I agree that I would not use Scalecoat I over Floquil. Scalecoat is still a
lacquer base AFIK. With the conversion of Floquil to enamel, it can be used on
Scalecoat I. I do use Floquil's weathering colors (flat finish) over just about
everything, but I found that for weathering, using the standard Floquil
thinner, which is nothing more than regular paint thinner at this point,
doesn't work. So I mix up my own Dio-sol with xylene, tolulene, and MEK. Nasty,
nasty stuff requring mask, gloves, and paint booth, but it's so hot that it
evaporates quickly and doesn't allow the air to push the paint around like
paint thinner. I suppose if Scalecoat had more weathering colors I would use it
more in lieu of Floquil on Scalecoat-painted stuff.
As to color-matching, I'm kinda' obsessed with it, even though I know that from
a philosophical standpoint, it's a dead-end because colors varied so much on
the prototype even when painted to one supposed-standard. From that
perspective, I admire how you vary your models, Bill--your recent string of
cabooses being a case in point. Wish I could get past the illogical
perfectionist hurdle because it would result in more convincing models for my
pike.
Brian Jackson
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