Aluminium Finish - Paint recommendations?

[Komedy]

Hi all another quickie.

Any recommendations for paint brand when looking to achieve that aluminium finished paint scheme on aircraft.

Airbrush application preferred

All the Best

[papa 695]

Vallejo do a very good metal paint range, I use it all the time. John sells it in the site shop.

[Dave Ward]

Warren,
Alclad II gives a superb metallic finish, but is tricky to apply, and it stinks! I can't hack that, so I've been using MiG Metal - you can get various metallics, Silver, Aluminium, Polished Metal...............
Like all metal finishes, you have to have a perfect surface to apply the paint - the slightest blemish will show up!
Dave

[yak face]

I’m with Ian , the Vallejo Metal Color range gives an excellent finish and doesn’t smell strongly , it’s also quite robust and doesnt come off with low tack masking tape like their model air metallic paints do. Cheers tony

[BarryW]

For natural metal there are special types of ‘paint’ called metalisers. These need spraying onto a gloss black primer after very careful surface treatment to get rid of imperfections as they can really show up with a NMF.

Good metalisers include Alclad II as already mentioned. MRP have good metalisers as well. Remember to use more than one complimentary metallic shade to pick out panels to get a realistic finish.

[topgazza]

Vallejo Aluminium is very good. But I've tried a few aluminium paints and the finished effect is, well, aluminium coloured. So a bit restrained but it's accurate....

[AlanG]

I'm another Vallejo Metal Color paint user. I find it sprays well and it can also be brush painted on too. I'm just using it on the P-38 group build for a Natural Metal Finish aircraft. It looks great imho

[topgazza]

One lesson, amongst many, is that as it's such a muted finish I have been putting too much on in the false assumption it will brighten the colour. It's aluminium Gary, its meant to be that way

[AlanG]

Vellejo Metal Color has different 'shades' of aluminium. I've used their Aluminium, Dull Aluminium and Duraluminium. Each has a place to be used depending what finish you are after

[Komedy]

thanks everyone, will try the metal colour, just filling a basket now for John to sort in the morning