How to Mix an Old Copper Color?

Tchail · Post by **Tchail** » Sun Feb 24, 2019 1:08 am

In Gary Kerr’s article on the color of the TOS Enterprise:

https://culttvman.com/main/a-modelers-g ... gary-kerr/

He describes the pilot defelector dish color as “The larger Pilot version dish was a dull, weathered copper color, similar to an old penny...”

Does anyone have a suggestion on how to dull down/age Testors’ Copper Enamel?

Thanks in advance!

gsb5w · Post by **gsb5w** » Sun Feb 24, 2019 10:44 am

My first thought would be to adjust the brightness of the copper with a little brown.

Rocketeer · Post by **Rocketeer** » Mon Feb 25, 2019 11:13 am

I got a good weathered copper by using Testers spray copper and then giving it a glaze coat of water-based wood stain in a brown color:

Kekker · Post by **Kekker** » Mon Feb 25, 2019 2:01 pm

I used Tamiya smoke over copper on my 1/1000 TOS E. Looks pretty good.

Kev

Tchail · Post by **Tchail** » Tue Feb 26, 2019 2:56 am

Kekker wrote: ↑Mon Feb 25, 2019 2:01 pm I used Tamiya smoke over copper on my 1/1000 TOS E. Looks pretty good.

Kev

Did you dilute the paint at all?

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