Painting Brass

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Anonymous

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Painting Brass

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, December 28, 2002 8:33 AM

Just bought my first brass loco and need some tips on painting it.

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, December 28, 2002 6:56 PM

Painting And Weathering Railroad Models by Jeff Wilson has an article on painting brass engines. Also some tips for weathering loco's.

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 3, 2003 9:20 AM

Thanks for taking the time to post Alvie. I will search for the book on ebay. Dale.

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Sperandeo

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Posted by Sperandeo on Friday, January 3, 2003 9:34 AM

Hi Dale,

The book Alvie recommended is available on the "Shopping" section of this Web site.

I'll also take the liberty of recommending two MODEL RAILROADER articles of my own: "Brass GP50 in Santa Fe colors," April 1984, page 114; and "Painting a brass steam locomotive," November 1986, page 146.

Both of those describe painting with Floquil paints, but I use Polly Scale acrylics now because they're safer and allow easy cleanup with soap and water. Except for that, pretty much everything I explain in those article is still how I do it today.

If you don't have the back issues you can order photocopies of those articles from customerservice@kalmbach.com.

Good luck,

Andy

Andy Sperandeo
MODEL RAILROADER Magazine

Andy Sperandeo MODEL RAILROADER Magazine

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