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[Johnny1973]

Great paint work,Jason!

[Model Car Kustoms]

The only thing I can say to get flake like this is to use HOK metaljuls.  I think this might be a better route though money wise and color variety.  They also make a Metalume by HOK but I have yet to see anything sprayed with it.

 

 

http://i59.photobuck...0C66EB97B12.mp4

 

This was using the HOK metaljuls with candy over it.  I think your way would be so much easier and way more cheaper

 

I looked into some house of colors paints, but the cons out weighed the pro's 

 

The folk art metal flake has almost everything I was looking for,    relatively cheap, readily available, 20+ colors to choose from, and easy to clean.        

 

 then it gives you an awesome finish to top it off.  what more could you want  lol 

[RAT-T]

NICE WORK JASON!...


I HAVEN'T TRIED IT ON MODEL CARS YET, BUT WOULD LIQUID MASK WORK BETTER THAN TAPE IN SOME CASES?

[Model Car Kustoms]

NICE WORK JASON!...


I HAVEN'T TRIED IT ON MODEL CARS YET, BUT WOULD LIQUID MASK WORK BETTER THAN TAPE IN SOME CASES?

 

 

I was thinking about giving Liquid Mask a try too (I've never used it before), prob not on this model, but i will have to pick some up and test it out.

[Dirty Gringo]

 

 

 

I looked into some house of colors paints, but the cons out weighed the pro's 

 

The folk art metal flake has almost everything I was looking for,    relatively cheap, readily available, 20+ colors to choose from, and easy to clean.        

 

 then it gives you an awesome finish to top it off.  what more could you want  lol 

Exactly after seeing what you did I will be trying this out instead of the HOK.  Plus I bet I could buy about 15 colors for price of one HOK haha thanks again for showing this to everyone

[Dirty Gringo]

I think I will hit up the local walmart when i get off work and test out a few of these myself

[Blown03SVT]

I am wondering how these Folk Art paints would mix with Pearl Ex powders... pearl and flake would make for some pretty wild 60's style paneling jobs

[Dirty Gringo]

ohh I like this idea I have some of the powder at home hmm

[Blown03SVT]

I just did some searching. The pearl powder cannot be mixed with a base, only the clear.

[Dirty Gringo]

Yeah usually in an intercoat clear

[LacrosseBoss]

I was trying to figure out what colour to do a Callaway Corvette model I've got here. I knew it needed to be flashy. I think I've found the perfect solution. Thanks for your tips as well.

[DavidChampagne]

I started playing with this paint today.
I think you said 13 coats. I believe it.
Question: How many bottles per car?

[Dirty Gringo]

I think in one video he said between one and two bottles if doing extra parts per car

[Model Car Kustoms]

I started playing with this paint today.
I think you said 13 coats. I believe it.
Question: How many bottles per car?

 

 

I think in one video he said between one and two bottles if doing extra parts per car

 

 

Jeremiah is correct.

 

 

David, it roughly comes out to 1 bottle per body (if you want your car to look like the video) (sometimes you use more, sometimes less), you'll want to get at least two bottles if you plan on painting other parts ( engine, frame, etc.)

 

(its in this video, around the 2min  mark)

 

 

but then again, it really depends on the look your going for (light flake or heavy flake)

Edited by Model Car Kustoms, 07 February 2013 - 09:07 PM.

[Dirty Gringo]

Well I gave this a quick test today and yeah im sold.  At first looked a little milky then most went away.  I did spray it thck on a junk body I forgot to take pics but thanks again will be trying this for real in future.

[Model Car Kustoms]

Well I gave this a quick test today and yeah im sold.  At first looked a little milky then most went away.  I did spray it thck on a junk body I forgot to take pics but thanks again will be trying this for real in future.

 

 

It works great, but it isn't the easiest paint to spray, there is a large curve when learning to spray this paint.       All you have to do is "iron out the kinks", and once you get used to the paint, you can paint anything!!. lol

 

It helps to spray thin coats , and let them fully dry in between (I use a heat lamp). Not only does it avoid "pooling" of the paint, but it also helps you to add more metal flake to the "areas lacking coverage"

[Model Car Kustoms]

Here's an update on the 56 Nomad

 

Painted the frame today, 11 coats in all, along with 4 coats of clear

 

 

[Dirty Gringo]

Yeah I think need to lower pressure a bit think 30 would be good also might have thinned it out to much

[IMPALA SS 427]

The colour sure looks good, I like where this is going...

[RAT-T]

LOOKING GOOD JASON CAN I ASK WHAT THAT TRI-POD IS HOLDING THE CHASSIS? LOOKS HANDY