V2-001 is back.

The first production Goblin V2 chassis came home from Precision Powder Coating today, and the difference between a bare welded chassis and a finished one is something every builder has to see in person at least once.

The color is Dirty Magic (PPB-10825) from Prismatic Powders. On paper, the description reads "deep violet and blue with aqua blue metallic." Descriptions and photos don't do it justice. Out in the sun the metallic flake is dazzling. It's a fun color for the first production V2 chassis.

A Two-Stage Coating

Dirty Magic isn't a single-stage finish. It's a transparent top coat, which means the color you actually see depends entirely on what's underneath it.

For V2-001, the base coat is Super Chrome Plus (UMS-10671), also from Prismatic. Super Chrome Plus is a polished, reflective chrome-like silver. It's the base coat Prismatic themselves recommend under Dirty Magic to get the result shown on their product swatch.

The way it works: light passes through the Dirty Magic top coat, hits the chrome base, and bounces back out through the color a second time. Take away the chrome base and put the same Dirty Magic over a flat gray or black and you'd get a much darker, much flatter result.

It's the same principle that makes candy automotive paint work, just in powder form. The advantage is that the powder version is harder, more chip-resistant, and a lot less fussy to apply than a multi-stage candy paint job.

What's Next

V2-001 is shipping out as an incomplete Running Stage kit. Rather than send the full Running Stage at once, we're sending the chassis and a subset of the parts first so the builder can test fit a handful of items against the actual coated chassis before the rest of the kit goes out.

Note: Read more about the V2 kit stages here: New Names for the V2 Kit Stages