Tamiya PS-47 Spray paint and CC-01 Pajero Rally sport

[7jnoprob]

Hello. This is a post about the PS-47 that uses a cc-01 pajero rally sport as a model. If you are interested in how this combination came to be, see bottom.

- I was trying to find pictures of how the PS-47 iridescent pink/gold looked on a rc-car on the internets and was a little disappointed at the number of results. I also tried to find recommendations on how to use it, if there were any, about layers and different backings etc, and was yet again disappointed. I had never painted a lexan body with spray paints before.

So, here's my contribution:

1. Pajero Rally Sport CC-01 body painted with Tamiya PS-47 Spray paint only. Indoors.

           The whole can was used.

           I applied very thin layers multiple times, didn't actually count, but i went out to my man-cave at least 8 times.

2-4. Backing with Tamiya PS-5 Black. Indoors.

          The whole can was used with thick layers. Almost totally opaque. (last picture depicts my decal-testing)

5-6. Outdoors, but on a cloudy day (decals on). *(hmmm maxed pic limit, will try to add in "reply")

 

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About the combination;

In my youth i had a buggy and a touring car that i sold for rock and roll. Now i have two kids, so naturally i wanted to play with rc-cars again using my kids as an excuse . I chose the chassis and they chose the rally car ( i thought they would choose the unimog, but i suspect the kids tv-shows had influence). I brought my eldest, my daughter, to the hobbyshop to pick a colour.

-Pink. light pink.

-Maybe a darker one?

-Ok, this one (bright pink).

-Purple? Blue? Silver? Mustard Yellow? Red? Yes, red is nice!

-No, pink (now pointing at a neon pink that hurt my retina. She was trying to make a compromise with me though, hehe).

-Hmmm.

-Pink, or GOOOLD!

-Ok, hmmm. Gold might be, uhm, its a rally car.. racing?

-Pink then.

I had then since long realized my mistake in bringing my daughter to the shop and not deciding the colour beforehand, but i was decided that the car should not be painted bright pink. We had however stood by the paints some time arguing and i wanted her to have some say in the matter. I then remembered the iridescent colours and my experimenting and compromising nature kicked in, so I proposed the PS-47.

-No.

-But this is pink AND gold?

-No.

-It is sparkling and shiny... the pink is dull....

She then grabbed the PS-47 and we left the shop with smiles on our faces and excitement in out hearts.

At home i got cold feet and wanted to look at pictures before embarking on this colourful journey... return to top...

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[7jnoprob]

Outdoors as promised above.

[Supercoolnothing]

I really like that it's really cool and different. I might have to invest in a couple of cans of ps-47. 

[WillyChang]

Iridescent PSes are cool. When you paint it on, it's nearly invisible even when you've emptied the whole can... doesn't show till it's backed.

Backing with PS5 Black gives the most POP & contrast between the 2 flip colours. Don't really need to empty the whole can... PS5 usually lasts me 5-6 tourer shells worth.

However you can back with other colours than Black, it tones down the flip effect but colour change can still happen eg PS13 Gold makes it more gold, less pink. PS12 Silver darkens both colours etc etc

Worth experimenting before painting actual body though.  Cut large PET soda pop bottle in half lengthwise, great free material to test PS combinations on. 

 

[Jason1145]

I have that ps47 just waiting for the chance to use it, looks good on yours and interesting about the different backing colours.

Anyway really nice job on the Pajero overall, hope mine turns out as well when I get round to it, although I'm not going to use my Rally stickers, plain black might be called for.