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Spraying Fluorescent Orange.
Topic Started: Aug 10 2010, 06:45 AM (784 Views)
Rory
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Anybody any recommendations on a good fluorescent orange, preferably enamel, that
can be sprayed and any tips on how to do it.

My last attempt ( a 1/72 Fouga Magister) into this didn't end with a satisfactory finish.

Thanks.
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Emilssi
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The best fluored I know is laquer from Zero paints. Very easy to spray, readily prethined for the airbrush and looks identical to the one used on the Mclarens. There is also Tamiya spray one but apparently it turns red after few years.
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peebeep
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Lots Of Trouble Usually Serious
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Revell Matt 25 comes out very bright and vivid, almost exactly like dayglo. I've only ever brushed it so can't really comment on spraying, but it is very thick and gungy and will need quite a bit of thinning. I've found that other Revell paints (gungy variety) spray very nicely thinned with white spirit and a dash of cellulose.

peebeep
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phantomdriver
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Fox Mulder's soul brother.....
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Try Hawkeye hobbies ..

Does an excellent dayglo orange

any queries , ask Gerald Voigt the owner
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MikeC
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Too many SIGs for my own good
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For dayglo look-alikes there is either Citadel Blazing Orange

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or if you can get it Polyscale F505020 red

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SIMON J
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hi you could try xtracolor 253 i used it on my saaf dakota it looks good and never faded even in direct sunlight and that was seven years ago it was painted
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Mike R
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One recommendation I will make regardless of your chocie of paint manufacturer.....prime the area white prior to apraying. It will really enhance the brightness of the orange.

HTH

Mike
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Phreak
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SIMON J
Sep 9 2010, 10:17 PM
hi you could try xtracolor 253 i used it on my saaf dakota it looks good and never faded even in direct sunlight and that was seven years ago it was painted

:welcome: Simon!
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Mike W
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Revell 30 is great over a white primer base. Thin with cellulose thinners for an easy time spraying it.
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Migrant
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I've had some success with Gunze Mr Color dayglo paints; they need a good white base but they build up to a good solid colour.

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Eric2020
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As Mik is saying White base first, same goes for yellow. After that you can do the other colours. I use several day glo's for the German subjects I have build and will build in the future ;)
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Rory
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I have always primed with white first .

I shall be trying the Gunze paint that Mike recommended as it looks like the Day-Glo I ned.

Thanks for all the input.
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