Greetings, I thought I'd follow up with a little bit on the bunks.
I got the inside of the bunks painted, great job for the micro-brush, they come in three sizes, I just ordered some more. Anyway, insides are painted. This paint has some shine to it for being called "flat". It has acetone in it. I'll work on the shiny part later..........
With this type of metal, I had to keep the paint relatively thick, if I thinned it down, it wouldn't cover very well.
There is still a little bit of touch up to do around the uprights, but that's best done after this round of paint has dried.
In the meantime, it's more work on the logs.
The nmra standards for weight gives 1oz, + 1/2 oz per inch. This car is 6 inches long = 4 oz weight.
Only place for weight on this car is the logs. The car weighs 2 oz, so I'll put an ounce in two logs. The fishing weight lead that I'm using is 7 inches per ounce. I cut each piece in half & a little silicone to secure them inside the logs.
With the weight in there, the end pieces are installed.
I've already filed down the log end on the left, it looked like the one on the right, where the mold casting is a bit off, giving it a raised ring affect.
The center one is not too bad, it really shows how Kadee modeled the chain saw marks, but I filed all three down to give a consistent look.
Here is the three of them filed down, I scraped across the ends with the teeth of a razor saw to at least try and give the appearance of saw marks.
From a little further away.
There's some weathering tips on the instruction sheet for the logs, but I was going to wait until I have all the kits put together to do that, whenever that might be.