IP eeze guards van

DLRdan · Post by **DLRdan** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 12:07 pm

For something to do this Christmas I biought dad one of the little guards vans fron IP. He has just finished it and is wondering what to do about paint or varnish. If it was painted would the scored lines for the planking dissapear. I've put a pictutre below with the van behind the Simplex.

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 2:30 pm

Nice work by you dad.

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 3:49 pm

Hi

Simplex looks good, is it scratch built or is it a kit

MDLR · Post by **MDLR** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 4:06 pm

Instead of painting it, you could go to your local DIY shed and buy a pot of the stuff they sell for garden furniture - it's water based and covers quite well. Take a look at my Hudson riding van at: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/mdltrly/hudson.html which was treated with it.

The good thing is that if you don't like it, you can paint over it!
Happy New Year!

mhlr · Post by **mhlr** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 6:28 pm

I've used what MDLR has used, but for a wooden bridge I made a friend.

You could paint it, the pick out the 'go faster stripes'

with a different colour.

pauly · Post by **pauly** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 6:50 pm

if you use spray paints you wont lose the detail

made-in-england · Post by **made-in-england** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 6:56 pm

i brush painted my stuff with humbrol and the detail is fine..

SillyBilly · Post by **SillyBilly** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 8:32 pm

I think whether you loose the detail or not depends how thick the paint you use is.

I see cheeky Blanche there in the background.

mhlr · Post by **mhlr** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 9:27 pm

SillyBilly wrote:I see cheeky Blanche there in the background.

And the b***er got it for free too

DLRdan · Post by **DLRdan** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 9:30 pm

That was his other project, and its not all good Pete. It did need polishing

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