Ray;
Another thought...did you use a setting solution when applying decals,
and are you confident that the decals were well-bonded? Even though it
has a gloss finish, use of setting solution to get your decals to
really "snuggle down" is still imperative. I had a similar thing happen
to me a while back when I dull-coated over a Westerfield Q XM-24 box car
that I'd built. It looked fine until I dull-coated, and then every spot
that hadn't settled down to the paint showed like a streak. The
frustrating part is that I used a setting solution, but the matte Polly
Scale finish underneath just didn't bond the decals very well. It's
really maddening when you've put a lot of work into something.
Regards, Rob Adams
Ray Bedard wrote:
>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.
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>>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.
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>>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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