01-29-2011, 07:01 PM
Gus,
The paint on the trucks is a custom mix ... all Floquil. Base coat is Grimy Black. The "money" color coat is fogged on over that. The mixture (labelled "Wheel Brown") is Grimy Black and Roof Brown with some Rust and a smidge of Rail Brown, thinned about 40/60 with lacquer thinner ... just right for fogging (from above.) A light fogging of Grimy Black from below follows.
After full assembly, a light fogging from below with Mud and a very light one from above with Grime should finish the whole thing off ... we shall see. The final few touches are applied with a #0000 spotter using pure Rust and Grimy Black. As I recall, I used to fog a super light coat of Grimy Black over all the running gear and couplers, etc. to "blend." (I have a collection of special masks that I cut from 3x5 and 5x7 index cards that I use in conjuction with some of the final fogging.) I used to do the same deal on bodies with the main body color (often lightened an RCH with a drop or two of Primer or SP Lettering gray and a drop of Reefer White) to blend decals and weathering, with a fogging of Grimy Black down the center line of the roof to "top it off." Remember, I have always modeled steam in the thirties. This "modern" diesel stuff is all new to me ... I'm testing the water (and taking copious notes) as I go this time around!
I like painting (atomizing pigment
) and have often been accused of getting carried away with the number of colors I use and the number of over-spray coats ... but, hey ... whatever seems to work!
[I have been using a 1st generation Badger 200 (single action) airbrush. Over the years, I have developed a unique two-handed approach to its operation, allowing me to vary the amount of pigment coming from the nozzle, much as when I use my double-action Paasche VL ...
The paint on the trucks is a custom mix ... all Floquil. Base coat is Grimy Black. The "money" color coat is fogged on over that. The mixture (labelled "Wheel Brown") is Grimy Black and Roof Brown with some Rust and a smidge of Rail Brown, thinned about 40/60 with lacquer thinner ... just right for fogging (from above.) A light fogging of Grimy Black from below follows.
After full assembly, a light fogging from below with Mud and a very light one from above with Grime should finish the whole thing off ... we shall see. The final few touches are applied with a #0000 spotter using pure Rust and Grimy Black. As I recall, I used to fog a super light coat of Grimy Black over all the running gear and couplers, etc. to "blend." (I have a collection of special masks that I cut from 3x5 and 5x7 index cards that I use in conjuction with some of the final fogging.) I used to do the same deal on bodies with the main body color (often lightened an RCH with a drop or two of Primer or SP Lettering gray and a drop of Reefer White) to blend decals and weathering, with a fogging of Grimy Black down the center line of the roof to "top it off." Remember, I have always modeled steam in the thirties. This "modern" diesel stuff is all new to me ... I'm testing the water (and taking copious notes) as I go this time around!
I like painting (atomizing pigment
) and have often been accused of getting carried away with the number of colors I use and the number of over-spray coats ... but, hey ... whatever seems to work! Life is not mono-chromatic!
[I have been using a 1st generation Badger 200 (single action) airbrush. Over the years, I have developed a unique two-handed approach to its operation, allowing me to vary the amount of pigment coming from the nozzle, much as when I use my double-action Paasche VL ...
... but I'm really comfortable getting "down and dirty the two handed way" when I really get into painting stuff!]
biL
Lehigh Susquehanna & WesternÂ
"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." ~~Abraham Lincoln
Lehigh Susquehanna & WesternÂ
"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." ~~Abraham Lincoln