Arjay1969 Bob, AntonioFP45 has had a couple of excellent threads on this forum about Alclad. I think there might have been one other but I can't find it right at the moment. http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/88/t/122979.aspx http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/88/p/248634/2778462.aspx My thought on the Vallejo paint was that the non-stainless prats of the locomotive were painted anyway, so a regular paint should work. I have to tell you, I have been less than impressed with the Badger Modelflex paints lately. The colors have been way off from what I was expecting. For instance, a bottle of Santa Fe Yellow I bought a while back was more of a pale/faded yellow, and a bottle of LV Cornell Red was almost pink!
Bob,
AntonioFP45 has had a couple of excellent threads on this forum about Alclad. I think there might have been one other but I can't find it right at the moment.
http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/88/t/122979.aspx
http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/88/p/248634/2778462.aspx
My thought on the Vallejo paint was that the non-stainless prats of the locomotive were painted anyway, so a regular paint should work.
I have to tell you, I have been less than impressed with the Badger Modelflex paints lately. The colors have been way off from what I was expecting. For instance, a bottle of Santa Fe Yellow I bought a while back was more of a pale/faded yellow, and a bottle of LV Cornell Red was almost pink!
Thanks, I will try the Vallejo paints and see how close it looks with the Genesis. As for the 'metallic' finishes I need to get a color chart for Alclad and see which best matches the Genesis as well. I had thought of using some of the Chrome or Stainless foils used on some of the model automobiles since the areas are basically flat panels.
-Bob
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Arjay1969 Bob, I'm about to do some experimentation on this myself. I've tried a few samples, and I think I've narrowed it down to Vallejo 71.062 Aluminum for the overall silver, and I'm going to attempt to use Alclad Chrome for the stainless steel panels. Cross your fingers!
I'm about to do some experimentation on this myself. I've tried a few samples, and I think I've narrowed it down to Vallejo 71.062 Aluminum for the overall silver, and I'm going to attempt to use Alclad Chrome for the stainless steel panels. Cross your fingers!
I was going to look at the Alclad stuff but wasn't sure it was too much for the entire body. I like your idea, let me know how it works for you. I also was going to try some Badger Model Flex Santa Fe Silver No 16-32.
I am in the process of building a Highliner B unit for my Santa Fe Genesis F7 A unit and don't know what is the best 'match' for the silver body color. Has anyone done this and can recommend the best color match? I know the Genesis has some foil of some type on a few of the panels but the remaining surfaces are painted. Any suggestions would be helpful.
Thanks,