good replacement for TS-17? - photos

[hrmodeler]

Can it be good replacement for TS-17? Particles are smaller than last time and color is little lighter than TS-17. Photos are made by flash so it isn't realistic look and outside wasn't good light. Color isn't full gloss yet, and it's automotive color.

Ts-17 have small paricles too.
I sprayed both colors on same plastic and ts is little darker.

But I'm not sure that TS-17 is good for all silver cars, Tamiya give it for all silver cars. Isn't that strange?

I want to find good replacement for silver color on WRC Pugs.

[Guido]

It's very difficult to say exactly if it's good or not through pictures. But on the outside pic, it looks good, since it has a bit of blue pigments in it, apparently. For all my silver cars, I've never used Tamiya colours. I always use Testors Aluminium (enamel) and finish that off with clear coat. Like this C-9

[hrmodeler]

Here are better photos:

[BWheel]

For an amazing chrome/ silver finish, try Alclad II. Their chrome is very good, but for the silver you may want to try Highly Polished Aluminium...

Alclad Website

[Guido]

It looks good to me. The thing is that an exact match is very difficult to obtain in scaling. So the thinner the particals, the better I think. Never tried the alclad alu, so I don't know about that. For me consistency is the key. Meaning that for a certain time-frame (let's say the '80s till mid '90's) I use the same colour of Silver for my Benz's.

But I reckon it's OK for the Pug's.

ps. Make sure you remove those molding lines on that CLK, will you

[hrmodeler]

Thanx Guido!

Sure, I will remove it. That is just testing part for color. Everything will be fixed for real thing.