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Master at Arms
I find few things live up to my hopes (especially the Giants), but these Vallejo Metals far exceeded expectations.
I finally got a chance to play this morning. I was trying to decide how to mask the Klingon windows, so I took some scrap styrene and made a mock up. Very crude piece, with roughing up the surface with 800 grit paper, no wash prior to painting.
I hit it with a few drops of the Vallejo Gloss Black poly primer (the one marketed with the metals) through the big Iwata. I sprayed two thin coats, second right on top of the first after a minute interval.
They suggest at least 12 hour cure, so I cleaned the AB, stuck my thumb into the paint to see if it was tacky (it was) and went ahead and spray a topcoat of Duraluminum.
Less than two minutes of cure, but who needs patience?
The Duraluminum sprayed beautifully. The Primer was a little sluggish, appeared at first, but it leveled well. I cleaned the brush, gave it about 10 minutes and took the pics.
I'm amazed. Highly reflective, laid down so well, it even snugged into the sanding marks. I'll give it a rest before trying to buff, I put a few drop of Future on it after the photos.
Here it is, hard to get a good photo showing the reflection and again, this is just one thin coat on tacky primer with no gloss clear on top:
I finally got a chance to play this morning. I was trying to decide how to mask the Klingon windows, so I took some scrap styrene and made a mock up. Very crude piece, with roughing up the surface with 800 grit paper, no wash prior to painting.
I hit it with a few drops of the Vallejo Gloss Black poly primer (the one marketed with the metals) through the big Iwata. I sprayed two thin coats, second right on top of the first after a minute interval.
They suggest at least 12 hour cure, so I cleaned the AB, stuck my thumb into the paint to see if it was tacky (it was) and went ahead and spray a topcoat of Duraluminum.
Less than two minutes of cure, but who needs patience?
The Duraluminum sprayed beautifully. The Primer was a little sluggish, appeared at first, but it leveled well. I cleaned the brush, gave it about 10 minutes and took the pics.
I'm amazed. Highly reflective, laid down so well, it even snugged into the sanding marks. I'll give it a rest before trying to buff, I put a few drop of Future on it after the photos.
Here it is, hard to get a good photo showing the reflection and again, this is just one thin coat on tacky primer with no gloss clear on top:
