Opinion on flat black paint job

[Mustangman25]

I was going through some old issues of SCC today to pass the time, and came across their flat black STi;it looks mean as hell. Anyways, I just wanted some opinions, as I want to try this on a model, mainly to speed it along; I'm trying to pick out and put out my first model in quite a few months, and I think that something simpler like this will help. I'm just asking which cars you think would look best with a flat black paint job...I'm looking towards newer import/tuners/whatever you want to call them, not really old school muscle cars. I want to see something new. Thanks in advance!

[gasman03]

almost anything, Flat black would only look bad on high end cars like Ferrari's and Mercedes

[malsheem]

SCC has done a few flat black project cars. I painted my R32 flat black after I saw their S13. It came out okay. Looks decent, but after seeing it on my shelf for a few months, I think a nice glossy finish would have been better. Go ahead and try it.

[carlisimo]

I think flat paint will look exaggerated on a scale model. Full scale flat paint will look more like small scale satin black, or any black sanded down with very fine grit.

[mikemechanic]

You can't go wrong with flat black on anything.

[99civichic]

Will built a Cuda and painted it flat black and it was about the easiest paint job I've ever seen done. It lays flat and doesn't orangepeel, and looks very cool

[nis.k.a.]

Originally Posted by mikemechanic

You can't go wrong with flat black on anything.

+1. Couldn't agree more.

[SupaMan89T]

Do a flat black supra with flat black rims! Then when you run from the cops you can hide in the dark woods.

[Jetts]

it depends on the car i think

[Ferrari TR]

I prefer Model Master Black chrome. I've done a whole series of modern movie Batmobiles in various shades of black. The bigest down side to any black or very dark finish is photographing your finished model.

[7th_skyline]

Originally Posted by SupaMan89T

Do a flat black supra with flat black rims! Then when you run from the cops you can hide in the dark woods.

Ahh... Have you seen the Do-luck JZA80 supra late type demo car?
Put it this way, if I ever get a 1:1 JZA80, it will be satin black...



(Please ignore my crap editing out of the stickers on the forward edge of the door and the naca duct on the bonnet..)

[Bas Carwash]

Sounds awesome! Go for it

[Martbee]

Agree with the guy who said Flat will look overdone with a 1/24 scaled car... maybe satin black will look better. In fact, if you look at that SCC STI... it almost look like a semi-gloss but maybe a little more flat but I mean just a little. You're still able to see some minor reflection on it, it's not "entirely reflection catching". Well, that's how I see it.

For the kind of car, I saw a wild choice of car in the flat paint version. Car 1:1 that I know include:... from a 69 Chevelle, 57 Chevy... I can go on like that until a heavely modified VW GTI Mk3... that was turned into a pick-up. The color is Nimbus Gray (audi catalog) with a lot of flat base coat. The guy live not too far from home and it has 3 turbos !!! A killing machine but it's off topic now !!

[SHIFT_drift]

yeh, i did my widebody 180sx a semi-gloss black, and it looks pretty good i guess, too bad i dont ahve any pics of it though.... but full flat black would look awesome...

[superitalianred]

why not ENZO GT prototype,it`s a test car for maserati MC12,and it`s totally flat black in original