The Little World

I mentioned that bottle of silver last post. The Mr. Color Super Metallic that has just appeared.

Well, I bought a bottle because that’s what you do when you take off your blinkers in the paint aisle of the Hobbytech shop. It’s a fatal move, as you will always see something new that you haven’t tried before, and if you have a weak character like me you walk out with a couple of bottles.

The Mr. Color Super Metallic range may well be an extension or replacement of the Mr. Metal Color that has been out for a while. I’ve got a bottle of that in chrome silver and it’s the go-to for hydraulic cylinder struts on landing gear. I see there is a chrome version of the new range so maybe we’ll see no more of the other.

In any case it is a solvent paint and in the bottle seemed about the same as any of their silvers. It diluted about the same and in the colour cup there was no difference. But what a change when it came out on the model.

It went down over a plain grey undercoat, the same as any other lacquer. No black basing or strange tricks needed. It blew beautifully, as most metllics do, and the result you see in this rather garish shot is two thin coats after a couple hours drying.

The choice of stainless steel was arbitrary – I am now going back to get more of the light aluminium paint for use in the next bare metal aircraft. As you can see the reflectivity is superb, and it has preserved itself through an overcoat of Mr. Color clear lacquer as well. The decals for the ship went on beautifully over bare paint with no silvering, if you’ll pardon the pun.

There have been no tear-aways with masking, either.

I am sold on this sub-range of the Mr. Color paint. It is higher-priced than the standard Mr. Color pots, but I think the result justifies the extra cost. I shall take little interest in Alclad after this experience.