Hi, I painted my undec Microtrains bulkhead flatcars with Enamel paint, but they look to shiny. Is there someone who knows a thrick to make them more prototypical? If I could them make less shiny ,do I put the decals on the shiny cars or wait until they are less shiny? Paul
Hello Nuts(?). You need to be using flat colors instead of gloss. I use Testors Acrylic & Floquil(water based) colors. Once they are dry, they do adhere pretty well if you start with a fine mist first coat. I assume you are using an air brush or a spray can. Air brushes are better because you have more control of the amount of paint you use, so you dont flood the fine detail of a car or loco with paint. All is not lost with the car(s) that you have painted. Use Testors Dullcoat in the spray can, Testors part #1260. I use this same Testors dullcoat to seal the finish over the Acrylics. There was a rather in-depth discussion about this subject about two months ago in either this forum or the Inspection Pit, if you want to look in the archives but it could have had a completely different title.
Hey, I found it! Go to the Inspection Pit, select topics from last 75 days and then look for "Tips for weathering grain cars". Hope this helps.
<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by HERMANzGERMAN: Hey, I found it! Go to the Inspection Pit, select topics from last 75 days and then look for "Tips for weathering grain cars". Hope this helps. <hr></blockquote> Thanks for pointing out this thread. I just replied to it to bring back near the top of the list.
Paul, there is no problem with using gloss paints, as the car needs a gloss surface for decalling anyway. In fact, I sometimes wonder why all colours are not made in gloss as well as flat, as this would save an operation to get the surface glossy to take decals. So put on the decals before spraying with flat varnish.
Thank you all for helping me out of this. I will add decals now and than finish with a flat varnish, that should do the job Paul
