What ''Color'' To Paint A Fly?

I have that Fly model with the human head ,chest,& arm.Would a dark grey gloss do it for the flys' body?,theres not much color with these buzzers.

How about Alclad II prismatic shades?

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I guess ''anything'' would work,color -wise.Is Alcad the name of the manufacturer?.

Why has no one suggested 'brass'? ;)

Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.

Have you checked

(and one link: )? That describes its coloring (along with bunch of other interesting factoids).

OTOH, I've seen flies which had opalescent colored abdomen. They might not have been houseflies - I'm not an expert... But the opalescent colored model would look nice.

I once made a model of the Dung Beetle where I painted it with PPG color shifting paint. I thought it looked pretty good. This type of paint is now available in aerosol cans in car parts stores.

Peteski

That's a distinct possiblity!.Theres so many species of flies w/their colors,maybe thats the reason the writers of THE FLY,just used ''an ordinary house fly'',not much color to them.

The common housefly is Musca domestica; these are images of Musca domestica:

Pat

on 12/15/2007 11:33 PM teem said the following:

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Someone told me that paint costs about $200 a quart.

This paint you speak of,is it like the type on cars that have that ''oily'' look,when looked at from different angles?,sort of like 3 colors in 1?.

Some real flies can have a iridescent effect to them; their abdomens and thoraxes can look metallic blue, green, or gold (though not on the common housefly). You could achieve that effect by first painting the area with a very shiny silver, then overcoating it with a transparent green, blue or yellow. Tamiya makes a transparent green blue and yellow in their acrylic range. Here's some photos showing the iridescence:

Pat

Theres 1 detail on this fly model I have to remember:it's belly is facing up,the support shaft (a clear round one) comes out of the top of the thorax.So, maybe,the translucent colors may not apply.