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Old 08-12-2012, 04:02 PM
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I'm looking for a dark silver metallic. Do you guys know of any?? Not gunmetal, its like the mustang but a shade darker.
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Originally Posted by iDChuck
The Mustang, what brand silver is that??
At the time Testors had just put out some new colors so all I know for sure is that it is Testors custom laquer system. Do not confuse it with Testors Enamel model car paint which will NOT stick to Lexan.
Aside from that Tamiya and Pactra and Spazstix have some great metal flake silver paints.

Your Mustang there is probably Testors Silver.


But you might want to have a look at these.
Sterling Silver Metallic (AMC)


Light Gray Metallic (Chevy) Auto


Or These
Indy Silver

Metal Flake Silver
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this cap color is the exact look i'm looking for. Would this paint work? it's lacquer?

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXRS35&P=7
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If you are brave/good with a rattle can you could try http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXFFV5&P=7 and back it with black. With the translucent color, the more you spray the brighter it would be. So 1 coat of silver backed with black would be darker than 2 coats silver backed with black etc etc. The only issue would be even coverage, it could have light and dark spots depending how even your spray is.
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Originally Posted by buckeye dan
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Nice!

Slap some driver figs in there so we don't have to see all those wires
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Originally Posted by buckeye dan
cant wait to race new vta zero s with mustang body
Dan like the numbers very clean looking I'm a chevy guy but I like any mustang that looks like eleanor
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Originally Posted by buckeye dan
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cant wait to race new vta zero s with mustang body
both are great jobs...I love the Mopar, very original...and I love the numbers on the Stang

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I painted the mopars for my friend team mopar. and the stang is as close as i willl ever get to owning elanor lol..
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both are great jobs...I love the Mopar, very original...and I love the numbers on the Stang
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Im wondering if thats a possible 2012 U.S. VTA+ Southern Nationals Concourse body...? hummm
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not sure you would have to ask team mopar ...
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Im wondering if thats a possible 2012 U.S. VTA+ Southern Nationals Concourse body...? hummm
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Maybe? Lol but I'm sure he's talking about your stang that paint job is B.A.! Not to many mopar fans out there. lol! Thanks for the great paint job Dan each one is better than the last!!!

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Has anyone used a combination of Masking tape and liquid mask to mask off a hood for a USGT car? I like the straight edge of the tape as well as the economy of it, but I think I will need Liquid mask to make sure the line is clean on the very nose of it. Its just too difficult to get the tape up in there.
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I always use liquid mask/tape combo except I use the liquid mask on all the paint lines and tape to fill the voids. There isn't any kind of reaction between the 2 that would mess up your body/paint. At $25 a quart vs $3 a roll its all about saving a little money and liquid mask for me. I don't see any reason it wouldn't work fine for your use.
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