To give the appearance of a black loco and yet light enough to let
detail show up nicely, I use Rustoleum Automobile Grey Primer.
It's flat, durable, weathers easily. Where I am going to add
lettering decals, I use Future or some gloss over the primer.
Then a coat of DullCoat over decals and weathering.
Suits me. Your milage may vary, as the ad says.
Chuck Peck
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--- In yardbirdtrains@..., "Rob" <rrdeffinger@...> wrote:
I started a new album of a Ft Smith & Western RR, later Columbus & Greenville RR 2-8-2 that I am kitbashing. Started with an IHC 0-8-0 that I got off Ebay cheap because the front pilot was broken.
I striped everything off the boiler, and added new domes, walkways, piping, stack, new cab, brakes, lead and trailing trucks, scratchbuilt boiler backhead, etc.
Still working on the trailing truck, have to grind off the sides so it doesn't hit the drivers.
Can't decide on the boiler color. Had it dark pullman green, but it seemed too dark. So I tried a lighter Great Northern green, but that might be too light. It looks like the phototypes boiler was just basic black. I wanted it so the piping showed up better.
Any opinions of the color?
Still have more to do.
Bob D.
