Testors Turn Signal Amber Metallic

[Jim B]

I recently had to pick up a new bottle of Testors Turn Signal Amber, and I must say that it is very disappointing!  First of all, it's very yellow & pale compared to the old bottle that I had.  And second, it lifts up & mixes with the base silver that I had put down first.  Has anyone else seen this with the Turn Signal Amber?

[JTalmage]

Yes there for a while everywhere I went had the yellow. I would check back often and finally saw the orange color make a come back... almost like they mixed a bad batch of it and sent it out the door. 

[Art Anderson]

Yes there for a while everywhere I went had the yellow. I would check back often and finally saw the orange color make a come back... almost like they mixed a bad batch of it and sent it out the door. 

Easily fixed, I think:  Just add a tad of Stoplight Red to the too-yellow Turn Signal Amber.  If you remember your colors, red and yellow when mixed together, make orange.

Art

[Jim B]

Thanks for the info, guys.  I'll keep looking for the orange.

Art, that just might work; but I'll try it off the model first!

[Snake45]

I've been using TSA for more than 20 years and I've never seen any I'd call "orange." I'd call all of it amber. 

I put it OVER orange or yellow paint, depending on the look of the real car I'm going for. Yes, there are different shades of "amber" in 1:1. 

[Jim B]

You know what I mean.  The TSA should be orange-ish (amber, if you will), but this is sparkly yellow.  Not even close to amber.  As I stated in my original post, the new TSA is lifting & mixing with the base coat of paint; but an orange base coat might just solve the issue.  I'll give that a try (off the model) as well.

[landman]

mine is all gooey and thick. I say bad batch.

[Casey]

I have never seen a metallic turn signal lens on any vehicle, so I continue to be perplexed why anyone would use it when better options are easily found.

[Snake45]

You know what I mean.  The TSA should be orange-ish (amber, if you will), but this is sparkly yellow.  Not even close to amber.  As I stated in my original post, the new TSA is lifting & mixing with the base coat of paint; but an orange base coat might just solve the issue.  I'll give that a try (off the model) as well.

No, actually I don't know what you mean. I haven't bought any in a while so I haven't seen the yellow color you're talking about, just the amber that I've seen for 20 or more years. I can imagine it mixing with an undercoat of, say, Testor Chrome Silver, which is why I always use it over a basecoat of yellow or orange, depending on the effect I want.

[Snake45]

mine is all gooey and thick. I say bad batch.

Yeah, I have one bottle that went that way--after a couple years. I kept poking a hole in the skin on top and using what was underneath and finally not long ago got tired of that and started a new bottle.

[Tom Geiger]

An alternative... BMF background, yellow to orange Sharpie, depending on desired shade.