Guys I need to paint my 1/48 Tam F-51d (later a 1/32 F-51) but usually use alclad Airframe alluminium om my jets.
I see some folk use (specifically on the mustprang) Dura alluminium.
Is this a less shiny alclad? Does it go over black aswell to give the tone difference and “depth” aswell?
Thanx
Theuns
Theuns,
I like to use Aluminum, White Aluminum, Dark Aluminum, Duraluminum, and custom mixes of the four over Alclad’s white primer on my NMF builds. I haven’t used black under my NMF because I like the “oxidized” look of the Alclad over the white. I understand that Alclad over black gives the NMF a bit more depth and sheen. I prefer a “duller” look to my airframes.
I know that doesn’t answer your question directly, but if you’re interested, you can check out the sheen on a few of my NMF builds:
Cheers!
-O
Just FYI, this is Polished Aluminum sprayed over the Alclad black base (gloss).
P-51 wings were actually painted/coated because of the way the seams were filled. I think that is why you hear so much about duraluminum. It isn’t as shiny as airframe or polished aluminum.
Thanx, I want to have a s;ight weatherd look to it, I think that the Stangs based in Japan were already hard worked by then and would have shown it.
As for the wings, I believe they were puttied and painted in the factory to maitain the crytical laminar flow airfoil to achieve the very long range needed, but by late war and Korea they might have been back to NMF??
I have used airframe allu alclad over just pollished plastic for a MiG 15 and it gave a much lighter look to the paint than over black as I usually do.
I was just wondering of the dura alluminium was a “lighter” paint than the airframe I use.
I have had good results with Airframe allu over black, I don’t use different alclads for the tone differences, I shoot the alclad till it looks “dark” (about 3 coats) then mask off and shoot more till it lightens the other pannels.
Here is my 104 I did that way , but obviously the Stang needs to be much duller …
Thanx
Theuns