I have been out of the hobby for awhile and was disappointed to learnFloquil is no longer available. What paints are recommended now and is there a guide to mix colors to match different railroad colors? Looking to match Great Northern colors, engine colors and glacier green.
I went with True-Color Paint, they have most RR colors. Mel My Model Railroad http://melvineperry.blogspot.com/ Bakersfield, California I'm beginning to realize that aging is not for wimps.
MVRail Looking to match Great Northern colors, engine colors and glacier green.
I use mainly Scalecoat 2 paints. These were formerly by Weaver, but are now sold by Minuteman Models. They have a lot of prototype specific colours.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
I used to be strictly ModelFlex.
But I am now jumping on the TruColor bandwagon, as they do seem to match really well, and dry a bit quicker than ModelFlex does.
However - I still use acrylics (like ModelFlex, Vallejo, etc...) more when doing multiple items at one time. (Force of habit.) And especially when weathering wheelsets and truck sideframes. (Thinned Craft paint!)
I also prefer Vallejo primer, as it tends to work very well when airbrushed.
(BONUS! Vallejo Grey Primer matches Wabash Grey!)
TruColor works really well with an airbrush, without needing thinned. Unless you purchase their Brushable line, it don't work well for that.
ModelFlex does not brush well either.
Vallejo does have both airbrush and regular brush lines, but not always rail color specific.
There is a handy painting with acrylics guide out there from another magazine, free to download if you register with them. It does have some mixing recepes for getting colors to match the old Floquil line. (As well as an updated recepe for universal acrylic thinner.)
Note: TruColor needs Acetone to clean, where Vallejo & Modelflex are "waterbased" and clean with plain old soap & water. (Or, my go-to, 50/50 mix of soapy water and blue window wash fluid.)
Both ModelFlex & TruColor offer GN Colors straight from the bottle.
Ricky W.
HO scale Proto-freelancer.
My Railroad rules:
1: It's my railroad, my rules.
2: It's for having fun and enjoyment.
3: Any objections, consult above rules.
I am a new railroad modeler but I am using only Vallejo acrylic paint. I don't waste much paint because I use it one drop at a time.
Stef
ricktrains4824 Note: TruColor needs Acetone to clean,
Note: TruColor needs Acetone to clean,
FWIW, certain fingernail polish removers are pure acetone. (Don't steal it from SWMBO. It's not that expensive. Not that I know this from personal experience, but always a wise practice.) I'm relearning how to drybrush weathering with a couple of the TruColor brushables as the acrylic paints I had been using are hard to find these days.
microscale decals has a color equivalent chart listing all floquil poly scale colors. And who makes a match
Shane
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An optimist sees the light at the end of the tunnel
A realist sees a frieght train
An engineer sees three idiots standing on the tracks stairing blankly in space
ModelTrain I am a new railroad modeler but I am using only Vallejo acrylic paint. I don't waste much paint because I use it one drop at a time.
FRRYKid ricktrains4824 Note: TruColor needs Acetone to clean, FWIW, certain fingernail polish removers are pure acetone. (Don't steal it from SWMBO. It's not that expensive. Not that I know this from personal experience, but always a wise practice.) I'm relearning how to drybrush weathering with a couple of the TruColor brushables as the acrylic paints I had been using are hard to find these days.
TSC carries it in bigger containers, for a decent price, (around here at least) and it's pure, 100%.
It's also found in the paint areas of big-box and home improvement stores.
I tend to avoid most nail polish removers for acetone purchases simply because some of them add in other "conditioners" and the like, and I don't feel like spending a ton of time looking and reading bottles when I know the stuff in tin cans located in the paint section is indeed pure acetone.
I was simply pointing out the difference between Vallejo, ModelFlex, and TruColor. (Would hate to get one or the other without realizing they do behave just a bit differently than I might have expected. Or worse, gum up the airbrush because I wasn't paying as much attention as I should have been... Not that I've ever done something so silly...)
I like Vallejo. They are good. And I usully acrylic markers to draw details. I've been using these for a long time already https://artistro.com/collections/markers not only for this hobby. They are quite persistent. I used to use them for drawing on wood, but they turned out to fit perfectly for any suface
MVRail I have been out of the hobby for awhile and was disappointed to learnFloquil is no longer available. What paints are recommended now and is there a guide to mix colors to match different railroad colors? Looking to match Great Northern colors, engine colors and glacier green.
http://www.microscale.com/Floquil%20Color%20Chart.pdf
Take Care!
Frank