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Paint Comparison Chart

All of the talk about paint has me Googling paint related things and I came across this resource which does NOT have RR colors but could be useful nonetheless. Bill Welch

By Bill Welch · #106584 ·

TLT Canadian 8-hatch reefers

Has anyone mentioned that True Line Trains had an 8-hatch CN overhead brine tank reefer on display at Springfield? It looked like a pre-production sample, not decorated, but it looked very nicely

By Tim O'Connor · #106583 ·

BAR State of Maine cars

I've probably got my wires crossed, but I could have sworn that someone was going to do either the PC&F or MAGOR box cars for BAR in HO scale as an RTR model? Or am I just confused? Tim O'Connor

By Tim O'Connor · #106582 ·

Re: decals for Fox Valley Wagontop

Darn - that was stupid - I should have walked to the shop before answering. I have cars from the initial run - in the early, pre-Kuhler scheme. Sorry about the

By Robert kirkham · #106581 ·

decals for Fox Valley Wagontop

I should have thought of that when I wrote the initial question! Thanks for asking. I'm working on models in the as-built Kuhler scheme. Rob

By Robert kirkham · #106580 ·

Re: Paint question

How come? Andy

By Andy Harman · #106579 ·

Re: Paint question

I have been using Polly for years. recently I bought a mechanical Tea bag at IKEA. It is a scissors like device with 2 semi round screens. I use it to screen out silod matter from the paint before I

By Rob & Bev Manley · #106578 ·

Re: Paint question

Fenton, I've heard of using washer fluid as "thinner" but not for cleaning, stick with the alcohol. Chuck Hladik

By Charles Hladik · #106577 ·

Re: Paint question

Thanks Bill. I use windshield washer liquid ans sometimes alcohol as well but for some reason the paint finish seem more 'fragile' than lacquer paints. I'll keep trying as I am getting much

By O Fenton Wells · #106576 ·

Re: Paint question

Good to know, thanks Fenton Wells -- Fenton Wells 3047 Creek Run Sanford NC 27332 919-499-5545 srrfan1401@... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

By O Fenton Wells · #106575 ·

Re: Paint question

Fenton I have not had any problem with adherence. I always wash them thoroughly and sometimes will also go over them with denatured alcohol. Bill Welch

By Bill Welch · #106574 ·

Re: Paint question

I've found acrylic paint over resin to be a little delicate when fresh. As soon as it's dry, I give it a shot of Clear-cote and then don't have problems. Jim

By Jim Hayes · #106573 ·

Re: Paint question

This might seem strange to some, but the best results I have had with resin has been Testors Model Master line of enamels. The downside is the lack of "railroad" colors... Joe Gartman Locomotive

By Joe Gartman <josephgartman@...> · #106572 ·

Re: Paint question

Bill, in your experience with these paints have you had trouble with the water based paints sticking to resin kits? I have been using lacquer based for years and when I have tried the water based

By O Fenton Wells · #106571 ·

Re: Paint question

Bill, thank you for your comments, I have a Badger 200 single action with a medium tip and my compressor has a pressure regulator so I'll have to do some testing. I've heard that Tamiya X-20A

By Pierre · #106570 ·

Re: Paint question

Pierre: I use mostly Modelflex but Polly Scale has some colors I like too, Aged or Tarnished Black (can't remember exactly) and their several BC reds and browns. They will require a larger orifice

By Bill Welch · #106569 ·

Paint question

I'm switching over to acrylic paints and thinking of trying Model flex or Polly Scale, any ideas or comments. Pierre

By Pierre · #106568 ·

Re: Air Honing plastic

I'll strongly second Derrell on this. Many years ago, I made my own grit blasting booth from scrap plywood. It has interior lights and a hinged plexiglas front so I can see what I'm doing and,

By Richard Hendrickson · #106567 ·

Re: Air Honing plastic

I haven't seen it so much on this group (since I haven't been here very long) but on others there has been a lot of noise about air honing plastics with hard grit materials such as AlumOx. Aside from

By derrell · #106566 ·

Re: decals for Fox Valley Wagontop

What paint scheme are we talking about? SKay

By StephenK · #106565 ·

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