High Hopes

jack lee · Post by **jack lee** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 4:53 pm

Here's what I'm aiming for:

jack lee · Post by **jack lee** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 4:58 pm

Oops...I meant to post this in the Stearman PT-17 thread...Sorry everyone.
I haven't figured out how to delete things yet.

cliffm · Post by **cliffm** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 7:50 pm

That's the first 17 done in silver I've seen and it sure is a beauty. Hope you have an airbrush for the silver and you'll need to be "very" picky on the prep as silver shows every little blend and seam. My nieuport got done in silver along with a waco glider. I found if the silver got toned down with just a touch of white in the paint mix it came out less garish than the straight silver. Good luck.

jack lee · Post by **jack lee** » Wed Oct 27, 2010 2:08 am

Thanks for the tip. I had no idea silver was so difficult. If it shows all the flaws in my workmanship I'm in deep trouble. We'll see what happens.

cliffm · Post by **cliffm** » Wed Oct 27, 2010 7:35 pm

Icould have sh

ined this up a little with some clear coating but?

cliffm · Post by **cliffm** » Fri Oct 29, 2010 2:41 am

This is probably about 1 part white to about 6 parts silver mix . for an adde luster you could maybe use a clear coat or a satin clear over it

jack lee · Post by **jack lee** » Sun Nov 07, 2010 5:26 am

Wonderful detail and color! I probably need to experiment a little on this one.