A scratch built Cherry Valley 0-6-0

[nachoman]

I think you are right on Dave. I suspect that baking is even more effective when you use water based acrylic paints. A friend of mine has been using Badger Model Flex and has found that it sometimes takes weeks to dry completely. He also found out the hard way that when the temps out here go below 70 degrees, the Badger doesn't want to harden at all. He models in plastic, so he can't bake anything.

HA! Temps below 70... :mrgreen: Here in southern arizona, that happens about two months a year. I quit airbrushing acrylics because they dry before they leave the airbrush. But it is true, the working time at temps below 70 is much longer. I have never baked acrylics, so I don't know how well that would work. I have painted plenty with oils, and I have had many paintings that took months to "dry". And when I say "dry" that sometimes means just skinning over so they are no longer gooey. And they can be that way for years.