TimDarrah Posted January 9, 2016 Report Posted January 9, 2016 Howdy, I'm working on the Fujimi McLaren MP4/12C and using the Studio 27 decals to make the K-Pax Racing version from the PWC race Long Beach in 2014. According to photos found on the K-Pax Racing web site, the cars were dark blue with a metallic sheen. Any ideas on how to do this? I was thinking of taking Tamiya X-3 Royal Blue and adding a bit of X11 Chrome to it, think that would work? Thanks for any ideas you may have. Tim
NBUTLER Posted January 10, 2016 Report Posted January 10, 2016 Tim Tamiya makes a metallic blue color number x13. It mite not be dark enough. Or you can try painting the silver first and then blue clear over it. Neil
TimDarrah Posted January 10, 2016 Author Report Posted January 10, 2016 X-13, I'll look for it at my LHS. Thanks
mustang1989 Posted January 10, 2016 Report Posted January 10, 2016 Let me get back to you on this Tim. I know you're gonna get some X-13 and all that but I've got a resource. Trouble is that I've gotta watch the video for the link. Gimme a day or so and you'll have one more outlet for your quest.
mustang1989 Posted January 22, 2016 Report Posted January 22, 2016 (edited) Ok Tim I finally got to watching the video again. The product is called Snazzy Silver Metal Flake and it's sold by a guy by the name of Gary Branik. The way its shown to be used is in the clear coat with a ratio of two .5 ounce jars of Testors Gloss Clear to one .5 jar of garden grade lacquer thinner that you can pick up from a local hardware store. The host used 35 drops of this metal flake mix to this clear coat mixture and mixed well. Gary Branik can be contacted at: kustomkolors@comcast.net Hope all this helps you out, Joe Edited January 23, 2016 by mustang1989
GaryDavis Posted January 23, 2016 Report Posted January 23, 2016 (edited) Hey Tim...do you have a pic of the car that you're doing? I did a search and saw a few cars. One was Blue with yellow. Is that the car you're building. If so...I think that Dupli-color Med. Quasar Metallic #BGM 0438 looks like a real close match. I used it on the 57 chev build I did awhile back and it really looks good. If you want it darker...I'd prime the car with red of black....That will make it a lot darker. I used Grey primer on this build..... Hope this helps you some... Edited January 23, 2016 by GaryDavis
TimDarrah Posted January 23, 2016 Author Report Posted January 23, 2016 All, thanks for your ideas. What I ended up doing, is I took Tamiya X-4 Blue and misted it onto a white primer body twice. I then put a full coat on it. Next step was take the X-4 and I added a bit of X-13 Metallic Blue to it and airbrushed that on. It looks the part but I feel I added a bit too much Met Blue but I'm going to deal with it. Unfortunately, I used a water-based gloss coat and it looks fantastic, but when I tried to apply decals, they stuck solid and wouldn't move. Now I gotta try to gently sand off the bad decal
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