Might be the camera but the colors of those navigation lights look very dull to me, especially the green. Reminds me a bit of olive drab. What colors did you use?
That might explain it, combined with the grey base underneath, that the red looks a bit muted and especially the green seems very dark. Mine are definitely brighter. I didn't build anything in a while because lack of space but as far as I remember I used X-5 and X-7 because they are a bit brighter than the matte ones and I painted the position lights white first. Painting them on a white surface might actually be the bigger factor than the paint being X or XF.
Might be the camera but the colors of those navigation lights look very dull to me, especially the green. Reminds me a bit of olive drab. What colors did you use?
It is Tamiya XF-5 and XF-7, that is green and red.
That might explain it, combined with the grey base underneath, that the red looks a bit muted and especially the green seems very dark. Mine are definitely brighter.
I didn't build anything in a while because lack of space but as far as I remember I used X-5 and X-7 because they are a bit brighter than the matte ones and I painted the position lights white first.
Painting them on a white surface might actually be the bigger factor than the paint being X or XF.
the paint looks very thick
It is not so much that the paint is thick as the part is small. The long side is 3mm.