Tamiya LP48 Sparkling Silver and MRP-31 Chrome

[Archimedes]

Hi Folks,

 

A gem I picked up recently is that Tamiya's lacquer LP48 'Sparkling Silver' is NOT some metal-flake paint suitable for cars but, when sprayed over a polished black base, in fact dries as a bright chrome. MRP also does a lacquer paint that dries as chrome with a darker look to it (perhaps more like a nickel finish).

 

I'm not a subscriber to Facebook but there is a thorough test here for those who do:

 

Chrome Paint Test

 

I hope that is helpful. 

 

Kind regards,

Paul

 

 

 

 

[nmayhew]

I’ll have a watch, thanks

[Thunnus]

I'm not sure I'd describe Tamiya LP48 as a "bright chrome".  Looks more like a dull metallic to me, based on the photos in the referenced post...

 

 

[TankBuster]

Looks good I will have to pick a bottle up to try. Cheers.

[Archimedes]

21 hours ago, Thunnus said:

I'm not sure I'd describe Tamiya LP48 as a "bright chrome".  Looks more like a dull metallic to me, based on the photos in the referenced post...

 

 

Hi John,

 

It has to be sprayed onto a gloss black to get the polished look. The referenced post doesn’t do that and so we see the result shown in photos. I don’t subscribe to Facebook so didn’t get high resolution photos. I’ll be redoing the Tamiya and trying out MRP at this point.

 

Thanks for posting the high resolution photos.

 

Kind regards,

Paul

[Archimedes]

Spencer Pollard’s results with LP-48 over gloss black:

 

https://www.facebook.com/SpencerPollardModels/photos/last-weekend-ian-hartup-pointed-out-that-tamiya-lp-48-sparkling-silver-was-actua/1282787406244583/?_rdr

 

Kind regards,

Paul