I gave it a go on the guard duckets as I hadn't fitted the overlays. Suffice to say, I'm not going to try and gold line the overlays that have already been fitted! The risk of making a mess is higher than the reward. It's a great technique I'd not thought of that I'll use on the rest of the rake however. I can live with the slight difference in livery!
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Re: livery inspiration
Re: livery inspiration
Good for you George.
Peter showed us that sometime ago and I use it all the time now when I build kits. It does so improve the appearance of the kit.
Peter showed us that sometime ago and I use it all the time now when I build kits. It does so improve the appearance of the kit.
ROD
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Life is so easy when I run my trains.
https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11364
https://www.youtube.com/@fairywoodlightrailway
Re: livery inspiration
What little lining I do on models now is done with a bow pen. With the hand tremor I've got, I don't attempt to do it freehand and for straight lines use a 6β plastic ruler as a pen guide with a couple of blobs of blu-tack under the ruler to make sure it doesn't slip at a crucial point........georgesheppard wrote: βWed Jan 20, 2021 9:56 am I gave it a go on the guard duckets as I hadn't fitted the overlays. Suffice to say, I'm not going to try and gold line the overlays that have already been fitted! The risk of making a mess is higher than the reward.
I know bow pens aren't for everyone, but Artline make extra fine tip paint pens (Artline 999XF) in a choice of gold or silver with a 0.8mm tip. There are possibly other manufacturers, but these are the finest ones I've seen here in Oz. They also have a limited range of plain paint colours in the Artline 444XF range with the same 0.8mm tip.
I should think these could be used to give a narrow gold line along the edge of beading, using the same ruler and blu-tack as a guide for the pen. For lining around curved corners in mouldings a piece of plastic with the corner suitably rounded could be substituted as a guide for the pen.
Graeme
Re: livery inspiration
Now that is a very good tip...
ROD
Life is so easy when I run my trains.
https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11364
https://www.youtube.com/@fairywoodlightrailway
Life is so easy when I run my trains.
https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11364
https://www.youtube.com/@fairywoodlightrailway
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