Jake: How often does the train go by? Elwood: So often you won't even notice ...
QUOTE: Originally posted by Rotorranch Just an after thought...what are you using to thin the paint? The guy who works for me at the hobby shop ... changed brands of thinner, and the problem went away.
"No soup for you!" - Yev Kassem (from Seinfeld)
QUOTE: Originally posted by ericsp All of the Floquil/Polly Scale paint I have bought in the past year or so has been incredibly thin, it is almost like water with food coloring added. Forget the Polly Scale, get a spray can of one of Testor's white paint (if you do not have access to an airbrush). I use Classic White for my reefers. The gloss finish makes decaling easier, if you want a flat finish, spray (or brush) a clear coat on afterward. It took only three coats of the Testor's Classic White to paint my white reefers (which were molded in black), while I am on the 6th coat of reefer orange for the orange reefers and it still needs another coat at all of the ribs and corners (it appears the paint just runs off). I painted a DRGW RBL (interior post and black ends, fortunately) earlier this year with Polly Scale (or Floquil) DRGW Orange. It seems like it took 9 coats. The paint was so thin that even after nine coats the rivets could still be seen. I do not recall this problem with Floquil and Polly Scale in previous years. The funny thing is that Floquil, Polly Scale, and Testors are all owned by the same company.
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Modeling the NKP's Peoria Division, circa 1943
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