Hello all
Looking to get some hints on how to replicate a silver painted finish without it looking overly silver. Any hints, tips or ideas will be appreciated.

Neil
I was speaking about the silver finish painted on some a/c such as the Belgian Spitfires post war, or any silver painted a/c. Straight from the bottle any of today's metallic paints would be to "silver"-bright.

Thanks but I'm not talking about NM Finishes but Painted Silver finishes that were used instead of or in lieu of bare metal finishes. Some ideas on how to make a silver painted (in real life) finish in model form with out it looking overly silver.

Ken, if you can find some Floquil Old Silver, that might do what you're looking for. You can also add a little flat white or light gray to the silver to tone it down a bit. Doesn't take much.

There are any number of silver shades in automotive spares shops try experimenting with some of them ,here in theU.K. I always use Halfords , my preferred shade is Vauxhall Star silver straight from the rattle can.
N.

I have always had very good luck using Model Master “Metallizer” non buffing aluminum color which is a nice shade to replicate the original aluminum lacquer and dopes used by the US Navy back in the 1930’s.
I then use a coat of gloss clear coat to cover the aluminum paint and seal the Metalizer.

Here's a link to the build log where there are more photos of the painting process.

http://imodeler.com/groups/75th-anniversary-battle-of-midway-group-build/forum/topic/148-monogram-tbd-1-devastator/?topic_page=1&num=15

And finally here a link for the completed build which was part of our Midway Group Build from earlier this year.

1/48 Monogram Douglas TBD Devastator, USS Enterprise, 04 June 1942

3 attached images. Click to enlarge.

Do you know the "Rub'n buff" colours ? I think they have a shade of silver that you may like it .