| Image Comments |
| heywooood | 26-Jul-18 10:40 |
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| heywooood | 26-Jul-18 10:40 |
| my muse - with the metal Hamilton Standard prop...
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| Don C | 26-Jul-18 16:25 |
| Now I see why you are considering which prop. The first picture had a wood prop. |
| Don C | 26-Jul-18 16:27 |
| Forgot to ask my question. What was the brand of the polished aluminum paint? |
| John M Oshust | 26-Jul-18 17:31 |
| What a wonderful photograph. |
| heywooood | 26-Jul-18 19:43 |
| the paint I used was the Testors Model Master Buffing Metalizer in Stainless Steel their SKU# 1452. I have used all of their 'buffing' metallic paints and found I like the Stainless steel as aluminum better than their buffing aluminum
color - just a matter of taste - but I have found that colors tend to be mixed too exactly for 'scale' applications. The colors end up being 'too proud' if you will. They would look fine on a full sized car in broad daylight, but come off as toy-like on a scale model, if that makes sense. I have heard professional model makers talk about fading colors 15-20% or more to keep colors looking 'realistic' on their models. To me - the stainless steel paint conveys the look of aluminum plate, rather than aluminum foil, in the sunlight. If that explanation makes sense |
| heywooood | 26-Jul-18 19:48 |
| and to Mr Oshust - this picture struck me as both a definitive and unusual color scheme for the Stearman. A common Navy N2S but in a two tone scheme (as the ubiquitous AAC blue and yellow Stearman) and to date I have not seen any scale model of a Stearman depicting this |
| heywooood | 26-Jul-18 20:02 |
| lol - Iguess it would be considered three-tone if you count the red 'find me if I crash' stripes |
| Don C | 27-Jul-18 14:50 |
| Thanks for the information. |
| heywooood | 04-Aug-18 00:11 |
| just noticed something..in this image with the metal prop - the cabane and wing struts are gray...but in the first image I posted with the wood prop, the struts are yellow... |
