- 1. [CBQ] Painting acrylic car sides (score: 1)
- Author: "Gordon Smith" <kc2bw@optonline.net>
- Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2020 05:53:16 -0700
- group...I am doing the Havelock baggage car kits and would like some advice on painting the acrylic sides. What prep if any and what paint adheres best. I am looking at Model Flex for the Pullman Gre
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- 2. Re: [CBQ] Painting acrylic car sides (score: 1)
- Author: "Nelson Moyer" <npmoyer@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2020 13:54:28 +0000
- Gordon, I didn't use the acrylic sides on my car, rather I cut styrene sides to replace them. If you compare the acrylic sides to scale drawings, the dimensions arent prototypically correct. If that
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- 3. Re: [CBQ] Painting acrylic car sides (score: 1)
- Author: "Gordon Smith" <kc2bw@optonline.net>
- Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2020 11:06:41 -0400
- Nelson... I didn't use the acrylic sides on my car, rather I cut styrene sides to replace them. If you compare the acrylic sides to scale drawings, the dimensions arent prototypically correct. If tha
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- 4. Re: [CBQ] Painting acrylic car sides (score: 1)
- Author: "Gordon Smith" <kc2bw@optonline.net>
- Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2020 11:09:13 -0400
- Oh well, the quotes of your text didn't come out correct, but I'm sure you'll get the idea I didn't use the acrylic sides on my car, rather I cut styrene sides to replace them. If you compare the acr
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- 5. Re: [CBQ] Painting acrylic car sides (score: 1)
- Author: "Nelson Moyer" <npmoyer@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2020 17:05:41 +0000
- There's no need to decant Tamiya paints for an airbrush. I think you'll find that the Tamiya nozzles are very fine, not at all like the rattle cans from Testors. No spurts, no globs, no mess. They ar
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- 6. Re: [CBQ] Painting acrylic car sides (score: 1)
- Author: "Gary Dobias" <bgrgbldr@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2020 18:04:24 -0700
- I would agree with everything that Nelson stated regarding Tamiya primer. It comes in both fine white and fine gray. I heat the can with tap water to increase pressure and also improve viscosity. I
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