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AdamR

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Update. Warning about this stuff: it may seem hard-cured after 24 hours, but may not be. I sprayed some Allclad on it after one day of drying, and a day later the Alclad had darkened considerably. In the future, I'll be giving this gloss black a week to fully cure on a real project.

 

LSP is probably where I got the idea to try this MM 28002 lacquer stuff,

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but wherever I heard of it: thanks! It goes on easier and levels better than any enamel or acrylic gloss black I've tried. Being a lacquer, it is probably bulletproof, too.

 

I wish I'd found it before I used something else for the black Alclad undercoat on my current project. I know I'll be using it next time for that.

 

Here's the test mule, with 2 coats on the left wing and 1 coat everywhere else:

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I just can't get over how wonderfully this paint leveled. There is not a sign of a rough spot from overspray anywhere. I thinned it about 2 parts "slow" automotive lacquer thinner to 3 parts paint. Great stuff.

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Warning about this stuff: it may seem hard-cured after 24 hours and ready for another paint on top, but may not be. I sprayed some Alclad on it after one day of drying, and a day later the Alclad had darkened considerably. I'll be giving it a week to fully cure if I use it on a real project.

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  • 1 month later...

I know that I would appear to be in the minority (given the widespread criticism about the stuff), but I used Alclad's gloss black for the first time the other day and it turned out spectacularly!  Left me with a glass like surface with none of the well-documented drying issues.  Still waiting for a shipment of Alclad Airframe Aluminum to show up before I try it over the top but very pleased with the result so far.

 

Maybe I got lucky?

 

Cheers,

Ben 

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Maybe...

 

Or maybe there were just some good and bad production batchs?

 

 

The airframe aluminium over a perfectly glass like black surface is just spectacular. However, take care when handling the model as this paint is very fragile. And take a lot of care is you want to use decal setting solution as it usually damage the paint, too.

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Maybe...

 

Or maybe there were just some good and bad production batchs?

 

 

The airframe aluminium over a perfectly glass like black surface is just spectacular. However, take care when handling the model as this paint is very fragile. And take a lot of care is you want to use decal setting solution as it usually damage the paint, too.

 

Good to know.  I will definitely keep all of that in mind as this will be my first experience with one of the "high-shine" Alclad finishes.

 

Cheers,

Ben 

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Model Master Lacquer Gloss Black is one of the best gloss blacks out there! But I do like my Mr Color gloss black a bit better.

 

Well, I finally got some and tried it with Mr Color Leveling Thinner 400.

 

To say I am impressed with the performance of this combination would be understating the case: "amazed" would be more accurate. I am not exaggerating when I say I've never airbrushed another gloss paint that produces a beautiful finish so easily.

 

This is my gloss paint from now on. I just wish it was more widely available in the USA.

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