Bob, One nice thing too about oil paints is that they give you a lot of time to correct your mistakes! I have used foam makeup pads with a little thinner to rub oil paints off of high spots to create more depth or to remove unwanted color. Floquil and other solvent based paint pose a risk to the underlying finish.
You’re right: the NMRA Magazine has become almost worth the price of admission to the NMRA. It is more of a modelers magazine now than Model Railroader, which has become a layout builders magazine, and also has its place. Roger From: Bob Werre Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2013 7:25 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} technique to F-3 screens Thanks Gentlemen ie. Jim, Roger and Bill I think I might try the oil paint and turpentine, but will likely try the burnt umber flavor. Like Bill I had debated the weathering powders, but the excess is hard to control, I thought about the India ink thing too with some of the same problems. In my time period these engines would be fairly new so I didn't want to have to weather the whole set of engines to makeup for a botched start. Besides the nice article by Brooks in the NMRA magazine there is a nice article regarding weathering with oil paints that might fit in here. Also there is another worthwhile article on using the static grass techniques. I actually planted an area and touched up a couple of prior attempts with what I learned over the weekend. It looks like that magazine as turned out to be good for modelers who model. I used to generally pass on it when it was endless discussions on the organization itself (I guess that's what lists like this are for...). Bob Werre PhotoTraxx On 5/1/13 1:02 AM, Roger Nulton wrote: Bob, Jim has it right. I use a my favorite wash of oil paint and turpentine. Of course, the model is laid on its side until the wash sets up. I did the grills on SHS #13 switcher this way. Roger Nulton From: Jim & Cheryl Martin Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 3:48 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} technique to F-3 screens Hi Bob What I did with my SHS SW-9 was brush some thinned black acrylic craft paint from the dollar store onto the grills. I then cut a short piece of square strip wood to a 45 degree chisel point. When the black paint was still soft, but dry to the touch, I worked the sharp edge of the strip wood over the top of the grill screen, exposing the factory paint. The effect is pretty good. If you don't want to risk your loco to an untested low tech approach, you could practice first on some other surfaces to see if you like the effect. I'll see if I can scare up a photo somewhere. Jim Martin On April 30, 2013 at 5:07 PM Bob Werre mailto:[email protected] wrote: I will be making an effort to get back to catching up with some smaller projects that I've put off for a long time. One of those is finding a way to putting some depth (darkness) to the chicken wire screens on my SHS F-3's. Mine are lettered for the UP so there is an abundance of yellow that makes those screens toy-like. Any successful attempts at this from somebody! Bob Werre PhotoTraxx
