flyboy2610
Loveably weird
I got most of the painting done on the flatcar project. The deck of the flatcar is painted with Badger ModelFlex Armour Yellow, and then I used Tamiya Panel Liner (black) to highlight the deck seams. Any excess was rolled across the deck with a cotton swab. The under-frame, sides, and deck were then given a light mist of Testors Model Master Grimy Black. I still have a number of bottles of MM paint, and want to use them up before they go bad.
The trucks were also given a coat of Grimy Black. I'll highlight the springs with a bit of rust color.
The load pieces were painted with Vallejo Model Air Steel ( 71.065). Once I get the load glued to the deck, I'll go over everything with some flat clear coat. Then I'll install the strapping. I have some elastic thread I plan to use as strapping. Some .040" square styrene will be used as 4x4 blocking.
Here the center piece is being glued to the deck. The under side is not painted, so I sanded some paint off the deck and used the famous (infamous?) Testors tube cement to glue the plastic parts together. I put some CA gel under the weights as added glue. The wheels will be CA glued to the deck, as there really isn't any good way to get a good plastic to plastic bond with those. The tank pieces will get some paint scraped off the bottom, and some paint scraped off the deck, tube cemented in place. Once the blocking and strapping is installed, none of this load is going to come off accidentally.
The trucks were also given a coat of Grimy Black. I'll highlight the springs with a bit of rust color.
The load pieces were painted with Vallejo Model Air Steel ( 71.065). Once I get the load glued to the deck, I'll go over everything with some flat clear coat. Then I'll install the strapping. I have some elastic thread I plan to use as strapping. Some .040" square styrene will be used as 4x4 blocking.
Here the center piece is being glued to the deck. The under side is not painted, so I sanded some paint off the deck and used the famous (infamous?) Testors tube cement to glue the plastic parts together. I put some CA gel under the weights as added glue. The wheels will be CA glued to the deck, as there really isn't any good way to get a good plastic to plastic bond with those. The tank pieces will get some paint scraped off the bottom, and some paint scraped off the deck, tube cemented in place. Once the blocking and strapping is installed, none of this load is going to come off accidentally.
