Greenie the Cursed cobra

[Waste Land]

For some reason....Shelby Cobras plauge me. I bought one back in 2002 to build when i just started(the 2nd gen body style) and ended up stomping it and quitting the hobby.

Coming back with some age and steady hands I bought a Revell Shelby Cobra 427. I wanted to go with the dark green/green pearl on the box since it was diffrent.

For what ever reason I cannot make green paint work. It seems they are all too....watery and clear. I know I'm using acrylic but thats all I spray with and everything else comes out wonderfull.

I tried spraying it directly from bottle(Model MAster) and tried it with some thinner....no matter how i work it, it wants to go on a "clear" paint but its not.......I've tried 3 diffrent colors with all the same effect.

Should I be using a diffrent primer for green?

Anyone know what the hell is going on?

[ramonesblues]

Are you spraying a green basecoat before you apply the pearl? Pearl paints are translucent and need a base coat.Also, green has heavy pigment. make sure your paint is stirred/shaken enough. hope this helps.

[MrObsessive]

To add what was already said...........make sure you paint in a criss-cross pattern to avoid "tiger stripes". And count the number of strokes to get an even color all around.

Candies can be finicky that way------another good tip is to constantly swill the jar so the paint stays at a constant mixture.........especially true for pearls since the flakes can settle to the bottom of the airbrush jar rather quickly.

[Waste Land]

I feal like an idiot. I thought pearl was a solid and I just had some crappy paint again. First I tried painting it just solid green "Green Gloss" from MM as a fact and it wanted to do the same thing.

I eventually went with a Tamiya greeb mixed with a touch of Tam thinner and a dab Future. Waited 24 hours and did a future brush on. Came out really well