I haven't used alcohol and India ink, but I've definitely experienced whitening from spraying Dullcote on a humid day. In my hands, sometimes an additional coat of Dullcote removes the whitening,

I would try another coat of dullcoat, but do it on a day with low humidity. I have had the same problem with washes thinned with alcohol. Cyril

Mark I've been able to get rid of the Dullcote chalky whiteness by airbrushing a light coat of Tamiya's acrylic clear over it. Charlie Duckworth

I had some luck on high gloss clear. I put 2 or 3 light coats. Sometimes it would clear up. Dennis Williams ------------------------------

Damn spell correct Respray with Dullcote Pierre Oliver www.elgincarshops.com www.yarmouthmodelworks.com

if you give it a light spray with testors thinners you may be able to restore it to a lightly weathered condition. l had a similar problem but not with dullcoat but with humbrol/revel Matt varnish

Respiratory with Dullcote Pierre Oliver www.elgincarshops.com www.yarmouthmodelworks.com

I am glad to say that I have never had exactly this experience, so my suggestions are mostly conjecture. I have had cases where Dullcote turns white when it dries on a model. I have always suspected

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Mark; I had a couple cars that I did the same thing to, and I mostly rescued them (there is still a bit of white ghosting that is not that objectionable;

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Stuart; The only ones I have actually seen applied to HO scale freight cars were those on a switching layout built by John Wright from England, which he

Group: I recently applied an alcohol/India Ink wash to an oxide red colored single sheathed box car that I now suspect had been sprayed with Dullcoat at some point. The results looked promising

Does any manufacturer make TRUE Code 88 wheels, i.e., wheels with flanges that have Code 88 profiles instead of Code 110 profiles? Stuart A. Forsyth forsyth@...

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