Realistic looking Titanium finish

Tools, Techniques, and Reference Materials Techniques
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It’s brown, it’s metallic -

Can anyone recommend a good way of achieving a realistic looking Titanium finish?

I’ve tried silver with brown dry brushing, I’ve tried brown with silver dry brushing, but it just doesn’t look right!

PLEASE put me out of my misery, or my engines/exhausts will never look right!

Cheers,

Rob M.

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Rob,

I’ve found two ways of doing Titanium paint. One requires mixing, the other doesn’t.

  1. According to Testors, mix 18 drops of Testors 1127 Orange into a bottle of Chrome Silver.

  2. Model Master 4676 Jet Exhaust is close enough for me. A few coats, and it looks really good. Also makes a good wash.

Hope this helps a bit.

demono69

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There’s also Model Master Metalizer - it’s a pretty good match. Looks realistic.

Cheers
LeeTree

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Alclad has a good color match as well.

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Mix Humbrol Matt Aluminium and Gunmetal until you get the right shade, probably around 90/10 should do it, or even 95/05. The matt ally will take out any shine from the gunmetal. It works for me!

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Hi Rob dont know if you can get hold of any but there is a product used in engineering called dry molly spray by rocol it is a molibdenem disulfide paste you spray it on let it dry then polish it. it goes very shiny for a while then dulls down and looks like steel decals go over it but i dont know about laquers yet. if you cant get hold of any to try let me know i will sort something out for you…Greg