Building a Special Body

[Ian Williams]

Hello Renaud, long time since I have seen you here welcome back! I use a black etch primer on Aluminium which is important to get it to stick, even so scotch brighting the entire surface first is important. The etch primer is also thin enough not to loose detail as you would with a modern high build primer, the black top coat I use is a PPG two pack, I add differing amounts of flatting agent to the paint depending on the level of gloss I require. For example the floor pan and petrol tank have 25% flatting agent and the wheels only 10%, to my eye full gloss is just too shiny! 
I am actually wondering now if you were looking at the etch primer before I had applied the top coat?