The Modelers Thread

[robert.]

I running 2 rail. Does that make a difference?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I running 2 rail. Does that make a difference?

2 rail - go with Kadees 804 or 805.

[robert.]

If i buy scalecoat paint to brush on wood. Do i need to thin. I can't find it in the search engine here. all i can find is that people over on NK are going crazy over the scale coat selloff of paint. If i need to thin it can i use a everyday thinner. I have gallons of stuff I'll never use.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

If i buy scalecoat paint to brush on wood. Do i need to thin. I can't find it in the search engine here. all i can find is that people over on NK are going crazy over the scale coat selloff of paint. If i need to thin it can i use a everyday thinner. I have gallons of stuff I'll never use.

Scalecoat was bought by Minuteman years ago -- lots of people over on OGR are crazy. Stop. Two types; one for use on plastic and one not; use whichever you think correct for your project; regular laquer thinner should suffice; thinning probably not needed if brushing on.

[robert.]

strange color red. I thought it would be more brown. Caboose red is almost purple. similar to a merlot.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

strange color red. I thought it would be more brown. Caboose red is almost purple. similar to a merlot.

Odd............

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Sides are done....

[robert.]

Only a few smudges on the glazing

[gregj410]

Looks great! Adds to the realism. No glass in our house is perfectly clean, yours either.

[rogruth]

Only a few smudges on the glazing

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Looks great! Adds to the realism. No glass in our house is perfectly clean, yours either.

Yes; pretty sure that you'll find my fingerprints on the glazing of most of my models

What are you using for glazing material?

[robert.]

Plastic bag. I bought my daughter some dollar store stickers. They were packaged in a plastic/mylar bag. Thick enough to crease and thin enough to not snap. Bonus part is it is free.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Plastic bag. I bought my daughter some dollar store stickers. They were packaged in a plastic/mylar bag. Thick enough to crease and thin enough to not snap. Bonus part is it is free.

Interesting, mylar; glued in place with?

[robert.]

CA. Glue. It may not be mylar. It’s definitely not cellophane I gave some thought to hitting it with a hot screwdriver. Maybe melt the corners down. I cut it in the shape of a T. Then folded the lower part up. Then used CA to hold the cross sections to the wood. This worked for eliminating any creeping glue into a viewing area

[robert.]

Anybody ever use their hip to try and catch something falling to the floor? I drop a piece of this model and caught it with my hip and kitchen island. There may have been less damage if the caboose end fell to the floor. I was working on wax paper. Somehow it got taped to my shirt and moved with me. Causing a plunge towards the floor. Good news is i hip checked it into the kitchen drawers. keeping it from hitting the floor. Bad news is i now have some glue work. this scribed breaks EASY! If i built another one. I would glue another sheet to the backside for strength.