Having now reached the final stages of painting of a couple of locomotives, I've reached a point of dissatisfaction...
I've never been entirely happy with the finish produced from the standard Humbrol "Brass" paint - it's #54 in their range. The flakes of metal always seem too large to be convincing and at anything less than a metre viewing distance it doesn't look like metal, but more metallic, as in a car paint.
Ideally, I'd like to see something that is shiny(!) but with flakes as small as those in the steel/aluminium/gunmetal paints in the "Metalcote" Humbrol range. However these are the only three colours that they do. No brass, or even gold.
So does anyone else have any favourites, or suggestions, that I could try?
TIA
Flymo
Brass paint recomendations?
-
- Forum Team
- Posts: 3045
- Joined: Sun Jul 20, 2008 6:00 pm
Brass paint recomendations?
Beware of Trains - occasional modelling in progress!
www.5522models.co.uk
www.5522models.co.uk
-
- Posts: 819
- Joined: Sun Jul 20, 2008 6:02 pm
Re: Brass paint recomendations?
Not sure if you can get it in the UK Paul, but Floquil brass does a good imitation. The pigments are finely ground but it uses xylene as the thinner/carrier and the stuff is a bit nasty if spraying, brush work maybe not so bad.
HTH
David
HTH
David
-
- Posts: 296
- Joined: Tue Jul 22, 2008 1:15 am
Re: Brass paint recomendations?
OK, perhaps a bit off the wall, but try adding a drop of metalcoat (your choice of colour) to the brass, give it a mix, and when dry, rub it down and see what it looks like.
I have used "jet exhaust" and yellow as a stand in for brass, but I was desperate at the time...
I have used "jet exhaust" and yellow as a stand in for brass, but I was desperate at the time...
Cheers,
Mark.
"In the end, when all is said and done, more will have been said than done..."
Mark.
"In the end, when all is said and done, more will have been said than done..."
-
- Posts: 546
- Joined: Thu Oct 08, 2009 10:05 pm
Re: Brass paint recomendations?
Flymo wrote:
You could try this:
http://www.miniaturicum.de/product_info ... ts_id=1357 it is called Brass balls.
So does anyone else have any favourites, or suggestions, that I could try?
You could try this:
http://www.miniaturicum.de/product_info ... ts_id=1357 it is called Brass balls.
LesG
The man who never made a mistake
never made anything useful
The man who never made a mistake
never made anything useful
-
- Posts: 884
- Joined: Thu May 21, 2009 8:11 am
Re: Brass paint recomendations?
"it is called Brass balls" But don't use in very cold weather.
Make Worcestershire great again.
Build a wall along the Herefordshire border and make them pay for it.
Build a wall along the Herefordshire border and make them pay for it.
-
- Posts: 578
- Joined: Thu Dec 04, 2008 2:15 pm
Re: Brass paint recomendations?
The P3 Les suggested is pretty good, but if you can airbrush it on, it is hard to beat Modelmaster metallics. The brass is excellent, and the copper is outstanding. They are often ""buffable"
NB
NB
-
- Posts: 819
- Joined: Sun Jul 20, 2008 6:02 pm
Re: Brass paint recomendations?
Further to my previous posting I include a shot of a safety valve cover done with the Floquil brass paint.
two are brass turnings and the other the original W/M casting painted "brass". In the end it was the smoothness of the turnings that made up my mind but for a while it was a near run thing.
Cheers,
David
two are brass turnings and the other the original W/M casting painted "brass". In the end it was the smoothness of the turnings that made up my mind but for a while it was a near run thing.
Cheers,
David
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
-
- Forum Team
- Posts: 3045
- Joined: Sun Jul 20, 2008 6:00 pm
Re: Brass paint recomendations?
davknigh wrote:Further to my previous posting I include a shot of a safety valve cover done with the Floquil brass paint.
Just a quick note to say thanks to you all for the various suggestions.
Despite the excellence of David's turnings, I'm afraid that I couldn't magic up a lathe and the skill to operate it out of my back pocket. So I therefore settled for Floquil paint as the next best easily available substitute.
I placed an order with The Sidings, Tamworth, who seem to have a very large range of Floquil in stock, according to their website, and a package containing it turned up last Friday. As I was ordering by phone and paying postage, I took the opportunity to order some copper paint as well as the brass, and a bottle of thinners to help me work with it.
First impressions are that the two paints are much finer in granularity than the Humbrol colours, and if I get chance to play with them in the next few weeks I'll see how they go on the model.
Thanks again for all the advice.
Flymo
Beware of Trains - occasional modelling in progress!
www.5522models.co.uk
www.5522models.co.uk
Return to “Painting and Weathering”
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 1 guest