Schuyler, No, I haven't used it with Scalecoat II. I have used it with Model Flex and Polly Scale. I use the 70% variety of rubbing alcohol. I think I've got a bottle of Scalecoat II boxcar red in

I've given up on using water to thin the acrylic Jim, have you used this with Scalecoat II? SGL

Aidrian, You are partially correct. The Floquil line is now more plastic friendly, and has been for some time. Like the Scalecoat II line, they reduced the percentage of Xylene and are now using a

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Didn't I hear that Martin Lofton decided to quit trying to make his box

Tony Thompson observed: True - IF the mold expanded and contracted as the resin temperature rose and fell. But, to first approximation, the mold stays at ambient temperature - whatever the ambient is.

Did Floquil not change their formula after the takeover to something less damaging to the user’s liver and brain cells? I thought I had read they were more like enamel paint these days - if so

Gene, would bet money WKW has a few boxes of barrier on a shelf. Fred Freitas Gene Green <bierglaeser@...> wrote: I was all set to squirt some Floquil on a few pairs of

Gene, My Walthers catalog does not list Floquil Barrier; given your earlier report it is possible that it has been discontinued. I don't use lacquers much any more; however, when I did, a fellow

Where can I buy Floquil Barrier? Gene Green

Louis Adler: I'm fairly convinced this DOES make a difference. I bought a roll of self-adhesive "dots" to use for this masking. Lots easier than tape. I've also never had much trouble with paint

Gene, it's my opinion that the best way to get paint of any kind to adhere to Delrin and similar engineering plastic is to sandblast the surface of the plastic. I routinely do this with trucks

Richard Hendrickson

Tom Madden wrote: So the "solidification" or polymerization of the resin happens at whatever temperature it happens to be at, it's just time-dependent? That doesn't sound right. If it happens

Gene, If the trucks are bare plastic, you can spray Floquil directly .... just keep the spray gun or spray can about 12" away. Also, make several quick passes so that you put on light layer each

I was all set to squirt some Floquil on a few pairs of freight car trucks when I discovered I was out of Floquil Barrier. I can't find it on Testor's web site. Is barrier still available? Has it

Bruce Smith wrote: [snip] True. Resin cures by an exothermic reaction, it generates a _lot_ of heat, and for large castings, it does it in a hurry. A concentrated slug of resin, like in a solid tank

Correction, S&A 8166. (Was I standing on my head?) Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

Hi Don -- There's a picture of S&A 8199 in Mainline Modeler 4/99, p 60. It's almost a side-on shot, I can't see much underneath, but a little of the B end shows. Al Brown, Melbourne,

Ben Hom wrote: The tunnel brake was a second hand brake mounted on the A end of the car, analagous to later power hand brakes, so that a brakeman could use use a hand brake without having to stand

Hey Group I'm building one of the F&C kits of a Savannah & Atlanta wood boxcar. The 2 photos of the proto-type car are of no use. They are black blobs. Could or would someone share a photo are two.