Repainting Plasticville

[zwbob]

After reading an article in one of the magazines about making plasticville a little more realistic I got busy. Here are two of my projects before and after.

The split level on the left.

[Anonymous]

Wow they look good you made some very nice improvements to your houses. Its amazing what a diffrence a little extra paint and effort can do.

[gottcent]

I agree--these look nice. And this kind of work is so much better than just taking a ready-made built-up out of the box. This tinkering is the fun part of the hobby for me.

[jefelectric]

Realy nice job! [tup][tup]

If I may ask, what type of paint did you use?

The Lionel huses can also benfit from this type of modification. I have done some of mine by filling the mortar joints with contrasting colors.

[DCmontana]

I have done the first part in re-painting a plasticville suburban station to Milwaukee grey.
The roof and appointments will be a darker grey. Already the station is greatly improved. Caution: be sure any paint you use is safe for platsic. I used krylon paint and it said on the label that it was safe for plastic. My next project will be a house. Bob you are an inspiration for me to finish project 1 and get on with 2.

[zwbob]

Thank you guys. On the split level for the lower level which is stone I used water based poster paint, the upper level and the trim is testors. The roof was already black. On the small house I used rustolium for the house and testors for the doors and windows. The roof was already gray. The before picture is a different house . The only differance is one house had a gray roof the other one is red.