06-25-2020, 07:38 PM
Some updates....grinding away on the home layout front. I'm pretty busy these days as we haven't stopped running our subway trains because of the shutdown. Apparently I'm "essential" regardless of what my wife says.
A quick run down of the photos.
I completed one of six Tichy 10000 gal. tank cars I have a week or so ago. To be honest these felt easier to build then the USRA cars. Maybe because I didn't have to drill dozens and dozens of #79 holes for the brass grabs.
Second, My first ever assembled, painted, decaled boxcar kit build. I meant to put a wash on it before the road spray and dullcoat but kinda forgot. That said, I'm still happy how it came out and the plan for now is to leave it as is. I have Bettendorf Trucks for all of my USRA kits now so I'll be swapping out the ones on this one to make it more road name appropriate.
Five more painted and decaled box cars. When I'm on my next off days I'll give them all a light black brown wash, let that dry and then give them varying degrees of road spray and dull coat when it's all dry.
Interesting side note. The Tichy trucks and wheels are made of Delrin plastic. A real pain to get acrylic paints to stick to. So after some research I found a clear primer for automotive plastics that will help my colour coat stick to the trucks when I airbrush them. It's called Dupli-Color Adhesion Promoter. I found mine at a Napa here in Toronto. That said, States side Napa sells their own house brand that called a Polyurethane Primer. Similar stuff apparently. I'll also let you folks know how it works out.
That's all for now. Hope everyone is well and doing alright. Have a good night. Take care.
A quick run down of the photos.
I completed one of six Tichy 10000 gal. tank cars I have a week or so ago. To be honest these felt easier to build then the USRA cars. Maybe because I didn't have to drill dozens and dozens of #79 holes for the brass grabs.
Second, My first ever assembled, painted, decaled boxcar kit build. I meant to put a wash on it before the road spray and dullcoat but kinda forgot. That said, I'm still happy how it came out and the plan for now is to leave it as is. I have Bettendorf Trucks for all of my USRA kits now so I'll be swapping out the ones on this one to make it more road name appropriate.
Five more painted and decaled box cars. When I'm on my next off days I'll give them all a light black brown wash, let that dry and then give them varying degrees of road spray and dull coat when it's all dry.
Interesting side note. The Tichy trucks and wheels are made of Delrin plastic. A real pain to get acrylic paints to stick to. So after some research I found a clear primer for automotive plastics that will help my colour coat stick to the trucks when I airbrush them. It's called Dupli-Color Adhesion Promoter. I found mine at a Napa here in Toronto. That said, States side Napa sells their own house brand that called a Polyurethane Primer. Similar stuff apparently. I'll also let you folks know how it works out.
That's all for now. Hope everyone is well and doing alright. Have a good night. Take care.