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    Red Metal Flake 56 Nomad Revell

    in WIP: Model Cars

    Posted

    Well its been over two weeks since I painted/ clear coated the body,

    and its about time that i sand out the orange peal..........................but i don't think its going to happen till the weekend.............lol

    (I've been block sanding 7 hours a day, 5 days a week for the last month or so, on a current project at work (profile pic).

    So I don't really feel like sanding anything, LOL!

    Color Sanding!

    coming soon (in the not to distant future..............maybe)

    Red Metal Flake 56 Nomad Revell

    in WIP: Model Cars

    Posted

    I am currently painting the engine/suspension/other parts red metal flake..........................

    and its taking forever.................if you thought 13 coats was a lot on a large part, wait until you spray small parts!!!! (I will post a video after Im done clearing them)

    In the mean time

    here are a few cars that I have painted with the metal flake

    http://youtu.be/vGUjeYJxAog

    and here is a little more on the Impala

    http://youtu.be/cj_Uc_7MTpQ

    Red Metal Flake 56 Nomad Revell

    in WIP: Model Cars

    Posted

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

    Hey thanks Tom,

    the Tri Pod is something i got at local drug store, its made for cameras,

    but in this case I used it to hold up the frame while I painted.

    I really just used it because I was in a hurry to paint,

    But i sort of like it, with the flexible legs i don't have to worry about it being knocked over

    Red Metal Flake 56 Nomad Revell

    in WIP: Model Cars

    Posted

    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"

    Red Metal Flake 56 Nomad Revell

    in WIP: Model Cars

    Posted · Edited by 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)

    http://youtu.be/8SRym9nNeMA

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

    Red Metal Flake 56 Nomad Revell

    in WIP: Model Cars

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    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.

    Red Metal Flake 56 Nomad Revell

    in WIP: Model Cars

    Posted

    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.photobucket.com/albums/g303/01s10/Model%20Cars/D5687171-C9B3-45FC-AE4C-BA7DE76DC981-1243-000000C66EB97B12.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

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