Detailing an LGB Matra crane
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Gizzy, didn't you read the Mel tips'n'tricks for airbrushing? You mix ze powder in ze water, you putz ze mix in ze hairbrush and you squirts it at ze [strike]toy [/strike]moddle. Z'eazy peazy. Eet no wright? No probleem, you leekz eet off! :bleh:Gizzy said:
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Er, well, in Derbyshire we call it custard. Over here in the disunited states of europe it has several names, but for Luxembourg and regions of Germany it is called 'pudding'. Gets confusing, dunnit?Gizzy said:
Old chestnut time:
Yokel: ''Aarh, we 'ave great rhoobarb, we puts manoore on it!''
Yuppie: ''Oh really? We put custard on ours.''
More power, Mel, we need more power, we need to stay at warped speed!
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Granitechops
Narrow Gauge 1/12th scale on 45mm</br>Quarrying &
Mel,
with difficulty,
searching my memory from way back when I did painting & decorating
try using an undercoat of light gray, I think, before doing yellow
with difficulty,
searching my memory from way back when I did painting & decorating
try using an undercoat of light gray, I think, before doing yellow
Granitechops said:
Yes, I used light grey primer Don, but the yellow still didn't cover very well. I'm going over the light grey with a very light buff/stone colour now and the yellow seems to be OK on that. Just needs plenty of thin coats. So it will take a while, but I'll get there.
I feel I should point out at this stage that the idea I've got in me head (somewhere) is that, while the crane is a fairly new piece of kit for the WGLR (although it will of course get a light weathering), the tool van is a former revenue earning van that's passed into departmental use and probably spends most of it's time sitting in some weed strewn siding out in all weathers. So it is intended to be a bit of an exercise in flaking paint, rust and general decreptitude.
Having said that, weathering isn't really done in order to hide a rubbish paint job, so it needs doing properly to start with.
I'm also trying to do all of this while trying to get S****horpe United through the play-offs on LMA football manager. No wonder I've got paint on me suit. Who says men can't multi-task?
Edit - the forum doesn't like the name of a certain town in North Lincolnshire!
Having said that, weathering isn't really done in order to hide a rubbish paint job, so it needs doing properly to start with.
I'm also trying to do all of this while trying to get S****horpe United through the play-offs on LMA football manager. No wonder I've got paint on me suit. Who says men can't multi-task?
Edit - the forum doesn't like the name of a certain town in North Lincolnshire!
KeithT
Hillwalking, chickens and - err - garden railways.
I have only just seen the posts about yellow paint.
I have used Halfords yellow plastic primer filler as both undercoat and topcoat. It covers extremely well and weathers well too. I have had a Hartland tanker outside for 2yrs with no sign of paint failure.
The only snag for use on the crane is that it is a "lemony" yellow as opposed to the original orangey shade.
It might be possible to change the finished appearance by using a red lead undercoat.
I have used Halfords yellow plastic primer filler as both undercoat and topcoat. It covers extremely well and weathers well too. I have had a Hartland tanker outside for 2yrs with no sign of paint failure.
The only snag for use on the crane is that it is a "lemony" yellow as opposed to the original orangey shade.
It might be possible to change the finished appearance by using a red lead undercoat.