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 Posted - November 03 2009 : 7:25:47 PM
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Ok, as you know I am working on an entry for the upcoming kitbashing contest, and now I am looking for tips on painting models. Do you hand paint your models, use stencils, or use bought decals? Any help would be great. Thanks,
-Jacob
Quote: "I didn't fail, I just found 1200 materials that won't work"
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 Posted - November 03 2009 : 11:19:14 PM
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I brush paint all my work, then overspray it with a coat of flat to even out the sheen...
...my lettering is done with dry transfers, one at a time, then coated with flat...
...weathering is done with dry brushed colors and/or powdered pastel chalks, again sealed with flat.
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Posted - November 03 2009 : 11:22:38 PM
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<-- Hardly a expert. But as someone else who recently started painting in the past year I can give a little advice 
MOST models I'll attempt to strip down first using rubbing alcohol or a mix of water & pin sol (usually more pine sol, I just add a little water if the plastic seems questionable). There is a good post about it here, read it to get started.
http://www.tycoforums.com/tyco/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=880
Once I'm satisfied I'll figure out the easiest way to paint. Like if I'm doing the roof a different color, is it easier to mask the roof off to spray later? Or easier to mask the body off to spray later on? Sorta hard to explain over the forums. But I've found at times doing cabooses for example, that I've sprayed the body color first. But certain angles on the roof make it tough to mask off to paint black. Where as if I had painted the roof first, it would mask off easily because its flat and would tape up easy. Hope that made some sense lol. For masking I just use blue painters tape, sometimes I'll even double it up if I think its necessary.
Painting itself right now I just use spray cans (though I wanna move to airbrush next year). Biggest thing that helps is taking my time. Staying at a safe distance, making 2-3 passes with the can, then switch sides. Probably more than I'd like to admit, I got in a hurry. I would get either too close or make too many passes trying to get the paint to cover better. The paint would build up too fast on the surface & create runs. Usually I do each side in a few passes, let it dry for 15-20 mins then come back and do another few passes.
As for detail stuff, right now I'm starting to accumulate a small collection of decals which is nice. Though I would like to try that decal printer paper sometime or maybe even make my own stencil.
EDIT: Shay makes a good point pictures speak alot better than words! This caboose was solid blue. The body had ribbing and I knew that ment the paint would run if I masked it off and painted the roof second. Instead I painted the roof first, and once it dried it was easy to tape off the flat surface. Rest of the body went easy after that. You can see where I forgot to touch up some of the brown that made its way onto the roof near that back corner.
/tyco/forum/uploaded/ChrisC/trains369.jpg
Edited by - ChrisC on November 03 2009 11:31:03 PM
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Posted - November 04 2009 : 2:45:50 PM
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As a rule, I use an airbrush to paint. However, with a minimum of practice, you can get the same results with a rattle can and brush. Patience is the key!! I use the airbrush because I have used one for years and am better with it then a brush.
I use decals and dry transfers. But I do try to avoid the dry transfers if possible as I ALWAYS find ways to screw them up!! Oddly, I have never had a need to hand paint lettering.
In the end, its the results that matter. Pick any method and practice!
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Posted - November 04 2009 : 7:33:59 PM
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airbrush & decals, then dulcote or semi gloss or both. airbrushing takes time, but i get better results. then the decals need micro sol to set them down in all the little cracks & over irregular objects.
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/tnt1/001-100/TNT065_Decals_Pino/tnt065.htm
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Posted - November 04 2009 : 8:21:49 PM
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 neato guys Hey shaygetz niiiice UP plow What's the Pep Boys truck look like?  Is it HO?
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Posted - November 04 2009 : 10:59:33 PM
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Thanks, it's from the Matchbox Collectibles Series of trucks from about 10-12 years ago. I got several for $5 a pop at a flea market...about the same as you can get them for on Ebay now. They're acceptable for HO, purists would really only have a problem with their road width...about a scale foot wider than normal. Other than that, they're near spot on for HO.
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Posted - November 04 2009 : 11:02:40 PM
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| wowee zowiee I likes! gotta find some Is it HO tho or close?
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Posted - November 05 2009 : 08:23:11 AM
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Thanks a lot guys, I better get started on my kitbashing project now, as I have no excuses left
-Jacob
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