I am workign on a F-86 in natural metal finish (NMF).
As usual, I put a shiny base coat in gloss black but I am also aware that varying the base coat will gve me variaiton in the NMF top coat without that I have to use different shades of NMF.
Considering that I start from gloss black, all undercoats that I put will be lighter than black.
Are there any people who have experience with this who can tell me what the result would be of using light greay as an undercoat, or yellow, or whatever you have ever tried?
Ha. I have the exact same question, more or less, for an upcoming build. Do I vary the tones of the primer/undercoat (black on some panels, grey on others, etc.,), vary the tones of the “metal” top coats, or a combo of both? And I plan to use Alclad paints too. Although, I have considered trying Tamiya XF whatever the silver numbers are - it may be an easier/more traditional way to tone individual panels with.
I’ve been considering which technique to use for the last couple of weeks, but haven’t had time to try ideas out yet. I appreciate that Alclad paints are rather pricey, but the only way to answer this question is to start experimenting. And now I’m thinking I should start the trials sooner than later, because I 'm really curious how the Alclads will work over a mottled (for lack of a better word?) undercoat.
My intention is to usen only alclad aircraft aluminium, and the various undercoats should give the idea of weathering, and perhaps of some panels having been replaced after war dammage.
Using different top coats (shades of alclad) leads to much to an effect as if different materials were used to buidl te plane. Question is to what extend I need to vary the undercoat as to not exagerate
