Superior & Seattle Railroad Build (Volume 4) Started 8/14/21

[S&S RR]

Okay, that's it for tonight.  I will continue with paints and paint mixtures after recharging my batteries. If the weather report is favorable in the morning I may postpone this discussion for a couple days while I go fishing.

[PaulS]

John, with all you have going, I really appreciate the time you took to pass along this information.   Much Appreciated !!
That certainly is a unique and well used paint booth.   Also thanks for the info on your two airbrushes, I will have to check them out further.
Have a great day and thanks again !!
--Paul

[deemery]

The airbrush I use most often is cheap, but is the easiest to clean.  That's why I use it most often :-)  My Iwata airbrushes do a better job, but are much harder to clean. 


I like your "toothpick board"!



dave

[S&S RR]

John, with all you have going, I really appreciate the time you took to pass along this information.   Much Appreciated !!
That certainly is a unique and well used paint booth.   Also thanks for the info on your two airbrushes, I will have to check them out further.
Have a great day and thanks again !!
--Paul

Paul


Your welcome, I will get to the paint mixing part as soon as I get to internet with enough bandwidth to post pictures.

[S&S RR]

The airbrush I use most often is cheap, but is the easiest to clean.  That's why I use it most often :-)  My Iwata airbrushes do a better job, but are much harder to clean. 


I like your "toothpick board"!



dave

Dave


This H series airbrush is the easiest to clean that I have ever owned. As for the toothpick boards - there like weights - I never seem to have enough of them. I made up a couple more just last week.  The castings will stay on the toothpicks until the painting is complete and I'm ready to put then on the layout.  I do store some finished castings but you need to make sure they don't get handled too much.

[postalkarl]

Hey John:

Nice paint booth. I will be following along.

Karl

[ACL1504]

John.

Wonderful and fantastic stuff here. I need to get off my a-- now!


Tom 

[S&S RR]

Hey John:

Nice paint booth. I will be following along.

Karl

Karl


Thank you, at least it gets used.

[S&S RR]

John.

Wonderful and fantastic stuff here. I need to get off my a-- now!


Tom 

Tom


Thank you for following along and the encouraging comments.  It means a lot coming from a guy with lots of Wonderful and fantastic stuff on his build thread.

[S&S RR]

I'm painting today, I just stopped in while I take a little break.  I should be able to continue the discussion painting this evening.  I also have some great new 3-D printed castings to show you, that I just bought.  The glue is drying on the tooth picks as I type this.

[S&S RR]

Now to get back to our discussion of my paint process with acrylic paints.  The biggest issue that I had making the switch to acrylic paints in the airbrush was clogging. At first I would get one or two castings done (using the paint straight out of the bottle). I have now settled on a ratio of about 10 percent thinner and 6 - 8 drops of  flow improver to a 20 ml paint jar. This thins the paint and slows down the drying and has all but eliminated the clogging problems for me. Here is a picture of the containers for the products I'm using.  After sitting on the shelf for three days I did a test with this latest batch of castings and used the alcohol and soft acrylic chalk over the primer which I use on 90 % of my castings. The primer held and looked good.  My goal is to have a good coat of primer for everything else to attach too but not to loose any of the wonderful details on these castings. So far I'm happy with the results.

[S&S RR]

Here is a picture of the 5 different colors of primer that I'm using for my base coat.

[S&S RR]

Here is a picture of the castings that made it through the paint booth, today.





And here is a new batch of 3D printed castings from Sierra West that arrived, yesterday, getting prepared for painting.  Brett is really taking "it's all about the details" to a new level with these new castings.

[PaulS]

John,
Thanks very much for the additional information and the products you are using.
Certainly looks like you had a large enough test sample there   
Appreciate you taking the time to document and share your methods and approach with us here.
All the best and keep you the great work on the S&S, I'll be following along,
Be well,
--Paul

[S&S RR]

John,
Thanks very much for the additional information and the products you are using.
Certainly looks like you had a large enough test sample there   
Appreciate you taking the time to document and share your methods and approach with us here.
All the best and keep you the great work on the S&S, I'll be following along,
Be well,
--Paul

Paul


No problem, this is what the forum is all about.  I hope it helps. I have a lot of highly detailed scenes coming up and all of these castings will find a place on the layout. Let me know if you have any questions.