Re: Phase "Zero" / St Charles Coal Cars

Posted by Jim Courtney on
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/Phase-I-1902-C-S-Coals-tp5260p5552.html

Pretty neat stuff, Keith!

Do you use the fiberglass eraser between paint layers, like in the Gazette article, or just airbrush on very thin layers of paint?

As for masking off the straps, Jimmy Booth has mentioned that he uses the adhesive ends of Post-it notes to mask off small linear details (in Texas, we call them FLYNs (for "F'n little yellow notes").  I might experiment with those instead of business cards.

My friend, Dale Kreutzer has pointed out that modelers tend to build models of other models, not the prototype. Some of the first scratch building in wood used Floquil "driftwood" stain for unpainted wood, and model builders have been finishing open wood cars with grey interiors ever since. As Dale has pointed out, the inside of coal cars ("high-side gons" on his RGS) were shades of brown, not "fifty shades of gray".

Anyone else have their favorite technique for making styrene look like weathered, raw wood? Jeff? Mike Trent? Dr. Stears?

Photos please!

Jim