For over 20 years I have used Scalecoat for the car color and Floquil weathering. I lost track of how many models I have painted - 99% of which were brass - but it is well over 500. Yesterday I started painting some O Scale boxcars in Floquil because that is what I was told to do. The cars were freshly blasted in my booth. Since I am decaling I mixed 2 bottles of paint in with 1 bottle of high gloss. Floquil does NOT COVER especially in the hard corners. I sprayed and sprayed waiting for it to build and cover but it did not - at least to my satisfaction. I was going to paint, bake and paint again to get good coverage when I stopped saying this is just wrong. After some campaigning I was able to switch to Scalecoat and completed painting the cars to an excellent finish.
The best thing I could say about the Floquil paint is it came off in the blast booth in record time - much easier than the original clear coat on the cars! I know that there are some other "newer" brands some of which I have also recently used for the first time. But for me I will stick to Scalecoat. It just works! I have goofed that the last bottle of Scalecoat will be pried from my cold dead hands! Thank You, Bill Lane Modeling the Mighty Pennsy & PRSL in 1957 in S Scale since 1988 See my finished models at: <http://www.lanestrains.com/> http://www.lanestrains.com Look at what has been made in PRR in S Scale! Custom Train Parts Design <http://www.lanestrains.com/SolidWorks_Modeling.htm> http://www.lanestrains.com/SolidWorks_Modeling.htm PRR Builders Photos Bought, Sold & Traded (Trading is MUCH preferred) <http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRphotos.xls> http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRphotos.xls ***Join the PRR T&HS*** The other members are not ALL like me! <http://www.prrths.com/> http://www.prrths.com <http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRTHS_Application.pdf> http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRTHS_Application.pdf Join the Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines Historical Society It's FREE to join! <http://www.prslhs.com/> http://www.prslhs.com Preserving The Memory Of The PRSL
