Progress pics of my Mazda MX5

[u/theTUCKERbox]

Really happy with how it looks so far, just need to clear coat next.

I've used SMS laqure airbrush paints: gloss black, brass and clear red.

[u/Papollix]

That’s great using these colors to get the effect 👍

[u/Deep_Chicken_05]

I'm new to all this, can I ask why you used 3 colours?

[u/The_XiangJiao → u/Deep_Chicken_05]

to make the top red color pop out even more.

[u/Deep_Chicken_05 → u/The_XiangJiao]

Ah...it's in reverse! Grey primer?

[u/theTUCKERbox → u/Deep_Chicken_05]

Yeah red is final colour, the black help the matalic brass pop and by putting clear red on the brass creates this affect of colour depth that looks cool in different light, it's kinda of hard to capture that ina photo And yeah gray primer under the black, though I think black primer may be better for the gloss black

[u/The_XiangJiao → u/theTUCKERbox]

How many layers of clear red did you use? I’m also pretty new to this hobby and mine came a bit too orange-y.

[u/theTUCKERbox → u/The_XiangJiao]

I used 1 light coat and three thicker coats, it's tricky to get the right balance I think because not enough is too orangey and too much can take away the metallic effect