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Avante chrome-plated body paint

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Hi, I'm in the process of building a 2011 Avante and I would like to recreate the chrome--plated effect of the limited edition you see in the attached picture.

I see that Tamiya has made some translucent paints - PS39 - is this probably the right one to recreate the chrome effect?

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On 4/27/2021 at 5:54 PM, Howards said:

Looked at PS-49? 

No, very nice suggestion did not know it exhisted, thanks!

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I understand the chrome was applied on the outside of the Avante and Hotshot limited edition bodies so the effect will be a bit different to PS paints applied on the inside. 
 

There are two separate gold chrome ones on a popular online auction site up for sale at the moment - but the prices aren’t for the faint hearted!

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2 hours ago, nicherotors said:

I understand the chrome was applied on the outside of the Avante and Hotshot limited edition bodies so the effect will be a bit different to PS paints applied on the inside. 
 

There are two separate gold chrome ones on a popular online auction site up for sale at the moment - but the prices aren’t for the faint hearted!

Don't find it... What do you mean gold chrome?

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23 hours ago, nicherotors said:

Here goes ...

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LoL... Incredible! Makes no sense to me.. thanks for sharing

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... and don’t forget that a couple of coats of Tamiya PS-53 lame flake before the colour coats can be cool too. 

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Looking forward to see if you pull this off. A blue chrome shell just sold for 200 Euros. That’s more reasonable but they do look stunning! 

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20 hours ago, xray mark said:

Looking forward to see if you pull this off. A blue chrome shell just sold for 200 Euros. That’s more reasonable but they do look stunning! 

Really? Where? I usually look at eBay...

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