My paint is too thin?
Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2021 9:20 pm
Well, it didn't take me long to get into a problem.
These are not the paints I grew up with - tiny Humbrol cans - and I will essay with one of those tomorrow. A jar of Mr Colour 604 Olive green perhaps, although I think Pug out to be a grimy coal-dust black.
The left-hand flask reads "Panel Line Accent Color (Black).
The right-hand flask reads, I now see "My Weathering Color - Multi-Black". That's probably why it is wishy-washy, and I bet that all you professional guys will know that. And I hope you are chuckling to yourselves, but I know you are too nice to admit that.
OK. I had to order from an online catalogue that was not at all clear to me.
All the 40 paint jars/cans have written material on the labels in about 4-pt font.
I am not upset; in my intro I wrote "I worry that I might find that railway modelling has suffered a few changes in the past sixty years." and I knew that I would be learning new stuff.
So?
I suspect that both jars of wishy-washy are just weathering stuff. Lordy Lord! I bought SIX jars thinking that it was paint!
My Pug will be painted and then glued together, as will the other seven Dapol kits. I made this a learning exercise, to flex fingers and focus eyes.
I seek confirmation that I do indeed have the best collection (six jars!) of weathering paint in Bonavista (population 3,800).
I will take a stab at Olive Green, and possibly Buffer-Red tomorrow afternoon. We have scheduled 24-hour rainstorm coming at us.
Cheers
Chris
I made a start today, pulled out the Dapol 0-4-0 Pug and a bottle of what I took to be matt black, and it brushed on like paint thinner in which had been dipped a paint brush. Pulled out the other bottle and got the same result.These are not the paints I grew up with - tiny Humbrol cans - and I will essay with one of those tomorrow. A jar of Mr Colour 604 Olive green perhaps, although I think Pug out to be a grimy coal-dust black.
The left-hand flask reads "Panel Line Accent Color (Black).
The right-hand flask reads, I now see "My Weathering Color - Multi-Black". That's probably why it is wishy-washy, and I bet that all you professional guys will know that. And I hope you are chuckling to yourselves, but I know you are too nice to admit that.
OK. I had to order from an online catalogue that was not at all clear to me.
All the 40 paint jars/cans have written material on the labels in about 4-pt font.
I am not upset; in my intro I wrote "I worry that I might find that railway modelling has suffered a few changes in the past sixty years." and I knew that I would be learning new stuff.
So?
I suspect that both jars of wishy-washy are just weathering stuff. Lordy Lord! I bought SIX jars thinking that it was paint!
My Pug will be painted and then glued together, as will the other seven Dapol kits. I made this a learning exercise, to flex fingers and focus eyes.
I seek confirmation that I do indeed have the best collection (six jars!) of weathering paint in Bonavista (population 3,800).
I will take a stab at Olive Green, and possibly Buffer-Red tomorrow afternoon. We have scheduled 24-hour rainstorm coming at us.
Cheers
Chris