As you may know, the true gun metal is actually a bronze alloy, but the U.S. eventually started making guns out of steel. Anyway, the gun metal we see here is a dark grey color that is kind of a cross between dark silver and dark steel. This color is like this to represent the gun you see on aircraft and other vehicles. This paint can also be used to color wheels/ engines. This product is great when trying to achieve the finish of metal on many vehicle parts, as you can see, so it's kind of an alloy of its own; it has many purposes.

The gunmetal finish looks beautiful. It's metallic and dark-grey-ish, but it won't make the part look like metal. My results looked like it belonged more on a car than anything else. Perhaps it was the thinning ratio (deafult Tamiya 2:1), because apparently some people got that gritty gunmetal look. Either way I'll still recommend this, because my results still looked beautiful (just different and less metallic than I expected).

As you may know, the true gun metal is actually a bronze alloy, but the U.S. eventually started making guns out of steel. Anyway, the gun metal we see here is a dark grey color that is kind of a cross between dark silver and dark steel. This color is like this to represent the gun you see on aircraft and other vehicles. This paint can also be used to color wheels/ engines. This product is great when trying to achieve the finish of metal on many vehicle parts, as you can see, so it's kind of an alloy of its own; it has many purposes.