not really an update but nonetheless might be interesting for some. Since there was a little conversation about the F60 paint on F1m.com I decided to test the Zero and Tamiya paint.
I also bought the F'artiface decal set for the F60, which look really nice...
One thing I really like is this decal for the steering wheel, looks really cool. Although the little markings for the buttons is one big decal... :? It also gives you decals for the silver "stripes" on the front wing + endplates which won't need to be painted then, that is great. No worry about matching paint and decals!
I finished my little "paint test", steps were as following:
Zero F60 Paint:
1. Tamiya grey primer
2. Tamiya white primer
3. Zero Silver Basecoat, about 5x layers
4. Zero Red Bascoat, about 10x layers until the I got a red tone I was "happy" with
Tamiya TS-85:
1. Tamiya grey primer
2. Tamiya white primer
3. Tamiya TS-85 2x mist coats, 1x wet
I actually tried it without the white primer too but as it turned out both paints look a lot better with a white base. Well that could be expected for TS-85 but the silver Zero base also looks considerably darker with a grey base. TS-85 looks almost "blood red" with the grey base.
I spare you with pictures of the primer
, that is how the Zero Silver looks. It is not exactly "solid", it almost looks a bit "grainy".
Zero Red applied (left) aswell as TS-85 on right (right) without clear coat. As normal with the Zero paints without clear it looks like a matt finish.
Now the interesting stuff with 2k clear (Finisher's). Both colors are quite close but the biggest difference is that the Zero paint changes the tone a lot depending on lightening and the angle you look at it... whereas TS-85 is almost "solid".
The Zero paint looks a lot more metallic due to the silver base.
This is under direct lightening, as you can see the Zero paint on the left looks a lot more metallic and even changes a bit to purple / "cream red" (it is actually not as "bad" as it appears on the picture but it is noticeable. I guess I should have applied some more coats of red? That could maybe help.
In conclusion the paints are not far off, the biggest difference is how the paints change from lightening and the angle you look at them. The Zero paint looks a lot more metallic. TS-85 also has a metallic effect but it is so light that you probably don't even notice it. But I also think that I maybe put a bit to much paint on, because before the wetcoat you could see the metallic effect better. Anyway the flakes are really small which is perfect for 1/20.
So for me personally I will use TS-85 because it is easier to apply (only 1 color), you don't have to worry about getting the exact same tone on all parts and the metallic effect is less which should be better for this scale (you can't even see the metallic effect on pictures of the real car...
) Don't get me wrong the zero paints are brilliant but I think TS-85 is the little better tone and simply easier to apply... I will decant the TS-85 now and go with that.
