In this video I experiment with the Molotow Liquid Chrome Pen "ink" to see how it reacts to being airbrushed onto a Hot Wheels "Gru-mobile" Link to Toy Polloi video.... • Can this Vintage Death...
@BloodMoonYT they tend to have at least 2 "screen time"(tv or film) vehicles each year, so far they've done: bttf delorean (regular and hover mode), ecto 1 ,doms ice charger, simpson car,jetson pod,flintmobile, cruella de ville car, mystery machine ,snoopy, a team van, .....you get the idea :D
Thanks for the mention. Leaving the paint a long time seems to be the trick with the molotow paints. And it covers even the roughest surfaces very well.
I was in the middle of building a 1:24 Tamiya car model when I saw this video, I ordered the Molotow Liquid chrome ink refill to paint the metal sections and did so with a mix of 50/50 Mr Hobby’s levelling thinners and the LIquid chrome. The finish on the parts coated is beyond my expectations for the product, you don’t get how true to real chrome the finish is until they are side by side. I did a test on a artists paint brush, one with a chromed metal section holding the bristles in place, a friend couldn’t tell where the chrome ended ad the paint/ink began. 5 out of 5, 10 out of 10.
Wery nice, but do you think it gave you a better result than if you airbrushed it using Tamiya x 11 chrome silver thinned with the leveling thinner? Or maybe the super chrome silver 2 by mr hobby?
I've been using the Molotow pens since they came out but never knew there were refills and so never considered airbrushing them. The chrome look with these pens is outstanding but trying to cover larger areas without buildup is tricky. Airbrushing with refills is the perfect answer..thanks!
The marker is how I do my headlights, taillights, and turning signals. I hit the areas with the chrome marker, and then after it dries I use a extra fine point sharpie on taillights and signals. Also use it for door handles, locks and emblems. It's great for rechroming bumpers and rims too! I just bought a copper marker to try and revive a custom barracuda redline.
I believe there's another benefit in using that paint, it can be applied with a brush which is really difficult or even impossible with other paints like alclad II or MM metalizers. Loved the result looks a hundred times better than the chromed plastic that Mattel uses.
Using a brush with Molotow - unless the object you're painting is really small - is a bad idea. Airbrushing is easier and gives a much better result! I've tried both, and using a brush it's almost impossible not to have brush marks.
Wow, that looks really good. I appreciate you making these videos. They always transport me back to the slow-moving, calmer days of the 70's. The first car/truck I remember having was a Baja Bruiser. I loved that thing. My mom bought it for me in the Sears store in Rapid City in 1974, I believe. I think she bought it to keep me from annoying her, lol. I think it would be fun to turn an actual full-sized truck into one.
That chrome looks great. Please update us if the chrome turns ugly or not down the road. Would like to apply this method to the plastic base of some 70's redlines like the torino stocker. Thanks for the videos and keep up the great work.
The chrome's just fine if allowed a good few days to cure, it only dulls if handled before total cure which the impatient (I include myself there lol) are likely to do
Thank you for the demonstration. I took some paint from the pen n put it in a spoon for brush painting. I later found that it adhered to the bare plastic and could not be rubbed off with the fingers.
@@robertoshigeeda1944 Há diversas marcas, a mais comum de ser encontrada é a Colorgin, o problema dessas latas é que o cromado não fica como na tampa, que é semelhante ás bases cromadas das miniaturas, parece mais um papel alumínio, até que reflete alguma coisa, mas como eu dise acima, a tinta queima ao toque, ficando prata até cinza, e se tentar usar veniz, ele se mistura com a tinta e causa o mesmo efeito. Se quiser algo melhor, existem kits químicos á venda.
Great result! but If you want a better mirror finish and shine, I recommend using Alclad II chrome with their gloss black base. I used their product a few times and the results are great especially on small projects like this one. Many people say it is hard to use but from my experience it is not that hard. Just spray the gloss black with /30/35 psi and spray in thick layers and you need a really smooth surface. With the Allclad II chrome it is the exact opposite, first a really thin layers and spray it at an angle!!!
Hi. I love your videos, especially how detailed oriented you are regarding your process. You are absolutely helping people learn the hobby in the best way possible. I was curious as to whether or not you had any comments (now several years later) regarding the finish of the chrome. I realize that you later did a mad max conversion to the Gru-Mobile, but was curious as specifically as to how the Spectraflame clear coat reacted with the chrome (if at all)? Thank you again for your great videos.
Have you tried it? I just airbrushed 2 masquerade masks 4 days ago, and they turned out amazing! This stuff really looks like chrome!! HOWEVER - 4 days later, I've been drying them in the sun - it's cool here at the moment under 20C - and the finish has gone a bit dull. I'm hoping this is just a transitional look, as I've heard Molotow takes a very long time to fully cure. It's now just a very bright almost matt silver in parts, while other parts are still shiny. I'm hoping it's the thick areas transitioning? I'm going to put them on my car windshield tomorrow to really dry them out for a few days and see if the shine comes back? Anybody else had this dulling effect after time? Does it go shiny once fully cured ?
I always have Molotow Markers as paint markers. They do cover very well and the colors are very bright (Love the Poison Green), but I never used the Silver and Chrome ones, because i had some bad experiences in the past with silver markers (Before molotow) and didn't buy them since then. Just checked ArtPrimo channel who mada a graffiti on a model freight car using this Molotow chrome, and the result is just spectacular.
Wow 😮 I’m speechless 😶... id like to mail off my casting to you for a bit of your magic !!!! Looks way way better Thanks for sharing your skills & keep them videos coming 😆👌🏼
This looks fantastic and I'd like to try it for plastic airplane kits for that bare aluminum look. It looks like it would be great for restoring original HW chrome Sizzlers.
Very nice result. Chrome plating plastic will change the dimensions and hide the details you like to preserve. Your method is good as you can control the quantity of paint applied like an artist.
nice , i was searching for cool chrome products ... best i found so far is VICROM chrome effect give it a try .is much much stronger than any chrome paint i tried so far , although molotow seems to work pretty good
That was an excellent idea and I will definitely have to try it out. I don't restore Hot Wheels but I do build semi truck models, and this looks like it could be a better alternative to Alclad for rechroming parts.
May I give some tips when using this, I like to put a glossy black base with or without primer, then spray it. After I clear it with future floor shine or just no clear at all :)
I’ve been airbrushing this stuff into chrome parts when restoring Transformer toys. I’ve found that thinning it with Mr Hobby levelling thinners does two things. First, makes is spray beautifully, far better than straight from the bottle. Second, the paint seems to cure harder and quicker, most likely because it’s not on so thick.
FWIW… An alternative to masking with tape is to mask with rubber cement applied with a SMALL stiff artist’s paintbrush. It peels off cleanly after drying. Works great.
Crazy long cure time... I use Alclad II metal paints on my scale models and they dry and cure super fast and don't tear when removing masking tape etc, but in a pinch you can clearly use chrome pen inks!