04-01-2010, 07:49 PM
Kevin, the reason for brush painting was dictated by the paint, Floquil's long-discontinued Polly S. Back in the '70s, when I started painting stuff for my free-lanced Elora Gorge & Eastern, I used Polly S Military Colours for the "double grey and green" paint scheme.
I didn't own (and couldn't afford) an airbrush at that time, but I discovered that some of their colours brushed very nicely (my chosen ones among them
) . On the other hand, some were terrible, especially reds and yellows. 
Eventually, I painted a pair of modified Athearn geeps, as shown below, and ended up doing that paint scheme for quite a few other folks who frequented my LHS, as it's a very popular home-town road. Doing paint jobs, I made enough money to purchase an airbrush, and quickly discovered that Polly S didn't spray very well, so switched to Floquil (which doesn't brush very well on plastic).
When Polly S was discontinued, I attempted to buy-up a supply of the necessary colours, with little success (it wasn't very popular around here) and couldn't find the same colours in Floquil. I had perhaps 40 diesels, a couple of passenger trains, a half-dozen cabooses and a bunch of EG&E lineside structures all painted in those colours, so I was at a loss. Eventually, most of the diesels were sold, along with the passenger cars, and some of the cabooses to go soon. I've kept the structures and have enough paint to do the additional ones that will be required to finish the layout, but this caboose will probably be the last piece of rolling stock for this colour scheme.
Anyway, the short answer to your question is that the paint doesn't spray very well, at least in my hands.
Wayne
I didn't own (and couldn't afford) an airbrush at that time, but I discovered that some of their colours brushed very nicely (my chosen ones among them
) . On the other hand, some were terrible, especially reds and yellows. Eventually, I painted a pair of modified Athearn geeps, as shown below, and ended up doing that paint scheme for quite a few other folks who frequented my LHS, as it's a very popular home-town road. Doing paint jobs, I made enough money to purchase an airbrush, and quickly discovered that Polly S didn't spray very well, so switched to Floquil (which doesn't brush very well on plastic).
When Polly S was discontinued, I attempted to buy-up a supply of the necessary colours, with little success (it wasn't very popular around here) and couldn't find the same colours in Floquil. I had perhaps 40 diesels, a couple of passenger trains, a half-dozen cabooses and a bunch of EG&E lineside structures all painted in those colours, so I was at a loss. Eventually, most of the diesels were sold, along with the passenger cars, and some of the cabooses to go soon. I've kept the structures and have enough paint to do the additional ones that will be required to finish the layout, but this caboose will probably be the last piece of rolling stock for this colour scheme.
Anyway, the short answer to your question is that the paint doesn't spray very well, at least in my hands.
Wayne