Help with paint

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Hi guys Im finding it hard to get the colour steel in the Mr hobbys paint what paint can you mix to make a similar colour cheers
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why not just use Mr Metal Color Steel?
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Yeah i could but i still have to get it in from somewhere out of Adelaide South Australia but thankyou for the advice
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It depends on what type of steel: plain, polished, blued, stainless, etc. As a starting point try silver and a light gray.
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Great thankyou forbeshutton for that its just plain steel i guess . Its for the Fa 18 hornet gun port cheers
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In that case I would start with something a bit darker like a gunn metal or stainless steal as those are the materials used..
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Cheers mate all the help the better will try it also
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