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Originally Posted by robbbbb81 Hi,
I'm currently building a 1/48 C-130j made by Italeri. One of the colours it says to use is Chromate (Flat). What is that exactly?
I spoke to the guy in my local model shop and he said something about you can only create it in a vacuum.
Do Italeri just mean Silver?
Thanks.
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Chromate is a specific type of primer that you need to use when painting such metals as aluminium and zinc. It bonds to the metal surface giving a good key for the top coats.
As you are making a plastic model I suspect that the instructions are simply calling for the colour of the primer rather than the particular paint.
In my experience Chromate primer was a yellow colour but that is not to say it couldn't be in other colours. I would do a bit of research first on the web.
Check out these links to start with:
http://www.indestructible.co.uk/rockhard/700-003.html http://www.crownberger.co.ke/crown%2...R_PM1_PAGE.htm
You may notice they both refer to a yellow colour.