11-06-2013, 12:57 PM
Probably a very basic question, but...I’m ready to paint the track on my layout and have run into a problem. The paint doesn’t seem to stick too well and I’m not sure whether this is typical or not. I am also running into the same issue with freight car trucks. I can fairly easily scrap the paint off with my finger nail. Now I know that I will be handling my stock carefully and the track once ballasted probably won’t get scraped, but I want to know if I should be doing anything differently. 
I have the same problem with Polly Scale (water based) and Model Master (solvent based) Paint. I brush painting my test pieces, but will also be airbrushing with these paints.
I just checked a structure that I airbrushed with the Polly Scale paint a couple of years age and the paint is “bonded” perfectly. Is my issue with the "slippery" plastic that freight car trucks and Micro Engineering track is cast in?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Mark
I have the same problem with Polly Scale (water based) and Model Master (solvent based) Paint. I brush painting my test pieces, but will also be airbrushing with these paints.
I just checked a structure that I airbrushed with the Polly Scale paint a couple of years age and the paint is “bonded” perfectly. Is my issue with the "slippery" plastic that freight car trucks and Micro Engineering track is cast in?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Mark