Baremetal Deuce HiBoy Roadster - Completed with final photos

[rogeru]

Amazing! That looks exactly like metal. A beautifully built model.

[Joel_W]

Absolutely an impressive build, and then throw in the fact it's all metal, and it just got kicked up a few more notches.

Joel

[Bernard Kron]

Thanks for the all the nice words!

I accidentally discovered this technique a few years ago when testing the metalizer powder over various paints. It was being hyped as a chrome finish, something which I failed miserably at achieving. But... by varying the brightness, texture and color of the underlying metallic paint, and how much and how you add and remove the black wash after applying and polishing the metalizer powder you can imitate anything from brushed or polished aluminum to old worn steel. It's definitely worth the time to fool round with it and come up with the look(s) that are appropriate to your project. . If you omit the wash completely it becomes quite difficult to get a proper steel look, and you are more likely going to get an aluminum effect.

Also, I should note that this was a particularly hard subject to photograph successfully. The interior especially tended to act like a black hole and I had to resort to adjusting the exposure of that area during post processing. The color, too, was hard to nail. It tended to be too blue and saturated looking. But the final photos capture the result fairly well.

I'm glad you all enjoyed it,
B.

[cc]

Bernard,  that is sooooo cool. What a great idea and execution. Your skill in painting is spot on.  32’s are a good subject to do. So many ways to do them. 

CC 😎

[Bernard Kron]

Jun 4, 2019 5:43:53 GMT -8 cc said:

Bernard,  that is sooooo cool. What a great idea and execution. Your skill in painting is spot on.  32’s are a good subject to do. So many ways to do them. 

CC 😎

Thanx CC. Much appreciated. I'm afraid Deuces have become somewhat of an addiction for me. I do at least one per year, often more... As you say, there's no lack of variations.