Aluminum finish test DC-3 / C47

[Ian McLaren]

This was never intended to be finished as it was just a test of using aluminum kitchen foil attached with silver/gold leaf sizing as an adhesive.  The results are quite promising but there was a lot of work involved.

[Nazz]

I'd say it looks pretty good. Nicely done Ian.

 

Jerry

[Jim B]

Your DC-3 came out really nice.  I bet it was a lot of work!

[Ace-Garageguy]

Nice job. Nothing looks more like bare aluminum than bare aluminum.

Any in-process pix, or possibility of a tutorial?

[bisc63]

Nicely done. I recall an excellent article (from back in the 90s or early 2000s maybe) in FineScaleModeler magazine showing this very process, on a 1/48 B-17 I think. Very informative article. I think the author used a foil adhesive made by MicroMark. (?) I remember that he picked out different panels, and buffed some with #0000 steel wool, rubbing different directions on different panels to catch the light differently and give some variety. The results can be spectacular. Anyone else remember this?

[PappyD340]

Looks darn good to me!

[Farmboy]

Wish all my tests turned out as winning as that.  Excellent.

[cobraman]

I agree, very nice.

[TransAmMike]

Ditto...looks great Ian!!

[Dutzie]

Looks awesome!

[Ian McLaren]

On 4/15/2022 at 6:52 PM, bisc63 said:

Nicely done. I recall an excellent article (from back in the 90s or early 2000s maybe) in FineScaleModeler magazine showing this very process, on a 1/48 B-17 I think. Very informative article. I think the author used a foil adhesive made by MicroMark. (?) I remember that he picked out different panels, and buffed some with #0000 steel wool, rubbing different directions on different panels to catch the light differently and give some variety. The results can be spectacular. Anyone else remember this?

Actually that was the article that lead me to trying this. Also my Scottish nature balking at the cost of commercial modeling foil products. 

[Mike C]

Looks pretty good. I once did something like that in the mid 90's. I used the chrome side of the alum. foil that Nestles Crunch bars were wrapped in back then to make chrome on a model car. It worked pretty well.