Really good bare metal finish (reynolds wrap)article at ARC

Andrew Gorman · Post by **Andrew Gorman** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 10:08 pm

A very nice job explaining how a 1/48 B-29 was covered with kitchen foil,, and turned out looking great! I'll admit I've avoided silver finishes for decades, but this article makes me think it's possible:
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/
It's in the "What's new" for 3-31-06
Andrew

DennisH · Post by **DennisH** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 10:58 pm

Oooooh, thank you kindly for posting this. 8)

I've got an idea for a project and this might just be the cat's meow.

Dennis

Saturn · Post by **Saturn** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 9:09 am

I love natural-metal finishes, but I've always been lukewarm about most foil-covered models. In scales larger than 32nd, foil is better than any metalizer paint. In limited application (like a chrome bumper, heat shield or landing gear oleo) foil has no equal.

But complete and total coverage in 48th is just too darn shiny. There's no scale effect. It ceases to look like realistic NMF and instead looks like... a foil covered model.