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Looking good so far! My vote goes to finninsh it 100% then buy another to do in the painted version. Pity to hide all that work under the top paint!Alcad, whats that like to work with??
The thought crossed my mind...briefly LOL. I'll take some photos and finish it off. I don't have room for two Me 262s and I've already got one or two in the loft! I've never had any problems with Alclad. The "Polished Aluminium" and,I think, "Chrome" finishes are supposed to be applied over a gloss black undercoat. I've never used "Chrome" but I've applied "Polished Aluminium" over a grey primer,just like all the other shades, and it looks okay. I'm not looking for a concourse classic car kind of finish anyway. The differences in the shades are subtle and I'm going to add a drop or two of black enamel to a couple to up the contrast a bit.
Alclad also dries very quickly and rarely lifts with masking,certainly no worse than acrylic paints. You can seal it with a coat of Klear with only a very slight change in appearance.
They are laquer based and are quite "hot". They will etch into plastic if spilt,as I found out the hard way. They spray very well out of the bottle and clean up with cellulose (laquer) thinners. All this hot stuff means I use an old Iwata Revolution
airbrush as it has less damageable seals and washers than my other brushes,it sprays a treat,despite the loss of a little chrome!
All the natural metal on this P-47 was done with Alclad, except the gun tubes.
Cheers
Steve
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