I am finally getting back to some serious painting, and thought I would start on one of my someday models....
Way back when, I bought an Overland (Brass) HO NJ Transit U-34CH as the price was good and "someday......."
Well someday has come, and I decided to look through all the notes I had made on paint.
Somewhere I had read that whilst the Amtrak Silver (non-metallic) is called Platinum Mist, the NJ Transit silver is called silver mist, and that someone made this. I also started to write some notes about Metro-North silver but now cannot read them
After slapping myself for making bad notes, I started to research who might make something that I could use. And I have come up with....... nothing...
So..... Can anyone recommend an enamel/oil based paint (for painting brass) that would serve for NJ Transit and/or Metro North. I do realize that once they have been weathered down they are likely to look like to same dust light gray.........
Also whilst on the subject, does anyone have suggestions for the same in Acrylic for painting plastic.......
And just to start a fight with myself.......
after waiting too long for Atlas to actually deliver their Alco C420 in LIRR Blue/Yellow, I have decided to paint my own brass ones. The question is what is the right Blue?? I think D&H blue, is too light even taking into account the 35+ year old chromes I am using as a reference, the LIRR is a deeper blue. I have tried EMD blue (like EMD used on the Oakway Leasing SD60 fleet for BN) but that is too flat).
I know that getting blue just right can be a b$&@h, as I grew up in the UK during the Blue Diesel period, and the best blue I ever managed was on a scratch built diesel with some paint (begged for) from the local BR maintenance depot---- even then it looked too flat until I polished the model with an oily rag (by mistake) and bingo! The problem of course was that I could never keep the dust of it, but found that 3 very very light coats of a gloss varnish (french polish diluted with 91% Isopropyl) gave a good approximation. However no doubt all the really good spirit based varnishes are difficult to get (for very good reason).
So does anyone have a suggestion for LIRR blue as used on the C420s when yellow was being (early to mid 70s?) used not the later blue used with white/gray?
Way back when, I bought an Overland (Brass) HO NJ Transit U-34CH as the price was good and "someday......."
Well someday has come, and I decided to look through all the notes I had made on paint.
Somewhere I had read that whilst the Amtrak Silver (non-metallic) is called Platinum Mist, the NJ Transit silver is called silver mist, and that someone made this. I also started to write some notes about Metro-North silver but now cannot read them
After slapping myself for making bad notes, I started to research who might make something that I could use. And I have come up with....... nothing...
So..... Can anyone recommend an enamel/oil based paint (for painting brass) that would serve for NJ Transit and/or Metro North. I do realize that once they have been weathered down they are likely to look like to same dust light gray.........
Also whilst on the subject, does anyone have suggestions for the same in Acrylic for painting plastic.......
And just to start a fight with myself.......
after waiting too long for Atlas to actually deliver their Alco C420 in LIRR Blue/Yellow, I have decided to paint my own brass ones. The question is what is the right Blue?? I think D&H blue, is too light even taking into account the 35+ year old chromes I am using as a reference, the LIRR is a deeper blue. I have tried EMD blue (like EMD used on the Oakway Leasing SD60 fleet for BN) but that is too flat).
I know that getting blue just right can be a b$&@h, as I grew up in the UK during the Blue Diesel period, and the best blue I ever managed was on a scratch built diesel with some paint (begged for) from the local BR maintenance depot---- even then it looked too flat until I polished the model with an oily rag (by mistake) and bingo! The problem of course was that I could never keep the dust of it, but found that 3 very very light coats of a gloss varnish (french polish diluted with 91% Isopropyl) gave a good approximation. However no doubt all the really good spirit based varnishes are difficult to get (for very good reason).
So does anyone have a suggestion for LIRR blue as used on the C420s when yellow was being (early to mid 70s?) used not the later blue used with white/gray?