| Most silver paints are particles held in suspension in a carrier liquid. When the liquid evaporates and the paint dries you are left with the particles and pigments which can form quite a matt surface. Sometimes modellers want this but sometimes they want a gloss finish.
I would experiment off the model with very fine wet and dry, with a bit of warm soapy water before a final coat of a clear gloss coat. It might take a few coats of gloss to completely smooth over the finish. Have a look at the motorcycles in my gallery. The Harley was finished by first painting silver then covering it with Tamiya clear blue. It took five coats of the blue to give it a good gloss finish.
Don't forget though, a Zeppellin was an aluminium structure covered with cloth painted silver so although you will see a sheen to the surface it was not what you would describe as a high gloss. The straight silver paint might be a more realistic finish anyway.
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