IWC Top Gun Paint Mod

[zocker4711]

Hi RWI People

So today i want Show you a little Paint Mod for the

IWC Top Gun Chronograph



So the IWC Top Gun is a really nice Watch, but the Damn White Colour on the
TOP GUN Logo is nagging me a lot.



So we all know the Film "Top Gun with Tom Cruise" ?!

The IWC Top Gun Watch leans to the Elite school of the Navy Flyer.
The Watch was Based on the Paints of their Planes (F-14 TomCat and the F-16 Falcon)

But Basically on the Colour of the Old F-14 because this is the Plane that are on the Carrier of the US Navy

The New F-14 is more White and that Colour we didn´t want for our Paint Mod

So Revell has in my Eyes the Best Colours for Models and our Watches etc (youth memories, Glue and Paint Planes)

Ok... So the Main Colour of the F14 is Stone Grey that is the Colour Number 75



and this is the Colour we need for our Paint Mod...


First we start with removing the color (Use an not too sharp needle for it)



After some fiddly Work it looks like these (She´s Naked)
without Colour it looks cool too...



Let´s see under Microscope x200
Nice... Clean the rest with Some 96% Alcohol...





Then we Paint the new Colour over the Logo (Sorry lost the Pics of that Work )
Let the Colour dry a few mins...
Then use an Q-Tip with some Colour Mix Thinner
i use the Revell Thinner for it



Then sweeps gently with the q-tip over the logo, don´t push the q-tip to hard on the case.

The Colour in the Holes will get with the Thinner a nice even line...

And the End result will look like these... (I will add some better Pics later) was made with the Iphone in not soooo good Light Conditions



Now the Damn White glossy Colour is Removed and the Watch has the right Mat Grey Colour as the Gen





Hope you enjoy the little Paint Mod Tour?!

See you next on these Screen...

 

[Mirage]

Wow! Awesome Tutorial for this mod. I have to do this to mine soon but did not know what paint to use. You just convinced me by using excellent back up argument! Aircraft color code! I should have thought of it before!

Great macro pics by the way, what have you been using to shoot these?
Thank you

 

[zocker4711]

Macros are the same as my Microscope Shot reviews

I use an Eschenbach Microscope and make the Shots with my Iphone true the Lense...

And yes the Colour they use is the Colour from the Airplanes of the US Navy
I think the Revell is not 100% exactly the same, but it will fit 99% the Gen Colour.

No one will notice the differents

 

[s3g0y]

Seen this?

http://forum.replica-watch.info/vb/showthread.php?t=138171

 

[torobravo]

Cannot see any difference

 

[Sno_0ze]

Could you explain how you painted the logo that exactly please?
Or you did it like these guy->http://forum.replica-watch.info/vb/showthread.php?t=138171

 

[zocker4711]

It´s same as on the Posted Thread by S3g0y

Didn´t noticed that

But the Colour in that other Thread is wrong... The Gen has no Glossy Paint! It´s Mat and Silver Colour is Glossy...
You can compare to many Gen´s the Gen Colour is Based on the Paint of the F-14 TomCat
or did you ever see an Silver Glossy F-14 as Military Airplane?

@Toro you are right on the Pics it´s not really visible... I try to make later some Photos Outside...


Ok Addon:

Before Factory Paint...
I must say it is really good on that Watch



And after:

The different is hard to Capture by Photo, if you see it in real you´ll notice



And the F-14 Tomcat

 

[vanquish0000]

Here's a gen side logo picture from another thread to compare, I feel like there's a little brownish gray to my eyes....i'm not sure tho. Great job you did there!!

 

[s3g0y]

It looks like it was dirty. Special kind of grey - dirty grey

 

[zocker4711]

The Colour of the Gen Pic is right, but as s3g0y say's!
This TopGun was Rocked it's dirt...
But you can See the Colour is near Perfect it is Mat Colour not Glossy!

And i have checked the Gen in Real so i know that the Colour Match

But there are some different Greyish Colour on Gen's too.
but Never saw an Silver or Glossy Logo...

So i didn't Say you Must follow my Paint Mod

But as i Say'ed i am really sure that the Colour is 99% as Gen...

If i make an Photo at the Same light you'll See that it is 99%

 

[NickOT]

sorry for reviving an old thread but I'm currently looking to paint my top gun logo too and after hours of trawling through online photos I have to agree with zocker. Gen is a matte grey, there seems to be variations of it being darker or lighter grey.
I've read some posts about it being gun metal or with a bit of bronze (like the gen photo above, but as others are saying it's just dirty). But these are metalic paints and from the gen photos the logo really does not look metallic. from the other post and the fs threads where people have painted with metalic paints it makes the logo look grainy, and the gen is a smooth grey.