Jim,
Picking a favorite paint and it's techniques is just like buying a car,
a DCC system, or finding a wife (notice I didn't say buying one--but you
do have to get comfortable with any of them).
When Badger brought out their line of water based paints (packaged in
short plastic containers) I tried a few and with the caeviot of the
stuff drying ultra quickly it was a great paint. However it didn't hand
brush on worth a darn and you'll need to do that sometimes. However, I
painted a Modern Models caboose for the DRG&W that was near perfect,
then I worked on to a set of RR FT's that were on the cover of the
Dispatch many years ago. The stuff was as durable as any and fairly
accurate in coloring. Then they had problems with mold developing in
the paint and I found the rest of the jar started to jell. then my
dealer stopped selling it, they then reformulated it and eventually
merged it with Floquil's line.
So at that point is when I tried Scale Coat and the first time or two
was a disaster, but I eventually got reasonably comfortable with it. I
painted Jettie's Harriaman's with the stuff (their Pullman green with a
tad of white is perfect IMHO), but I've had problems with the blacks.
It wasn't long and the trucks started showing a fair amount of brass
(remember they claim you don't need a primer??). A friend said I was
using the wrong black--"you need to use XXX and not YYY" I don't recall
if it was Loco Black vs another Black; or which one was better. In that
same series of paint jobs, I painted my observation as a business car
with the UP yellow/gray scheme with silver trucks--it turned out as good
as I could have imagined. So I have been pleased with Scalecoat with
most everything except black. I have two or three steam engines that
really should go back for a repaint as they seem to need touch-up every
time I do a decoder install, change a speaker etc.
I don't know why Bill is having trouble with Floquil and I'm sure he
doesn't know why I'm having trouble with black Scale Coat, so when you
mount up, be ready to change saddles or even horses. That's about as
much Texas talk as I do!
Bob Werre
PhotoTraxx
On 4/5/12 12:19 PM, Jim and Cheryl Martin wrote:
But I see Bill's point. If one has to also use a paintbrush, what's
the point of owning an air brush? For all my years in the hobby I've
done very little air brushing, but am now at the point where I have to
get more comfortable using mine. I still have not settled on a
favourite brand yet, so I find these threads on the properties of the
various paints very useful.
Jim Martin
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*From:* Ed <[email protected]>
*To:* [email protected]
*Sent:* Thursday, April 5, 2012 12:10:58 PM
*Subject:* {S-Scale List} Re: Scalecoat paint
> Floquil does NOT COVER especially in
> the hard corners.
> Bill Lane
Some folks use a fine-tipped brush to paint the corners and then spray
on the paint which blends it all together. Seems to work OK for them.
Just a thought. Ed L.
