SP&S #325

[milw]

Here is my latest Project, Spokane Portland & Seattle Alco C425, Roadnumber 325. Its an Overland Model, i installed the horn and antenna and painted it. I used True Color Paints for the first time, beside a strange smell and some more work necessary to clean the airbrush, the paint is easy to work with...

[antlorch]

Very nice, the paint is pretty smooth. Did you thin the paint before airbrushing? What pressure did you use? Sorry for the questions but I am trying to get a feel for Tru-Color as I am wanting to use it myself.

Thanks

[icghogger]

Excellent Finish, Michael!!

[gnsteve]

You did a nice job. Alcos look good in SP&S paint and this one looks really good. I too would like to read more about your True Color techniques.

Steve

[milw]

Thanks guys. Regarding your questions:

I first used the paint straight from the bottle, however, the airbrush was clogged very fast, so i thinned the paint, using the true color thinner. I sprayed with 1,8 bars, which should be around 25 PSI. I only used the orange and green from True color, the satin finish is from Polly Scale, my favourite paint brand...

[antlorch]

Thanks for sharing your technique. I too love the Polly scale paint. A beautiful thin coat covers very well with Polly. I have heard that using straight acetone works good to thin the True Color also.

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Anthony I have used the True colors I love them I use Acetone thinner from the hardware store a lot cheaper than the tru color thinner,

and yes I had too thin mine as it was a little thick but as Erik C415 pointed out watch the color of the lid I have white lids and black lids the both use different amounts of thinners I'm using a #3 tip in my Pasche single action flows very nicely and covers with a thin layer of paint leaving the details highlighted.

and Milw that is a very very nice looking SP&S Alco sorry to hijack your thread there for a moment

[antlorch]

Thanks, I used the white on some cab roofs not long ago and it coveted nicely and with only 2 coats. I did thin with Acetone.

I will be moving over to this paint as my stock of Poly and Floquil runs out.

[lucas]

Great paint job Michael! You did justice to this model!!