Hi,
Taking a break from layout design decisions, I want to spray some paint!
I have a couple of Bachmann Spectrums in black & silver that need to be redone in "my" prototypes green & yellow. [Pic attached]
I pulled the shell, windows etc but the handrails (and some pretty nice "hinged wire") are all fixed in pretty solidly.
Questions;
- I don't have a "sand blasting" gun to strip the original paint/decals - I think a couple of coats of rattle can primer may be OK, or should I strip it first? How?
- I'm nervous about the handrails and stuff - I guess I could cut them off, paint, and then redrill the mounting holes and use thin brass/styrene, but is that "required"? Or just making more (unneccesary?) work.
I'm not counting rivets, or looking (yet anyway!) to "superdetail" the thing - Getting it "close" to suggest the prototype is good enough, but I'm not sure where to start......
Cheers,
Ian
Taking a break from layout design decisions, I want to spray some paint!
I have a couple of Bachmann Spectrums in black & silver that need to be redone in "my" prototypes green & yellow. [Pic attached]
I pulled the shell, windows etc but the handrails (and some pretty nice "hinged wire") are all fixed in pretty solidly.
Questions;
- I don't have a "sand blasting" gun to strip the original paint/decals - I think a couple of coats of rattle can primer may be OK, or should I strip it first? How?
- I'm nervous about the handrails and stuff - I guess I could cut them off, paint, and then redrill the mounting holes and use thin brass/styrene, but is that "required"? Or just making more (unneccesary?) work.
I'm not counting rivets, or looking (yet anyway!) to "superdetail" the thing - Getting it "close" to suggest the prototype is good enough, but I'm not sure where to start......
Cheers,
Ian