What's the secret to using Testors Turn Signal Amber as a car body color?

[Monty]

When the paint first came out, I was happy to have a fairly accurate hue for detailing turn ignals, but I also thought it had potential as a color for model bodies.

In my early attempts at using it, however, I found it lacked for coverage over bare white styrene, and shooting it over silver seemed to kill off the color I wanted. (I never got around to shooting it over gold).

The idea of using it popped back into my mind again the other day when considering paint colors for another project, but I need a way to make it look like it does in the bottle. If you've used this paint as the main color on one of your biulds, I'd appreciate pics and a brief explanation as to how you made it work.

[Art Anderson]

When the paint first came out, I was happy to have a fairly accurate hue for detailing turn ignals, but I also thought it had potential as a color for model bodies.

In my early attempts at using it, however, I found it lacked for coverage over bare white styrene, and shooting it over silver seemed to kill off the color I wanted. (I never got around to shooting it over gold).

The idea of using it popped back into my mind again the other day when considering paint colors for another project, but I need a way to make it look like it does in the bottle. If you've used this paint as the main color on one of your biulds, I'd appreciate pics and a brief explanation as to how you made it work.

I've seen a couple of cars painted in Turn Signal Amber. Both were airbrushed over a white base color. Yes, this color is a mica-based yellow/amber, using a transparent toner for the color, pretty much like any candy color. But, with care, and patience, it can make a very stunning paint job.

Art

[Monty]

I've seen a couple of cars painted in Turn Signal Amber. Both were airbrushed over a white base color. Yes, this color is a mica-based yellow/amber, using a transparent toner for the color, pretty much like any candy color. But, with care, and patience, it can make a very stunning paint job.

Art

You pretty much nailed it when you referred to it as a candy color. So what's the best solution? Shoot it over a brass metalizer?

[Fat Brian]

I would try different base colors until you find the effect you want, you could try different yellows and oranges until one pops for you.

[DON-T2]

I have had sucess shooting the original turn signal amber over yellow. Seems like the current amber is some how different from the older rpoduct.