Crinckel painted hemi valve covers

[mnwildpunk]

All the valve covers for the 426 hemi that I see are chrome plated is there a kit that has the proper valve covers or how would a person go about making the crinkel painted covers???

[Jairus]

Paint them flat black!

Seriously, your eyes would never see the crinkles in a black painted set of scale valve covers at any scale under 1/3.

[Cato]

Brush some liquid styrene cement on them and let dry. That will texture them slightly. Then paint with semi flat black to match OE Hemi covers. Try on a test piece of sprue if you're unsure. Works on dashboards too.

[sjordan2]

Here's how Alex Kustov did it on a Ferrari 275 GTB, which is close to what Cato and Jairus suggested:

"Cam covers were cleaned, fitted with photo etched Ferrari scripts, primed...and painted with flat black from the distance to simulate "crackle black" finish of the real cam covers."

http://www.italianhorses.net/Gallery/Resin/Hiro275GTB/275GTBC.htm

I'd practice on a plastic spoon first. From what I've seen and tried, the important part is the distance of the paint from the subject.

Edited July 10, 2011 by sjordan2

[Custom Mike]

Dave, I'm sure you're already done with the Hemi you wanted to do this on, but just in case someone else wants to try this, I figured I'd chime in.

I used the actual Crinkle Black paint for full-size cars, it's not the easiest to do, but it can work. It's not as convincing as what Alex did, but I think it looks better than a flat black with no texture. Here's a pair of pics of the results I got, it took three tries to get it right, but it did finally work!

[crazyjim]

How about Rustoleum Texture paint and then flat black over that?

[Guest G Holding]

Here's how Alex Kustov did it on a Ferrari 275 GTB, which is close to what Cato and Jairus suggested:

"Cam covers were cleaned, fitted with photo etched Ferrari scripts, primed...and painted with flat black from the distance to simulate "crackle black" finish of the real cam covers."

http://www.italianhorses.net/Gallery/Resin/Hiro275GTB/275GTBC.htm

I'd practice on a plastic spoon first. From what I've seen and tried, the important part is the distance of the paint from the subject.

For years I have worked hard not to do this !

C'mon G get up close, not over there

Edited May 12, 2013 by G Holding

[my80malibu]

Try using Faux fabric available from scale motorsports its a grainy type of paint for interior use to simulate leather but can be very convincing for crinkle

[gtx6970]

I thinks it's rustoleum that has a spray called textured black in both a real fine and another one with ever so slightly more texture.

I've got some I use to replicate the suede finish on Mopar interior parts

It would pass for the ferrairi valve covers shown

Edited May 12, 2013 by gtx6970