12-04-2011, 03:10 PM
Ralph Wrote:I'm a great admirer of scratch builds. Fun stuff! Are you thinking a wood stain for the flat or paint?
Ralph
I was thinking maybe a light coat of primer then flat black for sides and ends, for the deck I was thinking a light gray wash. Paints would be acrylic as not sure how a solvent based paint will react to walthers Goo. Micro mark sells a fluid that ages wood in gray and brown tones that maybe another possibilities.
The flat needs stake pockets and brake wheel, the Hopper needs some diagonal braces and some NBW sets. I think I will primer the hopper and paint the wood a dark brown and the cardboard braces(from a cut up cereal box) a rusty brown.
Yes it is very fun and entertaining and even green as the floor and braces were from recycled cereal boxes and the balsa wood is from a walthers assortment of wood parts sold as a grab bag. The S gauge trucks which need paint or metal blackener were only $8.00 a pair compared to the $15-$19 a pair from other sources.