Almost one
month into the project and I have over come some interesting challenges.
Yesterday I came
across this item in the internet http://www.airfixrailways.co.uk/Railbus.htm
it gave me a warm glow 1961 I was still at high school that over ½ a century!
Enough of nostalgia
back to 2012 first item on the agenda was to spray the whole model with “Railmatch”
white primer, that turned into a major disaster I tested the mix on a scrap bit
of sprue, you know when you have the feeling something is not quite right? It wasn’t
the paint looked like milk and after an hour was still tacky and transparent! It
still feels rubbery a bit like PVA wood glue. Plan “B” involved a can of
Halford’s white primer that did the trick but what a pong windows open and it
was 1 degree C outside.
Yellow warning panel was the first bit of real colour added.
Next the under
frame was painted matt black and dark grey for the floor seats picked out in
Matt blue. A light dry brush of rust on the under frame after the engine and
exhaust was painted.
With the body
make inside a couple of coats of BR loco green again from the “Railmatch” range
this time it sprayed reasonable well I must admit I think the mix was a little to
thick. Thank goodness for empty toilet tissue tubes!
Next job mask
the body and spray the roof hopefully that can be achieved before the trip to “Sainsbury’s”.
It's all coming together nicely Alan, it's really looking good. I am not a great lover of Railmatch paints, but what can you do? if you need a specific color there is not much option. I would prefer them to use tins opposed to jars, jars are a pain if you don't wash the lid and clean the top of the jar...And the spray cans well where do I start after you have finished using it They say "turn the can upside down and spray" that is supposed to clear the nozzle....No it don't...The next time you come to use it the can is full of paint and you can't get it out!!!! ......Great work Alan.
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