The Return of the Grafffiti King --- Vandalism BECOMES ARTWORK

[lupo]

QUOTE: Originally posted by AntonioFP45

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[#ditto]

as soon as grafitty comes up some people start reacting like they been running on vapors for some time,
let's just look at the artistic side of it , can you model a modern RR without grafitty ? It seems to be around allmost everywhere

[AntonioFP45]

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[lupo]

QUOTE: Originally posted by cwclark

I gotta know what you do with the paint before you start?....got braincells?

I dillute the paint with all kind off thinners (fast or slow) and retarder !
about my braincells:
not as many as I had when I was young, but that is another story (OPS)
when working with paint and organic solvents allways use good air filters (gasmask type) and not just a dust cover!
allways ventilate your workspace!.

[Anonymous]

A retired employee of a rail line admitted that he had painted thousands of cars while he was working for the RR company. His graffitti was famous as it was quite artistic... finally he wanted world to know...

[cwclark]

I gotta know what you do with the paint before you start?....got braincells?

[Roadtrp]

QUOTE: Originally posted by nhs792

Great, give us your home address and we'll have some "artists" over to do you house and car.

Dave H.

Geez, guys. Give Elliot a break. He didn't say he supported vandalism. He didn't say that vandalism was justified because it produced art. He said that REMOVED FROM IT'S CONTEXT it is simply art.

And I don't think anyone can disagree with that too much. [:)]

[lupo]

QUOTE: Originally posted by nhs792

Great, give us your home address and we'll have some "artists" over to do you house and car.

Dave H.

Just for travel costs l volunteer to come over and do the job for free!
BTW I prefer a compressor and spray-gun over cans [8D] [8D]

[Anonymous]

I personally think that model trains look pretty good with grafiti.

Not every car, but a few in the group, it just adds that extra realism, especially if the grafiti is actually pretty good looking.

A little grafiti and a little weathering and away you go!

[Big_Boy_4005]

Actually Dave, if you are into original artwork like that, wouldn't it be easier to cut out the "middle man" and just put it straight on the models?[swg] There is probably enough to choose from, so as to not have to create new anyway.

And for those who don't like graffiti, check out the Google ads on the side of this page!!![(-D][(-D][(-D][(-D][;)]

[FJ and G]

Elliot,

Perhaps you can help us form local graffiti clubs. We could go out late at night and spraypaint cars on lonely sidings. Each of us could come armed with 3 or four cans of various spray paint colors, a couple of Saturday night specials for defensive purposes and maybe even some cans of dullcoat so that the spray paint doesn't look too shiny.

While we are at it, a couple of guys with testor's rust paint can weather freight cars that look too new or clean; and perhaps dent a few with sledgehammers to make them look even more realistic than they are.

Then we could photograph our work and go back home and detail our freight cars the same. Lets call our group, Model Railroaders in the Hood.

dav

[Big_Boy_4005]

Actually Dave, I think this stuff would inprove my car. I drive a white 1993 GMC pickup, and the paint is starting to peel on the doors. Maybe I'll get some bumper sticker material, but it will have to be seeled pretty well, or the weather will wash it out.

I need to do some resizing to get it on the trains. It is still a little large for O scale.

Here are some more.





This image came from a photo of a box car posted on another members web page. It is really not necessary to email me to get the ones I post here. Simply right click and copy, then you can resize them too.



This one was never on a railroad car. It was a wall mural in Chicago. It may even have been authorized, but I'm not sure. I'll have to recheck the website.

[Anonymous]

Great, give us your home address and we'll have some "artists" over to do you house and car.

Dave H.

[Anonymous]

Getting pretty sophisticated. Nice!

[Big_Boy_4005]

Well gang, we have beaten the morality issues surrounding graffiti to death!!! Now comes the modeling payoff!!! This is why I like to take pictures of graffiti. Actually, when removed from it's context, it is simply art.


This car


becomes this artwork after some simple manipulation.

Time to make the decals!!

[:D]

By the way, I have a few others ready, and will be working on more. If anyone wants any of this artwork, just drop me an email.[;)]