Beast Machines Jetstorm was one of my favorite Transformers when it was released. I thought he made a nice opponent for my G1 Jetfire due to their alt modes and similar size. However, Jetstorm is notorious for chrome wear. The first Jetstorm I had started to flake a couple of years after I bought it so I turned it into a custom figure. I bought a second Jetstorm and recently the chrome started to come off in a bad way. I decided to try to find a way to restore this figure.

First of all, I don't know of any way to restore chrome without very expensive equipment. However, I was able to give Jetstorm a metallic look where his chrome once was.

Here he is in robot mode:

Here's a close up of the restored area:

Here he is in jet mode:

Here's a close up of the restored area:

A different shot in jet mode:

Here's how I did it:

1. I removed as much chrome as I could with sandpaper taking care not to eat away at too much of the plastic. I couldn't reach too well in all the little cracks but that didn't seem to affect the final product too much.

2. I masked off the figure as best I could to leave only the areas to be painted exposed.

3. I applied several light coats of Dupli-Color Metalcast Metallic Ground Coat (MC 100) from a spray can ($8 at Pep Boys).

4. I applied two light coats and one medium coat of Dupli-Color Metalcast Blue Anodized Color Paint (MC 201) from a spray can ($8 at Pep Boys). The more coats you add, the darker the color. The color on the cap is much lighter than the final product you see here.

5. I removed some of the paint that got past the masking with nail polish remover on cotton balls.

This was a fun experiment in making a Transformer suffering from chrome loss into a more presentable piece. When Shokaract, who is showing early signs of chrome wear, becomes less presentable I will probably do the same to it.

Thanks for reading and looking at my pictures.

Andrew

 

Awesome!!!!!!!!

 

Id say that looks better than the chrome. Oh, how that figure brings back great memories... *runs to ebay to find one*

 

Sweet!!!

 

vary cool man!! I think that another way to mimic colored chrome is to use a chrome silver, and spray a clear color (in this case, it would have been blue) over the chrome silver. I know that's how I used to make gundam eye shimmer like colored chrome   This looks a lot better on this figure than the chrome did though  

 

Thanks man - looks great. I think I'll have to do this to my Jetstorm as I stopped TFing/playing with it because of the chrome flaking. Time to fix him up!

 

I think you did a great job with this. One of my Jetstorms suffers from the chrome paint missing.