MKM-08 Purple Metallic Marker

The purple metallic marker DSPIAE MKM-08

A marker of the MKM range from DSPIAE is an aid for the quick painting of small areas, edges and details. The colorant is inside the body of the marker and is laid on straight with the tip, so you need neither an airbrush nor a palette nor thinner for the work. The shade the marker carries is in its name: purple metallic. The MKM range works with water-based acrylic paint, hands and tools clean up well afterward, and it does not smell during work the way solvent products do.

Use

• Painting small details, edges, frames and fittings, where masking and spraying would take more time than the work itself.
• Quick repairs and touch-ups on a model already painted.
• Picking out raised features on which you want a metallic sheen without a metallic spray.
• Work on figures, robots and mecha models, where color accents are made spot by spot.

What to watch out for

Metallic shades hold a metal pigment which settles to the bottom in the filling. Shake the marker thoroughly before work, then, and make the first stroke on a scrap piece of plastic rather than straight onto the model. A metallic finish is harder to paint over and takes masking tape badly, so lay it on toward the end of a build and onto a smooth, well prepared base. Let the coat dry thoroughly before you touch it or varnish over it, and always try the compatibility of a varnish away from the model first.

Who the marker is for

It suits beginners who do not yet have an airbrush, and experienced modelers as an extra aid on the bench. It will be valued chiefly by those who build models with a quantity of small color accents and do not want to set up a spray gun for every little thing.

Keep out of the reach of children, store the marker closed and ventilate during longer work. Check the volume of the filling, the type of tip and the extent of the package on the package.