Kevin I would beg to disagree about Tamiya nozzles. The nozzle question has been debated over and over again in non-model railroad modeling forums. There has also been a proliferation of proprietary

RE: John Henning photo door Looks to me like it is BCR + someone over-did the rust effects... -- Ken Akerboom

This comes to me with high recommendation for lettering removal. Fast Orange® Fine Pumice Lotion Hand Cleaner, 1 GAL w/pump – Permatex

They are industry standard nozzles, but my recommendation is to use the primer in the bottle and use your airbrush. I think there is better control of thin coats. Tru-Color is made by them. More

Charlie is right at the top of my weathering heros list and I hang on his every word. There are a wide variety of weathering pencils out there and I think that I have bought most of them. I just

I was going through the paint section in my local hobby shop and I came upon a rattle can of TCP-4011 Dark Primer. This was new to me as I had no previous knowledge that TCP was making any primers.

I would suggest getting a color wheel. It would help decide colors, tones, shades, etc. Curt Fortenberry

i’ll give it a look. Thanks for the suggestion Andy

Thanks for the additional comments Ken. I too really like the self levelling quality of Vallejo - its just great with their airbrush thinner and a brush. Regarding colour - i realize that any model

=ob Have you looked at Tru Color Paints PFE orange? They offer a few different shades of that orange. Andy Jackson

Lloyd Here’s the pencil and Pan Pastel I used. Also the my well worn brush. I made sure the pencil was sharp and drew the rust color down either side of the vertical rivet strip. Then applied the

Ted, How did you document and analyze your "experience"? The problem with what you say is that it is subject to bias (and is demonstrably false when real data, for specific car types, is used). Memory

"However, for the very end of the steam era it was in place." Should read "However, except for the very end of the steam era it was in place." -- Ken Adams Omicron BA2.2 may come and go but I still

I too have used the Vallejo Model Color Bright Orange 70.851 for hand brushed PFE Orange sides. The excellent leveling quality of the Model Color paint leaves almost no traces of any brush marks if

Great looking car Charlie. Could you give a little detail on the pan pastel and pencil of the rivet detail. It's subtle but very effective. What size brush did you use and was the pencil run down the

The key is in Charlie's first post. Adding the yellow to the paint mix. I tried this on a recent box car project using Vallejo Model Color acrylics and it really does change the color tone to give

Hello Group, looking to buy the following: National Scale Car MK 105.1 B&O M55 & MK 105.2 B&O M55a Boxcar Mini-kits Please contact me off list Thanks Rich Christie rhcdmc@...

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Thanks Lester. A nice looking model. Rob

thanks for the suggestion. I’ve enjoyed AK paints too, but never thought of “rust”, lol. It does look good. AK is a bit of a problem, not easily available most of the shops i buy at, so its