True to the hobby I am trying to complete and airplane to fly in Dallas Fathers Day weekend. I have seen much written about auto clears but very little regarding the base and color coats. What is the best types of paints (Brands) and how much time between colors. I will have the airplane ready for colors by Sunday night and need all the help I can get.
Thanks very much in advance.
Z-man,
I use Dupont Chroma Base for the colors and Chroma Clear for the clear. It ain't cheap, but I have painted three planes from one pint can of color and have some left, enough to do at least one more 35 size plane. It takes about 4 mixed ounces to paint an Argus with the light green all over. That's one to one paint to "basemaker", so 2 oz. of paint. I mix up about 6 at a time, and what isn't used I cap tightly in 2 oz. jar to use as touch up.
The Clear has a hardner added so it sets up after about 4 hours in the mixing cup.
The colors are just about ready to tape off for the next color as soon as you are finished sparying it. I painted all four colors on an Argus and clear coated it in one Saturday. That's th eone I posted on SSW a while back. It's on the PAMPA site under District 4 pictures.
Bill <><