A wise man told me not to use Chrome for large areas. He advised I use Tamiya Metallic Silver PS48 (rattle can) and this is what I used on my two F1 shells for 08, none of it came off and they looked great. The Tamiya paint has great 'depth' and does not look 'silver'
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Neil