DURALUMINIUM ALC102

The color

Duraluminium is a light metal shade with a fine sheen that imitates the look of an aluminum alloy left without a finish. It suits anywhere you want the impression of bare metal: the skins of aircraft from the end of the Second World War and the post-war period, the lower parts of fuselages, engine cowlings, and technical parts on cars and motorcycles as well. Compared with the lightest aluminum tones it looks a little more muted, so it serves well as a base area on which you then distinguish individual panels with darker or warmer metal shades.

How to work with the paint

Metal shades are unforgiving toward the base. Every scratch, fingerprint and unsanded joint shows more strongly under them than under an ordinary covering paint, so smooth and prepare the surface first. Stir the paint thoroughly, because the metal particles settle to the bottom. Choose the thinner, the thinning ratio and the recommended way of applying it according to the manufacturer's instructions on the packaging. Proceed in light coats and let them set between one another, because a heavy coat tends to flood the metal look rather than strengthen it.

After application

Handle the finished surface as little as possible and preferably through a glove, because metal surfaces are sensitive to fingerprints. Choose a masking tape with low tack and stick it to the back of your hand first, so that it loses part of its tack. Distinguish the panels sparingly, because on a real aircraft neighboring sheets differ only slightly.

Terms of supply

The package contains the paint. Thinner, a primer and the model are not included, unless stated otherwise.