Chet- Yes, and thank you for that. I am not sure that the car in the St.Louis PM is the BLI car; when I saw the posting I looked at my artwork and the font on the model seems to be a serif one and

Would anyone know if Philadelphia Quartz tank cars lettered their cars in different colors according to the contents? For example, cars lettered " SOLUBLE SILICATES " seem to be in Yellow lettering

Jason, This car is, or was, offered by Broadway Limited. It is a six car set, BLI 1617. I believe it was one of the models that belonged to Ted Richardson. The car was one of 700 that was leased,

Don Accupaint made a primer for brass and resin -- it works better than straight AP on resin. I've also sprayed AP over Scalecoat I primer (MofW gray) without problems. T im O'

Don Valentine sent the below advertising/selling message to the STMFC yesterday...Thursday...not within the advertising/selling period on the STMFC of Friday noon until Sat midnight, EST. Note the

Haven't done much painting of late but always had decent results with Scalecoat I, not II, which I have not used nearly as much. Can't say how it works on resin models buy on styrene I still perfer

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Guys,Thanks for all the suggestions.I have another,yet to be built, resin reefer on the bench right now.I'll let you know how it turns out.Armand Premo

Hi to all. I hope this doesn't land me in moderator jail Mike, strictly speaking this is not a freight car but it is used to carry freight on a passenger train so I am hoping the judge will let me

Armand I have been custom painting models for others for some time now and got a solution to this problem by accident when I had to repaint my house would you believe. I was trying to cover some

Hi guys. Sorry I can't speak from experience on any modern paints, back in the days I did lot of painting using the early, lacquer bases Floquil and the standard Scale Coat paints. I never had any

Armand, Neither do I, especially with Poly Scale white, even on gray plastic. A several light coats seems to be better than a couple of heavy coats. The toughest application is ModelFlex in any

Accupaint yellow simply does not cover well, even over the gray Accupaint primer to be used on brass. The yellow nose on ERIE F-units is particularly aggravating. SGL From:

I put down a white coat of paint first. Bill Vaughn ________________________________ To: STMFC@... Sent: Thursday, August 2, 2012 3:56 PM Subject: [STMFC] Yellow Paint   Need help

Armand, Not just any priner - the base coat under yellow must be grey or silver to get any kind of decent coverage and even there, you'll need multiple coats. Regards Bruce Smith Auburn,

Who built this car? http://www.pbase.com/golden1014/image/145089875 I really like what you have done here. Jason Greene

I guess I have been spoiled having used Accupaint.I use a primer,I have used all brands including Acrylics.I have an airbrush.I do not seem to get the same coverage that I get with darker

Armand....I assume your airbrushing........I've used both Floquil and Scalecoat......with primer (Floquil) and without primer(Scalecoat) ....Key is a light but solid 1st coat, let dry and then a

Armand, Are you using a primer/base coat? Something in a light gray? Pierre Oliver

Need help getting good coverage with yellow paint.I have tried most brands,but am rarely satisfied with the results.Any suggestions?Armand Premo