SS Ltd. Dorothy's House

[jankirkwood]

I am grateful for the "follow messages"  I have laid out the windows and doors after cleaning, some of the finer details are just exquisite and I recognize that I will have to be careful when I paint them so that the detail shows up. Suggestions will be most welcome

[bparrish]

Jan...

I think you were asking for suggestions.

If you have an air brush use it.  Get the colors of your choice from Tru-Color in Arizona.  Call them on the phone and tell them that you want it for spraying.  You can ask for brushable also.

Use a lot of light coat passes until sufficiently covered.  Allow a lot of drying time.  These paints have a lot of "die back". That is an auto body term for the shrinkage of the paint as the distillates evaporate out.  The down side of rattle can products is that they have a lot of pigment body and not so much die back.  That is the stuff that hides detail.

Then when done seal everything in a clear of appropriate gloss to suit you.

see ya
Bob

[jankirkwood]

thanks Bob

[Janbouli]

This male Jan will be following along, I bet you do great , it's all in the name.

[jankirkwood]

Thanks Janbouli

[deemery]

Before you dig out that airbrush:  1.  carefully clean up the castings.  2.  let them 'pickle' in 10% vinegar to add some 'tooth' for the paint. 3.  thoroughly wash with soap and water, use a cheap electric toothbrush to make sure you get the little nooks and crannies thoroughly clean.  Then let air dry.


dave

[jankirkwood]

Before you dig out that airbrush:  1.  carefully clean up the castings.  2.  let them 'pickle' in 10% vinegar to add some 'tooth' for the paint. 3.  thoroughly wash with soap and water, use a cheap electric toothbrush to make sure you get the little nooks and crannies thoroughly clean.  Then let air dry.


dave

Thanks Dave and after that pick the colors, since I model the era of the house there won't be any weathering or at least heavy weathering.

[deemery]

This is the book you want to help you pick a paint scheme:  http://www.amazon.com/Century-Color-Decoration-Buildings-1820-1920/dp/0892570512  Used copy only $2.15 when I checked.  Worth every penny!


dave

[jankirkwood]

Thanks Dave for the suggestion.  I decided that I would try out paint colors on a black and white drawing before I paint the house and details, I do not know why I have not done that before.  I do want to make this kit a special one for me and that means not painting it 5 times....among other things.

[deemery]

If there's a nice drawing of the kit (and I think there is, but I'm away and can't dig out my own copy of this kit), you can scan it.  Then you can use graphics programs to color various regions within the drawing. 


Or you can print out the scanned drawing, and dig out your crayons and colored pencils :-)


I find it's -really handy- to scan and print copies of assembly templates.  I also draw things like roof templates or foundation pieces on the printer, then cut out and test-fit the template until I get the template correct.  It's much cheaper to cut and recut paper roof templates, than the actual roof pieces.


dave

[jankirkwood]

Thanks Dave.

[SoftwareTools]

There is an illustrated construction series, across 13 parts, about Dorothy's House on RailRoadRedux.

Part 1 is here http://www.railroadredux.com/2010/02/ss-ltd-dorothys-house-part-1-cardstock-walls/

[bparrish]

Welcome aboard... Softwaretools.

It's fun to have someone on the other side of the world a part of this.

You must however... give us some sort of a name.

Thanx
Bob

[jankirkwood]

There is an illustrated construction series, across 13 parts, about Dorothy's House on RailRoadRedux.

Part 1 is here http://www.railroadredux.com/2010/02/ss-ltd-dorothys-house-part-1-cardstock-walls/

Thank you for your information, it will be so useful for me.  Please tell us your name.

[jankirkwood]

My wood for the walls and my tools to make straight cuts have arrived and I have started to cut the pieces out.  I'll have pictures later today.