Phil Atkinson
Member
I have loads of projects both personal and business that I thought you might be interested in. Due to the pressure of work for Hobby Holidays, most projects take a long time and others frequently get thrown in between.
But the first to show you is a Sidelines LNWR coach, which has reached the painting stage. I am not a novice to spray painting, in fact running quite a few "Beginners spray painting" workshops some years ago. The problem is you have to practice, and I haven't for quite some time. However I thought I would take you thru the problems and successes.
I purchased some paint many years ago from a well known company selling railway colours but found the coach plum to be very gritty. Taking onboard my own lessons and that of Warren Haywoods list of RAL/BS colours I ordered some etch primer, cellulose coach white and enamel coach plum and some black of both. All in Gloss
Etch primer went on well.
The black for the bogies and underframe I did not do a test spray just went ahead and sprayed them. But the mix was a little too dry. Lesson 1 - do a test spray. I know the sort of viscosity it should be but temp, humidity and different paint type need different amounts of thinners. The finish was a little bit "orange peely" but it matted down latter so it was not a problem.
The White I did a test and it went on well, but I concentrated too much on the area around the windows, the white areas. so at first look to over spray in the lower half of the body I thought was going to be a problem. I gave it a gentle touch of 1200 wet and dry.
After masking the top half I sprayed the ends and bottom with the plum. The problem here is maybe the paint or me making the enamel too wet but it did not cover. Red never does, and I would always normally recommend a red primer under red paint, I was concerned over paint build up over the detail.
What you see here has 2 problems A) the colour is too light and B) the paint has moved away from the sharp edges, showing the white which happens anyway but is made by being too wet.
At this point I washed all the red off, removed the masking tape and started again. Coach plum is quite dark and I assumed the darkness would cover. Mistake No 2. I then sprayed a very light layer of satin black. Then re-sprayed the plum. I am now happy in this second picture if you look along the length you will see a reflection giving an indication of the gloss that I got. The moral is practice and test each batch you mix before spraying your model.
comments good or bad welcome but not needed -Phil
But the first to show you is a Sidelines LNWR coach, which has reached the painting stage. I am not a novice to spray painting, in fact running quite a few "Beginners spray painting" workshops some years ago. The problem is you have to practice, and I haven't for quite some time. However I thought I would take you thru the problems and successes.
I purchased some paint many years ago from a well known company selling railway colours but found the coach plum to be very gritty. Taking onboard my own lessons and that of Warren Haywoods list of RAL/BS colours I ordered some etch primer, cellulose coach white and enamel coach plum and some black of both. All in Gloss
Etch primer went on well.
The black for the bogies and underframe I did not do a test spray just went ahead and sprayed them. But the mix was a little too dry. Lesson 1 - do a test spray. I know the sort of viscosity it should be but temp, humidity and different paint type need different amounts of thinners. The finish was a little bit "orange peely" but it matted down latter so it was not a problem.
The White I did a test and it went on well, but I concentrated too much on the area around the windows, the white areas. so at first look to over spray in the lower half of the body I thought was going to be a problem. I gave it a gentle touch of 1200 wet and dry.
After masking the top half I sprayed the ends and bottom with the plum. The problem here is maybe the paint or me making the enamel too wet but it did not cover. Red never does, and I would always normally recommend a red primer under red paint, I was concerned over paint build up over the detail.
What you see here has 2 problems A) the colour is too light and B) the paint has moved away from the sharp edges, showing the white which happens anyway but is made by being too wet.
At this point I washed all the red off, removed the masking tape and started again. Coach plum is quite dark and I assumed the darkness would cover. Mistake No 2. I then sprayed a very light layer of satin black. Then re-sprayed the plum. I am now happy in this second picture if you look along the length you will see a reflection giving an indication of the gloss that I got. The moral is practice and test each batch you mix before spraying your model.
comments good or bad welcome but not needed -Phil