captain.jerry Posted June 15, 2015 Share #1 Posted June 15, 2015 Can anyone recommend a gilded (gold) paint and an application method that will not hide small detail such as the mullions of small windows or the edges of cap rails and trim? Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjdale Posted June 15, 2015 Share #2 Posted June 15, 2015 Jerry, You might want to have a look at the Krylon brand "foil" paints. I emphasise the "foil" in the name of the paint. They are a spray can. Although i have recently acquired some, I have not used them yet myself, but fellow MSW member Ken Foran ("xken") has used them extensively in his exquisite brass model building (check out his book on this subject too). You will find a link to his book in his build log for Niagara. You might also wish to PM him for further advice. Ken is also the kit designer for the Model Expo model of the Allerton Steam Pumper. Hope this helps. mtaylor and thibaultron 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtvd19 Posted June 15, 2015 Share #3 Posted June 15, 2015 Jerry: The Krylon foil paints are great - also got the tip to use them from Ken Foran. I have decanted them from the spray can to use in my airbrushes and they are great that way too - better control than by the spray can. I did use some decanted foil paint with a brush to touch up some small areas on a build and it worked OK for that too. I don't know how it would be applied by brush to a larger area though. One point on these paints - they are to be applied over a white primer undercoat. I think it's more for the color than the sticking to the subject. Kurt mtaylor, thibaultron and Canute 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain.jerry Posted June 15, 2015 Author Share #4 Posted June 15, 2015 Thanks for the help, Grant and Kurt. I will look into the Krylon Foil paints. I can't spray it, I will have to apply it with a small brush. It will be used on the outer edge of the cap rails and on some moldings. I won't use very much so I guess I can spray a little puddle on my paint pad and the apply it by brush. Jerry Canute 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usedtosail Posted June 16, 2015 Share #5 Posted June 16, 2015 I haven't tried the Krylon, but I really like the Testors gold and brass paints for brush painting small areas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marktiedens Posted June 16, 2015 Share #6 Posted June 16, 2015 Another very nice gold paint is a Vallejo game color called polished gold - very realistic finish. /Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith_W Posted June 16, 2015 Share #7 Posted June 16, 2015 I am intrigued by this Krylon stuff, so I googled it. At the moment I use Vallejo gold with satisfactory results, but it is nowhere near as fine grained as Krylon appears to be. You can still see flecks of gold with the Vallejo paint, whereas Krylon painted models (on Google, at least) look as if it has been electroplated. Does anyone have any links for further info? How do you use it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtvd19 Posted June 16, 2015 Share #8 Posted June 16, 2015 Here is an example of the Krylon Gold Foil paint on a whitte metal casting from the Steam Pumper that Ken Foran designed for Model Expo. This was done with the rattle can. The white metal casting was cleaned up a bit and then primed with Badger STYNLREZ white primer. I can say with confidence that one can't tell this apart from a plated piece. Kurt Archi, mtaylor, gjdale and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolley Roger Posted July 9, 2015 Share #9 Posted July 9, 2015 There is also the Alclad system http://alclad2.com/ It requires a base coat, normally gloss black, and can only be applied by airbrush. Depending on the base coat color, you can get different shades of your choice of metal. Archi and mtaylor 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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