Wednesday, June 3, 2026

New Way Lunar Jumper Build, Part 11, Which Paint?


I wanted to break up the overall silver on the model. There is a red nose cone and red trim, the decals are black.

I painted the large nozzle Metallic Black. Note the masking tape just above the shoulder.



I've been asked which spray paints I use, a favorite is the Rustoleum Metallics. I don't like their 2X paints and will never use the 2X Gloss White again.

The Rusto Metallic paints are a better formulation. On this build I recoated after 24 hours. Normally I'd wait 48 hours between different colors, but this paint seems to dry quicker.






The main body was painted with Rusto Bright Coat Aluminum. Actual Silver spray paint is harder to find and there really isn't that mush difference between Silver and Aluminum paints.


Here's the finished nozzle in place. It's not a full black, but almost a very dark gray. Under sunlight you can see the reflective bits throughout the black paint.

All the Rusto Metallics have shown good results. There is also a Metallic Blue available.
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2 comments:

  1. Bill R.June 3, 2026 at 11:57 AM

    Thank you for posting the paint colors and brand. I also had problems with 2X Gloss white. The rocket looks great I like the rocket bell.

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  2. Neil W.June 3, 2026 at 1:47 PM

    Wholeheartedly agree regarding the Stops Rust Metallics. I've now used at least four of them with a 100% success rate. Smooth, glossy, metallic finishes, always.

    I also had good luck with one can of Rusto Universal Metallic (seemed to behave similarly to the Stops Rust), but it is quite expensive and I only used it because they had a color I couldn't get anywhere else. Also the nozzle was leaky which was annoying.... but it produced a very nice finish.

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