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Post by southern3200 on Sept 3, 2009 14:22:32 GMT -5
I recently purchased several pieces of detailed rolling stock from a friend. I need to touch up the aftermarket details on the factory painted cars. What is the best way to do this? Brush paint or airbrush? Any tips would be appreciated.
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Post by icghogger on Sept 3, 2009 14:53:01 GMT -5
When they are already attached to the rail car, I use a brush (3/0 to5/0 detailer), masking with tape or liquid masker, if necessary. If it's loose parts, I poke holes in a piece of card stock to hold the parts and spray with the trusty air brush. Color matching has always been a problem for me, so I usually paint a piece of card stock with the color, let it dry good and then compare with the factory paint to get the mix right.
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Post by southern3200 on Sept 3, 2009 15:47:44 GMT -5
Robert,
Thanks for the tips. The parts in question are actually cut levers and brake hoses attached to factory painted cars. I believe the cut levers would be painted white or some contrasting color. The brake hoses would be black. So paint matching would not be an issue. Do you use model paints to do touch ups or would artist paints work better?
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Post by icghogger on Sept 4, 2009 8:30:06 GMT -5
Uncle Jay is right, Lance. Cut levers and other safety appliances are the same color as the car. Contrasting colors are usually found on the locomotive (and caboose) safety appliances, but check your prototypes as this ain't always the case.
For the most part, I use model paints for my touch-up and artist's colors and pigments for weathering, but that is not a hard and fast rule for me. Use whatever gives you the best color match, and keep notes when mixing a paint color, just in case you want to duplicate it later. BTW, I usually paint air hoses using Floquil's Weathered Black, but any dark shade of gray looks more realistic than flat black (to my eye, anyway!).
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