and he notes - Have you tried asking Smoky Mountain Model Works? Seems like a logical place to start. They have a website at:
http://smokymountainmodelworks.com/ Raleigh in foggy Maine At 12:19 PM 10/19/2007, meldridge2000 wrote: >I am having trouble painting tie plates. I bought them from Tomalco, >they are cast by Smokey Mountain Model Works. I tried Floquil with an >airbrush - it rubs off. I tried PollyScale with an airbrush, first >thinned with distilled water, then straight from the bottle, then >thinned with alcohol - in all cases the paint balls up on the tie >plates and leaves voids, although when dry it doesn't rub off. I tried >spraying them with enamel from a can - it rubs off. I tried Floquil >with a sable brush - it rubs off. > >The plates are cast in a pink / mauve resin. I think it is the same as >used in the cars. Any suggestions? For frame of reference, I am an >experienced airbrush painter, so it probably won't help to give me >general suggestions on how to use an airbrush properly. I have some >Star paints, and some Scalecoat II yet to try, but this is getting >kind of tedious. > >-Michael Eldridge >-San Jose > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
