The test mule – ’64 Mercury

I have been getting to grips with a new airbrush recently and this one has been the blank canvas receiving my attention. It was supposed to be silver flake with magenta scallops but one of the things I have learned recently is that gloss lacquer will actually penetrate through other lacquers and bring nail polish to the surface. It’s a lesson that I hope to put to good use in the future. At first I was devastated but it has grown on me and I have decided to finish it anyway.




Here’s some with the wheels and stance dialed in…

Im liking it too. Nice work. Im new to air brushes also but loving using it. I love 2 tone paint and yours ticks all the boxes for me !

Keep playing with that brush mate, that looks great, love the colour combo, i really like the challenge of this style of paint jobs myself.It really makes you think!

Bryce, what's not too like about that ?
Rod

looks good from here

Looks great. must have been a bugger of a masking job though.

What exactly do you mean by "brings to the surface"?
Do you mean you put the silver over the magenta nail polish and then when you cleared the magenta showed through the silver?

Did you sneak up on it with the clear or just go bang, heavy coat, nice shine, oh f##k?

Fantastic so far Bryce. An absolutely striking paint combo.

...bout time ya posted this sucker,

zenrat wrote:
Do you mean you put the silver over the magenta nail polish and then when you cleared the magenta showed through the silver?

Yes.

zenrat wrote:
Did you sneak up on it with the clear or just go bang, heavy coat, nice shine, oh f##k?

The latter. You mean to tell me there is another way of painting these things...


Thanks for the nice words all - will hopefully be finished by the end of the month...