I know what you mean Brendon ,I'm a bit sheepish myself . I have the Tamiya rattle cans ........the grey and pearl . If I have enough time ,I might have it done for expo . I was looking at VKA at work the other day , the pearl seems to be very patchy when viewed from a distance
I suppose this is the pearl over the grey effect !! It's a challenging paint job , but hey that's what us modellers do ........right