Andrew McD Posted March 29, 2023 Posted March 29, 2023 I am curious what your thoughts are on the Tamiya Pearl Clear. Did you thin it? I assume you airbrushed it on. I have some but haven’t shot it yet so I am interested if it gave the sort of result you expected? Great looking hot rod! Excellent stance!
Bernard Kron Posted March 29, 2023 Author Posted March 29, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Andrew McD said: I am curious what your thoughts are on the Tamiya Pearl Clear. Did you thin it? I assume you airbrushed it on. I have some but haven’t shot it yet so I am interested if it gave the sort of result you expected? Great looking hot rod! Excellent stance! Thank you Andrew. This all aerosol. Learning to airbrush is on my to-do list for this year. I'm hoping it will be a step change in my modeling. I've always been disappointed by the Tamiya clear pearl. It adds a subtle metallic sparkle but totally lacks the iridescence a good "show car" pearl should have. On certain colors, mainly medium-tone pastel-like shades, it shows up fairly well like, the outlaw Porsche 356 I started a while back shown below (the base color is Tamiya AS-29 Grey Green over white primer). But mainly its just too conservative and not worth the effort, IMHO. I keep trying it on various shades but, in this case as in so many, I could just as easily left it off. It was shot straight out of the can and there are two coats of Testors clear lacquer over it which went on smoothly enough that it didn't need polishing. Learning to airbrush will give me access to "real" show car pearls at last. [Edit] Oops, almost forgot the pic, LOL... Edited March 29, 2023 by Bernard Kron
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