Need to replicate "gold" chrome

[Shardik]

I've got an old Revell "Street 'T'" with "gold" chrome plating on about 40% of the parts. The problem is there's massive anounts of flash and the sprue attachments are in all the wrong places.

Naturally, all the plating will have to be stripped, but I love the look of the box art and want that gold-tone plating. Most of the parts are too complex for the BMF gold, so I'm looking for a paint type solution.

Has anybody done this, or have any ideas?

[JunkPile]

Alclad has a "pale gold". Not as bright and shiney as kit gold plating. Kinda just looks like gold paint to me. Good luck.

[Shardik]

Doh! I've got some of that on my paint rack! I'll give it a try. Thanks, Chuck.

[Blown03SVT]

The only other thing I can think of is to replate at a place and coat in clear Tamiya yellow

[PappyD340]

Have you checked out www.chrometechusa.com they do rechroming of plastic model parts not sure if they do gold or not but I would venture to say they do, and from what little I have looked at their site the prices are pretty reasonable.

[Ace-Garageguy]

Testors makes a 'brass' color in their Buffing Metalizer line that might get you kinda close (but no cigar), and there's also a wax-and-powdered-metal product called Rub-n-Buff (craft stores) that comes in several gold tints. (Gold Leaf, Grecian Gold, Antique Gold). It could possibly work for you to repair areas where you've removed flash, if you haven't stripped the entire plated part (and create the illusion of good plating).

The Rub-n-Buff gives a 'sheen' rather than a plated 'shine'...this photo is indicative of what to expect...plated above, Rub-n-Buff below...

[Harry P.]

There really is no paint that looks like plated parts, gold or otherwise. Like Bill said, there are products that will get you close... but never that same mirror-like finish that the kit parts have.

ChromeTech will do gold plating, but the price is double their price for chrome plating. A full rack of parts to be plated chrome runs about $25... so a full rack of gold parts will cost you $50 plus $10 S/H. If you are intent on keeping that mirror gold look, this is really your only option. Having the parts plated in chrome and then painting them clear Tamiya yellow, as Eric suggested, might give you the look you're after, but you'd be experimenting... and if it didn't give you the look you want, you'd have a rack of useless chrome-plated parts.

[rustbucket82]

Chrome Tech does offer the gold plating, it will cost you more though.

[W-409]

I think John Teresi got it just right! http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=64858&p=805215

"I tried to replicate Kurt`s brass plated headlight bezels and radiator........so I first painted them Alclad chrome then I painted over them with Alclad candy golden yellow......"

[Deathgoblin]

Gold BMF? I've got some at home, but haven't tried it yet.