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Post by NoelSmith on Dec 22, 2012 17:46:11 GMT
Has anyone tried spraying proper loose metalflakes through an airbrush? I was thinking that one of the real dead cheap Badger (or similar) external mix ones might be ok as they are for spraying big areas and the nozzle on the syphon part to the jar may be a large enough diameter for the flakes to pass through. Any ideas would be appreciated....Thanks
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2012 10:32:57 GMT
Never tried it Noel but was always warned against it!
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Post by The Hooded Claw on Dec 23, 2012 11:17:33 GMT
I have somewhere in the stash an old Badger airbrush engraving kit that works in this manner.
I used to use it for removing running numbers from Hornby locos and running stock.
Sometime ago I tried to spray SNJ metal buffing powder through it and got some hit and miss results. When it works it is stunning when it doesn't its truly awful.
As a principle it works but I'd never use an expensive airbrush, those cheap as chips Revell external mix brushes would probably be ideal for it.
Best answer is suck it and see.
I look forward to seeing the results at Telford.
THC
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Post by Harriet on Dec 23, 2012 11:23:00 GMT
Not much use to you, but, I'm sure we have seen somewhere (?) that model flake specifically for models is available. If that is the case, then the jar should have the instructions, surely? May have been in Scale Auto Modeller mag - but the OB thinks we may have seen it at a show.
If you use a Halfords (I'm sure other paints are available) metallic paint, then in reality that would be scale metal flake - that's what we've always thought anyway. How about decanting a can and experimenting?
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Post by NoelSmith on Jan 3, 2013 17:53:13 GMT
Thanks for coming back guys. It's just that I already have a can of loose metal flakes, base white and some Candy colours. Humbrol were marketing these Krylon Custom Dream system paints back in the 80's when I think I first got them. I'm looking to try it out on a large scale van kit to get away with the full size metal flakes. Although they will be well overscale if I can get away with it, hopefully it should look good on the model and be eye catching if nothing else! I'll give one of those 'Cheap as Chips' airbrushes a go as they are more syphon spray gun than air brush, and I can drill out the nozzle to a larger diameter if I have to. I was thinking of the very cheap Badger, but I expect Humbrol may have something similar, and another poster suggested that Revell make one as well. Like a pillock, I let one go about a year or so ago, so I will have to see if I can get another, so maybe a secondhand one will do.
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Post by littlecars on Feb 3, 2013 13:53:11 GMT
Noel,
I have one of the Badger sand blasting airbrushes in stock if you want to have a look at it. Also have a few very cheap external mix brushes still in stock if you wanted to expeeriment.
Paul little-cars
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Post by NoelSmith on Mar 15, 2013 17:51:21 GMT
Thanks for the suggestions guys. Since my last post I did a little experiment with some of my metal flakes. After driling a few 0.5mm holes in the bottom of an old film canister, I sprayed some clear acrylic onto a scrap piece of plastic and used the film canister to sprinkle on the metalflakes. That was the smallest hole that they would pass through. End result was a bit of a failure as surface ended up rough and the flakes looked over scale anyway. I was hoping that the metal flakes would sink into the clear as they are microns thick. Successive coats of more clear would have probably worked though to embed the flakes. Just to see what effect some Candy Paints would have on this, I brushed some of the Tamiya translucent colours over the test piece after it had dried and the effect worked OK. If the metal flakes were a lot smaller I might have been able to get away with it. I recently saw in Homebase, an aerosol of 'Sparkly Silver' in the craft area, so I might try one of these to see if the sparkle looks like scaled down metal flake. Alternatively, a friend of mine recommended that I have a look at the range of 'Pearlescent' Aerosols in Halfords as a base for the translucent Candies. Have any of you used any of these Pearlescent paints, as I was unaware of these before they were mentioned?
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Post by The Hooded Claw on Mar 15, 2013 20:31:55 GMT
Have you not considered buying some of Hiroboy's coarse metal flake base for Candy colours. The clue is in the name!
THC
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Post by NoelSmith on Apr 29, 2013 19:11:26 GMT
Thanks for that Claw Will take a look on their website. I knew that they did actual matched car colours. My Bugatti T59 from last year was done in their Zero Paints French Blue. Really nice paint to use. But however, I was unaware that they did scale metalflake and candies as well. Presumably they are airbrush ready? Do they need a coat of clear laquer like the standard colours?
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