KODIAK BEAR
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Is acrylic paint the best to weather loco's, track etc etc ?
If so, which make please ?
If so, which make please ?
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Nathan, who is reading this right now, and telling me what to write with a gun to my head...
Weathering track is best to use watercolour, Nathan says he would use thinned down acrylic paint for a loco, though, or also enamel paint.
I'm sure he'll reply in more detail later.
Weathering track is best to use watercolour, Nathan says he would use thinned down acrylic paint for a loco, though, or also enamel paint.
I'm sure he'll reply in more detail later.
KODIAK BEAR
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Nathan, who is reading this right now, and telling me what to write with a gun to my head...
Weathering track is best to use watercolour, Nathan says he would use thinned down acrylic paint for a loco, though, or also enamel paint.
I'm sure he'll reply in more detail later.
Thats great. Now, which make of acrylic paint would be best ? :thumbrig:
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kettlefan
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I use acrylic paint for rusty rolling stock, its great for doing steel work. This Lilliput bogie wagon was an awful shade of grey, it looked too bright so it was repainted with a much darker one (as was all my 009 freight stock, I went on a spree!) and all the steelwork touched in ever so slightly with acrylic brown paint (it was more like dry brushing). The other pic shows two steel mining drams that now look very sorry for themselves (they were a very clean black before :?)
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Very nice, like heavily rusted one.
KODIAK BEAR
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thats great kettle. good pics,
which paint ?
railmatch ?
which paint ?
railmatch ?
kettlefan
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nope just a ordinary brown acrylic paint bought from an art shop, I use it for everything, weathering, scenery etc
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Acrylic is also non-toxic and water soluble I think? (well mine are) so **** ups when weathering are easily washed off.
kettlefan
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especially when you want to sell the model on in original condition! You can also do things like rust streaks by smearing it with a wet brush.
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