Thought I should post this up as I've been searching for ages!

I've had Ebay Subaru gold caliper paint, Honda Inca Y61P and various others that honestly were not even close.

So I wandered into my local model shop as I know they sell lots of little pots and bought 4, tried them all and I've found a perfect match!!

Humbrol 54, Metallic Brass!






It's 100%, the pearl and everything is perfect and the best bit.... £3 a tin!

Some of this in the chips/scratches left to dry properly and maybe a little clearcoat on top and i think we have a winner!


Hope this is useful

 

That's fantastic, thanks very much.

However, I think you've missed a trick.

Buy a load, put it into your own pots and sell it for £15.99 a tin plus p&p on eBay. You'll soon be rich!

 

I reckon this needs to go BTTT!

And after a bit of research, £2.69 a tin:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-lis...&condition=new

 

Bought before the rush and stockouts! Just like what happened to the Plastidip sprays!

 

Dare I suggest this topic might merit being made a sticky?

 

Awesome!

Purchased!!

 

Would one tin do the job or best get 2tins as mine need repainted ?

 

I have 4 tins. You can have one for a tenner!! Lol!!

 

I got a second tin yesterday. It was just £1.75 from The Signal Box in Anstey, Leics.

 

This is a great find, I've been here myself and had the Honda paint which is near but not quite and ended up mixing two Honda paints together but that was still not quite there.

As suggested I'll make this a sticky thread

Si

 

Only 5 left in stock at the cheapest price

 

Brilliant find

 

I've used this before, which I consider a very close match:
http://www.taskersonline.com/product...484626%29.html
Plasti-kote Antique Gold.
It also enamel, so it may even be the same stuff, just different tin.

 

I've used the Plasti-kote too, but it's not as close as the Humbrol.

 

Bought one.

 

Good find. I've been using Plati-Kote Antique gold, but the Humbrol stuff looks a better match

 

Nice one...I have a chip ready....will order the paint now!

 

Amazon- I brought two Humbrol tins! Project clean up and touch up in progress. Thanks guys

 

Great, please let us know how you get on with them.

(And for the benefit of my fellow pedants... BOUGHT! Aaaaaaarrrrrgggghhhhhh!)

 

Got the Humbrol and the colour is very different. The Plasti-Kote is alot closer.
Maybe it's just my tin of Humbrol but it is a very different colour.

 

You've either bought the wrong one or they've miss-labeled it, you can clearly see from my pics that the match is spot on.

What I will say is after a while actually on the car the touch ups stand out a wee bit, I think the heat may change it a little.

 

Megga...

Just order some thank you been looking for this for ages..

 

I got the humbrol one and it's nowhere near after it dries. Not sure if it's the heat cycles of a few drives.

 

Only one problem, its not heat resistant

 

My calipers look ridiculous now with this paint, looked far better with just a few scuffs on it

 

This needs to be unstickied then doesn't it?

 

Same on mine dries a different colour

Back to the drawing board then

 

spray tins of the same paint are better for painting calipers