A word of causion when using Alcad paint. I painted an E7 and it came out
beautiful. I then decaled it - since it is a high gloss, I did not have to
give it a overcoat of gloss before decalling it.
The decals went on and boy did it look great, and the decal film didn't show
through! Then I decided that in order to protect the decals I should give it
a very light over spray of dull, what a mistake. The decals were well
protected, but the film all around the decal showed through. So now I either
will have to strip it or use it for parts.
So the lession here is DO NOT use any dull coating over the decals when
using this paint.
Ray Bedard
San Jose Ca
PS: Still alive and contributing to both the CBQ and the BRHS lists.
>From: Aeolus3@aol.com
>Reply-To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
>To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [CBQ] Modeling Techniques
>Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 00:27:14 EST
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>I would have to agree Alclad doesn't seem to notice model railroading. I've
>see a couple of Walthers Budd cars finished in Alclad next to my nickel
>plated
>brass DZ cars. The effect was pretty close to the look of the DZ's finish.
>It
>seems the undercoat changes the color of the "stainless" final coat. Gloss
>black seems to mimic the nickel plating fairly closely.
>
>For those modeling Pullman Standard Stainless Steel cars, I wonder if
>changing the undercoat color would show the effect of the difference in
>color between
>Budd and Pullman Standard Stainless. To me the PS Stainless always appeared
>more to the reddish side while the Budd appeared more to the blue side.
>This
>was a color shot of the Santa Fe Super Chief with both PS and Budd.
>
>Loren Johnson
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