Gold Wheel Centers..

[Technoman]

Anybody got any good ideas on how to paint the centers of satin wheels gold. I am about to build Tamiya Taisan GT2 and I want to do the wheel centers gold.
Is the best way to mask the outside edge and then use clear yellow for the centers?

Any help or advice appreciated...

[freakray]

Last ones I did, I just carefully brush painted the gold with X-12, came out pretty nice in my opinion.

[AstroRide44]

very very carefully hand painted

[sjelic]

True, they are so thin (spokes) that you can't ruine them with hand painting, I like MM (Testors), just delute the gold 1:1 with thiner an even if you go on the lip you can easily wipe down with Q-stick dipped in thiner.

[Technoman]

Thanks guys, sounds like hand painting is the way to go. I'll probably use Tamiyas X12.
I used clear yellow over Chrome wheels on the D&W Tamiya Capri and it came out very nice, but way too yellow looking to be accurate. I want this one to be more representative of the real thing.

[Fkouch]

Originally Posted by Technoman

Thanks guys, sounds like hand painting is the way to go. I'll probably use Tamiyas X12.
I used clear yellow over Chrome wheels on the D&W Tamiya Capri and it came out very nice, but way too yellow looking to be accurate. I want this one to be more representative of the real thing.

Try clear orange instead. If thats too orange then just mix a bit of yellow. As nice a colour as X-12 is, the flakes really are quite big, especially the acrylic version.

A gold enamel is your best bet.

Cheers

Farrokh

[proosen]

I took another way around on my Taisan Porsche, masked the rims with Tamiya tape and sprayed the spokes with Humbrol gold. Worked excellent.

Niclas

[RallyRaider]

I've never tried painting wheels like that, it always looked like a total bastard to do! Congrats to those who have taken the plunge and come up trumps.

[Martin S]

I like Tamiya X-31, titanium gold. Not as bright gold or flaky as X-12 and looks kind of natural. See my recently finished GT2:

http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbul...d.php?t=350164

Some good ref.pics:
http://www.carclassic.com/html/DS27.htm
http://www.carclassic.com/html/DT32.htm
(Actually seems a bit more gold in these pics than on my GT2-build.)

[ImolaEK]

I did mine with X-12. IT works good enough. I did mine freehand.

[bvia]

Originally Posted by Technoman

Anybody got any good ideas on how to paint the centers of satin wheels gold. I am about to build Tamiya Taisan GT2 and I want to do the wheel centers gold.
Is the best way to mask the outside edge and then use clear yellow for the centers?

Any help or advice appreciated...

I use Micro-Sol's blue masking liquid and Model Master non-buffing Brass for all my gold-spoked BBS mesh rims (Porsche GT1-2-3). Brush on the liquid masking material. Let Dry. Airbrush the MM brass. Remove the maksing material with a toothpick. QED.

hth,
Bill

[primera man]

Just thin down some X12 and apply 2-3 thin coats with a brush...works fine.