Once winter comes I shall be back on the funicular; in the meantime, the wind turbine, so not modelling railways, but playing with aerosol cans of paint. "Getting ready to get back to the model railway", I might say.
The white plastic nose cone looks good at the tip, but the bulk of it is speckled, or patchy perhaps. It looks as if the paint went on OK, but then contracted, as do clay pans as the lake bed dries up. But what do I know?
The painted (enameled?) metal collar looks good on the main part, but the narrow part has the same appearance as the bulk of the nose cone. But what do I know, again.
Of course I have now run out of small discreet pieces on which to experiment, but I am optimistic that experienced spray painters here will be able to suggest something that I might be doing wrong.
(1) Holding the button down for too long (too thick a coat)
(2) Trying to cover in one coat/session rather than two or three
(3) Wrong kind of paint (i.e. don’t just grab any old can from the shelf at the hardware store)
(4) Need different paint types for white plastic versus painted metal
(5) Holding the can too close to the parts
And so on.
Why am I painting the wind turbine green? Because I don’t want to have an aeroplane-brilliant white object sitting atop my shed; I’d rather it blended into the trees in the background.
Thank you for any anticipated tips or suggestions
Chris Greaves
