High speed silver & NMF

[WildeSau75]

Hi guys,

I am reading a lot about high speed silver and natural metal finish but get a bit confused.

Can one tell me what the right paint numbers are for High Speed Silver & NMF (Gunze, Tamiya, Vallejo Model Air or Alclad)

Sorry for this rather basic question but as said - the more I read, the more I get confused.

Thanks & regards,

Michael

[Graham Boak]

High Speed Silver is purely a name given to a specific kind of RAF paint in the 1950s. The correct name of the colour was Aluminium, as before. Natural metal can vary a lot in colour, both from the specific alloy/metal begin used and how it has weathered. So in that sense there is no single Right Paint Number. That's one reason why Alclad (to name but one) offers a number of possibilities. There's such a wide range of possible paints available that it's no wonder you are getting confused: but any three modellers are likely to have four opinions upon which is the best, and for what. I suggest you just try one and see what you think of the result.

[WildeSau75]

High Speed Silver is purely a name given to a specific kind of RAF paint in the 1950s. The correct name of the colour was Aluminium, as before. Natural metal can vary a lot in colour, both from the specific alloy/metal begin used and how it has weathered. So in that sense there is no single Right Paint Number. That's one reason why Alclad (to name but one) offers a number of possibilities. There's such a wide range of possible paints available that it's no wonder you are getting confused: but any three modellers are likely to have four opinions upon which is the best, and for what. I suggest you just try one and see what you think of the result.

Hi Graham - thanks - make sense. So high speed silver is aluminium - that's already answering 50% of my question. Which aluminum color are you using?

Cheers,

Michael

PS: Just noticed I posted this topic twice - sorry about that.

[Chuck1945]

Brush or airbrush application? Tamiya's bottle silver (X-11) is too grainy when sprayed, at least IMO. Citadel Mithril Silver sprays well and works for Aluminium (I think the current name is Runefang Steel)

[andy wood]

Hello Mike

We have been discussing this very subject here http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235000182-high-speed-silver-halfords-auto-paint-the-answer-one-step-closer-to-finding-out/

[Nick Millman]

High Speed Silver is purely a name given to a specific kind of RAF paint in the 1950s. The correct name of the colour was Aluminium, as before. Natural metal can vary a lot in colour, both from the specific alloy/metal begin used and how it has weathered. So in that sense there is no single Right Paint Number. That's one reason why Alclad (to name but one) offers a number of possibilities. There's such a wide range of possible paints available that it's no wonder you are getting confused: but any three modellers are likely to have four opinions upon which is the best, and for what. I suggest you just try one and see what you think of the result.

'High Speed Silver' was colloquial RAF shorthand for a painted aluminium finish applied using a fairly complex process - a high gloss finishing scheme to DTD 772 which included paints other than just aluminium. The aluminium paint required for the scheme was 'Finish, glossy aluminium - stores reference 33B/865' but as shown in the April 1949 document below other paint colours were also used as Naval aircraft were finished using the scheme.

Nick

[WildeSau75]

'High Speed Silver' was colloquial RAF shorthand for a painted aluminium finish applied using a fairly complex process - a high gloss finishing scheme to DTD 772 which included paints other than just aluminium. The aluminium paint required for the scheme was 'Finish, glossy aluminium - stores reference 33B/865' but as shown in the April 1949 document below other paint colours were also used as Naval aircraft were finished using the scheme.

Nick

thanks Nick - rather interesting stuff.

Cheers,

Michael