In the 1950s aircraft with the new jet engines seemed mainly to be polished rather than painted. Can anyone recommend an appropriate paint for this to get the right effect? I am not sure that SILVER is appropriate but is CHROME SILVER METALLIC better?
Polish up the model and gloss varnish.
On plastic models I use a 'chrome' spray can for car wheels. You have to be careful on the layers but the effect is great; especially with some panels painted in other metallic colours to represent the different alloys used. I guess the effect on metal models will be similar.
Another option is polishing if you use metal models.
Cheers,
Rob
https://www.humbrol.com/uk-en/27002-polished-aluminium-metalcote-150ml-acrylic-spray-paint.html (https://www.humbrol.com/uk-en/27002-polished-aluminium-metalcote-150ml-acrylic-spray-paint.html)
With a bit of practice and some buffing you can get stunning results with this stuff :)
And a useful little video to show how to use too.
Quote from: Scorpio_Rocks on 13 March 2020, 06:59:25 PM
https://www.humbrol.com/uk-en/27002-polished-aluminium-metalcote-150ml-acrylic-spray-paint.html (https://www.humbrol.com/uk-en/27002-polished-aluminium-metalcote-150ml-acrylic-spray-paint.html)
With a bit of practice and some buffing you can get stunning results with this stuff :)
And a useful little video to show how to use too.
Brilliant; just the stuff!