tamiya copper color

I am thinking of painting my latest model this tamiya acrylic number XF6 (copper) seen here http://tamiya.com/english/products/list/acrylic_2.htm
Has anyone used it through their airbrush. I know it can be done It would just be nice to see a completed work in this color. Thanks

You realize it's a flat colour? It lays verry nice trough an airbrush, but I don't know if it's possible to polish it ouit.. you'll defenatly will need an clearcoat

it doesn't say that it is flat. And yes i got a can of tamiya clear coat and plan on polishing and waxing.

The "F" in XF means that it is flat.

Well i guess that won't work then. Here is the colour i am trying to acheive. http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2006/03/17/000850.1-lg.jpg

Any sugggestions on what to use, i am using my airbrush so thinning instructions would also be appreciated. Thanks guys and gals

The exact color is hard to tell from the photo but try Cobra Colors. They have three orange/copper colors for GM cars. I think it may be this color:
http://cobracolors.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=CC&Product_Code=DGAT&Category_Code=GM

Just don't forget to apply primer and clearcoat.

But has anybody experience with using a matt colour and spraying gloss vernish over it? I guess it could work if the matt colour is really thin and you polish the clear out.

Using a flat base should work just fine. Apply the base color only until you achieve an even covering. Then apply top coats with clear. Apply enough clear, so that you can polish it without sanding through to the flat base. The flat can not be polished to a shine. I did this with ModelMaster enamels, using flat cobalt blue under clear enamel.

Yes, you definately can apply clear gloss over a flat metallic and have it come out with a good shine- it's all in the clearcoat. Many automotive metallic paints have no gloss at all, and are flat until clearcoated- when clearcoating it really doesn't matter if your base color is gloss or flat. But you cannot spray TS laquer over an acrylic color. If you want a clearcoat to spray over Tamiya acrylic, X20 clear is your best bet.

So if i spray some tamiya acrylic copper then on the top coats use clear then copper then clear then copper..... and polish it out it willl be alright?
I bought some TS 13 i guess that is the wrong stuff to use with acrylics. I hope i can take it back

Prime by your favorite method (you can spray acrylic over anything, even acrylic primer). Paint the copper in enough thin even coats to be an even, non transparent color. Then, spray acrylic clear in sufficient depth to polish. Intermixing layers of copper and clear isn't going to do anything for you. Give it a week or so to cure, and then handle the body carefully when polishing (acrylic clear can be realtively soft, and can take fingerprints). Tamiya acrylics are not as tough as laquers, but they can definately be used for a beautiful, high gloss body paint. For best results, thin only with Tamiya's acrylic thinner- get one of the small plastic jugs of it (it really does make a difference).

Will primer actually make a difference in the final appearance of the paint. I have never primed before, i don't see how that can affect anything other than giving the paint something to stick too, but i sand the body nicely anyways.

+1 for the acryllic clear. I used the TS clear over Tamiya acrylic and it cracked up after about a month.

Technically speaking, you don't need to prime, even when painting bodies. Priming offers several advantages; the most obvious, protecing the plastic from 'hot' solvents in paint, is totally irrelevant when spraying acrylics. It also obviously gives the color coat something to stick to, gives an even neutral colored base for paint, and can help to find and fix flaws that would be hard to see otherwise. But if you key (sand) the body for adhesion, know that you won't have problems with colored plastic showing through the paint, and are confident you've found and fixed all the flaws, you don't really need to prime.

On the other hand since I've started using primer, I always prime before painting bodies. Even when spraying acrylics, I will use some form of primer (sometimes just flat grey or white acrylic). It gives me a predictable place to start from.

That's good to know, for this time i won't prime, however i have found another tamiya acrylic that i think might work, remember i am not trying to achieve the exact colour in the picture above i just want something unique here it is, anyone used it before? It looks good on my monitor. http://www.tamiyausa.com/product/item.php?product-id=81034

Go to your LHS, find both colors, give 'em a good shake and compare them. Pick your fave. The color on your monitor is not going to give you a good representation.