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Model Forum / General / Models / April 2004Wrong Gunmetal paint?
I needed gunmetal paint to paint the engine in a car. In the photo on the box, the engine is a shiny silver-grey, which is what I thought gunmetal was. I bought Testors model master gunmetal #1795. It turned out a very dark greenish color. That's wrong, isn't it? Then I looked it up on a web page, and I find out it's a Testors Model Master FS Enamel Paint. What does the FS mean? I was going to get the Metalizer version. I didn't know there was more than one friggin gunmetal. Is the Metalizer version the right one? It's #1405. I guess the only way I could've been sure was to take the paint code number with me. That sucks. > I needed gunmetal paint to paint the engine in a car. > In the photo on the box, the engine is a shiny silver-grey, which is [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > I guess the only way I could've been sure was to take the paint code > number with me. That sucks. FS means the Federal Standard number. I think what you really need is probably 'Steel'(#1180) or 'Flat Aluminum'(#1181). Once upon a time I would have advised Pactra 'Steel' but that's no longer available. Thanks, Testors. :( Bill Banaszak, MFE The term 'gunmetal' as a color description is very vaque. It is not the same as gun blued metal, but certainly can be ambiguous beyond the fact that it should probably be grey. Is gunmetal shiny or matt? Depends a lot on final surface treatments and history since fabrication. Even steel is not a very useful term. The term steel would seem to say it is different than cast iron, for example. But again, the color of unfinished steel depends a lot on alloy, and how it was fabricated, let alone whether there were any surface treatments for corrosion protection, etc. I personally believe steels and gunmetals are a little too light, and frequently mix in a bit of flat black. > I needed gunmetal paint to paint the engine in a car. > In the photo on the box, the engine is a shiny silver-grey, which is [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Unlimited Download - 19 Seperate Servers - 90,000 groups - Uncensored > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=  SignatureDon Stauffer in Minnesota stauffer@usfamily.net webpage- http://www.usfamily.net/web/stauffer > The term 'gunmetal' as a color description is very vaque. It is not the > same as gun blued metal, but certainly can be ambiguous beyond the fact > that it should probably be grey. Is gunmetal shiny or matt? Depends a > lot on final surface treatments and history since fabrication. Real gunmetal is an ancient alloy, some sort of bronze I believe. KL > > The term 'gunmetal' as a color description is very vaque. It is not the > > same as gun blued metal, but certainly can be ambiguous beyond the fact > > that it should probably be grey. Is gunmetal shiny or matt? Depends a > > lot on final surface treatments and history since fabrication. > > Real gunmetal is an ancient alloy, some sort of bronze I believe. Correct Kurt, the alloy known as gunmetal is in fact a type of bronze and was used to cast, you guessed it...guns (usually canon but sometimes early handgonnes). Commonly model paints called gunmetal are supposed to represent rust blued steel (as opposed to chemical salt bluing, nitre bluing or Parkerizing). Whereas I find most steel paints to be too dark and/or grainy for my taste. The last steel solvent based paint I liked was Pactra flat steel. Now I've discovered Vallejo natural steel and oily steel and like them. > Even steel is not a very useful term. The term steel would seem to say > it is different than cast iron, for example. But again, the color of > unfinished steel depends a lot on alloy, and how it was fabricated, let > alone whether there were any surface treatments for corrosion > protection, etc. Most gunmetal paint I ever used was like the color of pencil graphite with a metallic sheen. Cheers, Max Bryant > I needed gunmetal paint to paint the engine in a car. > In the photo on the box, the engine is a shiny silver-grey, which is [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Unlimited Download - 19 Seperate Servers - 90,000 groups - Uncensored > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Yes! I remember a paint like that but forget the brand and what they called the color. I still have one of those replica 1:1 scale pistols painted with it. I believe it was an old Testors color but I'm not sure now- that was about twenty years ago. > Most gunmetal paint I ever used was like the color of pencil graphite with a > metallic sheen. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Unlimited Download - 19 Seperate Servers - 90,000 groups - Uncensored > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SignatureDon Stauffer in Minnesota stauffer@usfamily.net webpage- http://www.usfamily.net/web/stauffer |
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