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Paint
Posted by OldSF on Friday, June 27, 2014 7:41 PM

Well I have to ask the question now of what paint should I use now.

I like water base and use air brush at times. I am just back into G & O scale and finding my old paint will not be made anymore! HELP!!!!Bang Head

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Posted by OldSF on Saturday, July 5, 2014 12:11 PM

I feel all warm and fuzzy Rene!

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Posted by kstrong on Saturday, July 5, 2014 9:03 PM

I've had good luck with Badger's "ModelFlex" line of paints. They're formulated to be airbrushed straight out of the bottle, but paint with a brush very smoothly as well. Know that once the bottle is opened, though, the paint will thicken over time, so if you're going to airbrush, get a fresh bottle for best results or drop a few drops of water in the bottle. It's water-based.

Later,

K

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Posted by vsmith on Thursday, July 10, 2014 9:04 AM

I can recommend Tamiya acrylics, as I loose Floquil bottles I am switching to Tamiya, and they are very good. they need to be thinned for a airbrush. 

   Have fun with your trains

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Posted by OldSF on Sunday, July 13, 2014 2:19 AM

Things to think about. If I am correct Tamiya has all the colors.

http://henningstrains.com/CollectorColor.html

I am rusty on forums sorry....

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Posted by vsmith on Monday, July 14, 2014 8:59 AM

OldSF

Things to think about. If I am correct Tamiya has all the colors.

http://henningstrains.com/CollectorColor.html

I am rusty on forums sorry....

Those look interesting....I haven't seen them at any LHS though,but they do look interesting.

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Posted by OldSF on Sunday, July 20, 2014 11:36 PM

Yeah they do have a warm hue to them!

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