What colour and type of paint this may be?????

[LiPo Power]

Anyone have an idea of what colour and type of paint this may be?
I found this picture of VS-1 here:

http://www.aquacraftmodels.com/boats/aqub0006-vs1/aqub0006-gallery1-b.jpg

Thank You
Robert

[dougspaint]

Candy apple red. Its a color that is first sprayed gold or silver, then the candy red color is shot over the base color giving it this nice wet deep color look. I shoot it all the time.

[dana]

could be any old red from any paint manufacturer…. there are thousands of colors out there. doesnt really look like any special color to me

[LiPo Power]

I wish I know who the owner of this boat is.
Aquacraft support people told me it belongs to one of their customers...

So I should ask for OLD RED or CANDY APPLE RED?
What about the type of this paint or what type of it I should ask for at the custom paint store?

Thanks
Robert

[JackBlack26]

"Candy Apple" is transparent. As noted above you need gold or silver, solid color as base coat. I prefer to use gold as it pops more, IMO. Pactra makes it as well as Tamiya. Most hobby shops carry it.

[JimClark]

duplicolor has a bunch of rattlecans similar to that

[LiPo Power]

Would I still need to install base colour first like it was stated above in your oppinion Jim?

duplicolor has a bunch of rattlecans similar to that

[JimClark]

not if you use duplicolor just a good primer. I did that on a couple of my son's boats and added three coats of clear and it looked great in the son

[iamandrew]

Would tamiya ps paints be a good choice for small rc boat hulls?
you can get lots of nice colours, they dont cost too much, and if they are for polycarbonate Rc bodies, they have some give in them so it wouldnt crack?

[dana]

lipo, find a ppg dealer. tell them you want gold paint and some transparent red… then just go to it. an automotive paint supplier will have chips for you to look at also...

[detox]

A body shop may be willing to paint your hull.

[LiPo Power]

Sorry, whats PPG dealer?

lipo, find a ppg dealer. tell them you want gold paint and some transparent red… then just go to it. an automotive paint supplier will have chips for you to look at also...

[Diegoboy]

As stated above, It's a candy apple red which is a transluscent red where the gold base color shines through giving a deep golden red color. It's also done with a blue on a silver base.
You may not be happy with a candy color done in one step.

Sorry, whats PPG dealer?

http://www.ppg.com/en/worldwide/Pages/NorthAmerica.aspx

[ray schrauwen]

I agree, proper candy colour as the AQ boat is painted is done with a metalic base colour.

I once painted a mono with base gold and clear Orange, It was a beautiful, warm golden colour using Tamiya TS brand, very nice paints.

Prime, base, candy, then clears if you wish

[dana]

Sorry, whats PPG dealer?

ppg is the brand of paint i use to paint cars. so you just need to find a local dealer that can get you what you want. my supplier can make rattle cans of any color there is and more….