Paint on Mamod Locos

[steamyjim]

Do you need to use heat resistant paint on the bodywork (cab tanks etc) of the Mamod locos????

[ACLR]

I would use it Jim as the the tanks and body gets very hot mate

[steamyjim]

Aye true, I was just checking

[ACLR]

what engine are you painting ????

[steamyjim]

My converted Mamod loco. The blue one

[grumpfuttock]

The modified Mamod shown here:-

http://www.tumblydowncottage.dk/html/bo ... _no_2.html

was first sprayed with heat resistent semi-matt black paint, and then I added panels of Humbrol blue on the front of the tanks, sides of the tanks and cab sides. I was a bit dubious of how it would stand the heat, but the loco was steamed many times and the Humbrol paint is as good now as it was when first applied. I did thin down the Humbrol paint quite a bit--trying to avoid brush marks, and applied 3 coats with a brush. I had expected it to look awful, but to my surprise it came up very well. I had also worried about how the oil paint on (cellulose based? ) heat resistant paint would react. A trial on a piece of metal proved that there would be no problem.

[ACLR]

Wow that looks great
would love to do that to an engine sometime

[mhlr]

yeah, you don't have to use heat resistant paint on the body work, only on the boiler and heat shield etc. that are close to the flame. The rest wont get hot enough to worry about that.

[ptlrcecil]

I just use ordinary humbrall matt black on the boiler of mine.
The eat sheild Ive never bothered painting though i just put some wd40 on it every once in a while to stop it rusting to much.