looking like shiny grey paint instead of metal 
GT68 Like em both I especially like the first one the shading really makes is stand out. Love the base idea on the second one too.
I think the time had come to close this build. Guys if you would check the front page to make sure I havent missed any completed builds and the build information is right it would be a huge help.
Just dropping by to thank you Vetteman!. It has been four years of amazing fun and good times. This is without a shadow of a doubt one of the most succesful Group builds FSM has ever seen. You have been an awesome host!
Richard
I wasn’t participating in parts 1-4, but I want to thank you as well for setting this awesome GB up, Randy! And thank you very much for being my co-host in the 5th round of this!
AS this one is now officially closed, I have to ask everyone, who wasn’t able to complete his/her project in this round, to move up to part 5.
Everyone else interested is of course also very welcome!
Here’s a link to it: cs.finescale.com/…/154399.aspx
I wish all of you who take part in part 5 much fun!
Your new host, Clemens