Railbus for the PMR

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Re: Railbus for the PMR

Post by GTB » Sun Oct 21, 2018 4:06 pm

Big Jim wrote: Sun Oct 21, 2018 12:25 pm I hadn't thought of them. I may investigate further.
The colour scheme looks good, but I agree about lining being dead boring.........

The color choice is pretty limited in the uni Paint markers, black, white, gold, silver, bright red, bright blue, bright green, bright orange, bright yellow and a fetching shade of pink. Tamiya also sell something similar, with much the same colour range.

The non-metallic colours are fairly transparent, so the orange might be worth trying, as it may look more like buff when used over a blue background. Silver would look OK on the window frames, as they are usually unpainted aluminium on modern rail vehicles.

Many years ago there were paint pens available for touching up cars, which came in a very wide colour range. I used them at the time to line and letter a large 7 1/4" loco. Not sure if they are still available though.

I generally use a bow pen and Humbrol enamel for this sort of thing, but bow pens are getting hard to find and the learning curve is very steep if you've never used one.

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Re: Railbus for the PMR

Post by philipy » Sun Oct 21, 2018 5:03 pm

GTB wrote: Sun Oct 21, 2018 4:06 pm
I generally use a bow pen and Humbrol enamel for this sort of thing, but bow pens are getting hard to find and the learning curve is very steep if you've never used one.
Yes I've always used a bow pen for lining and when Humbrol was 'proper' , a drop of linseed oil to thin it and help flow. These days Humbrol doesn't seem to work so well for lining.
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Re: Railbus for the PMR

Post by Big Jim » Sun Oct 21, 2018 5:06 pm

I do have a bow pen and have used it in the past, but as others have found the quality of humbrol paint is not what it was.
This is quite a simple job as all I am doing is picking out some raised plastic moulding.
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Re: Railbus for the PMR

Post by Lonsdaler » Mon Oct 22, 2018 9:29 am

Just to echo Peter's suggestion Jim, I use a brand called Molotow. They do a full range of colours, all acrylic based, and several nib sizes. Originally produced for graffiti artists, I believe.
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Re: Railbus for the PMR

Post by FWLR » Mon Oct 22, 2018 9:58 am

I use Sharpie Jim, really good choice of colours….You can get fine tipped ones.

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Re: Railbus for the PMR

Post by GTB » Mon Oct 22, 2018 5:07 pm

philipy wrote: Sun Oct 21, 2018 5:03 pm Yes I've always used a bow pen for lining and when Humbrol was 'proper' , a drop of linseed oil to thin it and help flow. These days Humbrol doesn't seem to work so well for lining.
I've always found Humbrol straight out of a new tin a bit thin for lining. The tins I'm using at present work OK, but they predate Hornby getting their greasy paws on Humbrol and screwing it up.

In my opinion Humbrol doesn't work so well for anything now. I stopped buying it last year and now use Revell, but haven't tried that for lining yet. It brushes and sprays nicely though.

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Re: Railbus for the PMR

Post by Big Jim » Tue Oct 23, 2018 9:16 pm

In the words of Magnus Magnusson "I've started, so I'll finish".

Thanks for all the lining advice, I will bear it in mind for further projects. However as I had started with a brush and a pot of paint I decided to carry on to see how it looks at the end. I can always spray it again if it fails.


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Re: Railbus for the PMR

Post by Andrew » Tue Oct 23, 2018 9:29 pm

That's looking really fantastic, I love the prototype Deltic vibe!

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Re: Railbus for the PMR

Post by tom_tom_go » Tue Oct 23, 2018 9:34 pm

Looks good to me Jim, well done.

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Re: Railbus for the PMR

Post by ge_rik » Tue Oct 23, 2018 9:48 pm

Looks great, Jim. I envy your steady hand, especially on those curves.

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Re: Railbus for the PMR

Post by Peter Butler » Tue Oct 23, 2018 10:20 pm

Worked out well after all Jim, congratulations on your staying power.
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Re: Railbus for the PMR

Post by IrishPeter » Wed Oct 24, 2018 1:31 am

You have a lot more patience for lining than I have! Good job, Jim! I rather like it.

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Re: Railbus for the PMR

Post by philipy » Wed Oct 24, 2018 7:06 am

As the others have said, it is looking good Jim.
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Re: Railbus for the PMR

Post by FWLR » Wed Oct 24, 2018 7:27 am

NICE………….. :thumbright: :thumbright:

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Re: Railbus for the PMR

Post by IanC » Wed Oct 24, 2018 11:36 am

I like your chosen colour scheme. Looks very well executed too.
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