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May I ask everyone with a red Aston with BPW to have a good look at the paint on their model. In particular around any chips. I am looking at mine and seeing 2 coats of paint. Anyone else see this ? gaz

mrmoko wrote:May I ask everyone with a red Aston with BPW to have a good look at the paint on their model. In particular around any chips. I am looking at mine and seeing 2 coats of paint. Anyone else see this ? gaz

I just stripped one for repainting and I looked closely for any undercoat. I was unable to detect one. Is the undercoat on yours the same as the XKE by any chance? If not, what color is it?

The paint on my bpw models was applied directly to the castings but I have one with gpw where there seems to be a dark flat pink undercoat.

The one I have is the same colour underneath the top coat . It really looks like it has been painted twice. I will try to upload nice clear shots tomorrow. gaz

I remember reading somewhere that many models were run through the paint line twice as a normal procedure.

Here is the offending model . You can see in the roof chips the paint layers . gaz

I have two red/BPW Astons. Neither appears to have dual layers of paint, however they are distinctly different colours - one a bright glossy red, the other a duller, bronzer red. I have never been sure to what extent environmental effects have had on either (or both) models. The paint does appear consistent all over both models, including the underside and overspray inside.

Cheers,
Gavin

I have one that has chipping similar to Garys, It has clearly been painted twice and the two coats of paint are the exact same colour.
If there are two shades of red then it's quite possible that one has a different colour undercoat, Maybe this could explain where the mythical non metallic red enamel version comes from.

nickjones wrote:Maybe this could explain where the mythical non metallic red enamel version comes from.

I queried this variation on the old forum and we established that i) Fred Bronner had a non-metallic red preproduction in one of his publications, and ii) a regular poster on the forum (I forget who) actually had a non-metallic red example (but no photographs were ever posted),

Idris wrote:

nickjones wrote:...a regular poster on the forum (I forget who) actually had a non-metallic red example (but no photographs were ever posted),

Found it! It was Dick (Kwakers).