Painting outside is one solution, but the problems are that you can't paint:
1. In cold weather.
2. In the rain.
3. When it's windy.
4. When it's really humid.
5. At night.
Here in New England that would probably account for 75% of my available
painting time!
In addition, it's clearly better to paint with lighting that matches your
layout light. A model painted in sunlight that looks great may appear odd on
the layout (too dark, subtle weathering "disappears", odd color casts, etc).
I currently use a boot my father built, following an article in MR. Before that
I used a little plastic Badger booth, but it was really too small. If you are
using water based paints it's less critical, but I wouldn't use solvent based
paints without both a booth and a mask. Also, solvent paints require a ducted
fan that doesn't allow the air to pass over the motor. Flowing air mixed with
flammable vapors over an electric is not a great idea. If you are using only
water based paint, a kitchen hood fan may work to just vent the paint over
spray.
Pieter Roos
Pieter E. Roos
Railroad Home Page at
www.geocities.com/pieter_roos/pieter_1.html
--- On Wed, 10/15/08, Bill Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: Bill Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: Found A Factor...
To: "S Scale" <[email protected]>
Date: Wednesday, October 15, 2008, 11:14 AM
>
> Posted by: "Andre Ming" [EMAIL PROTECTED] fox36x
> Date: Tue Oct 14, 2008 7:11 pm ((PDT))
>
> <...> Do any of you use a "paint booth"? If so, can you
tell me
> your experiences
> with them? Also, where to find those things? <...>
I myself paint outside. Here, however, is a link to a $5 homemade
cardboard paint box. Click on "Projects" to find it.
<http://www.theshootersspot.com/>
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Bill Roberts
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