I was originally going to paint it black, and experiment with weathering techniques to make it look messy and oily. But when I realised it wasn’t an oil tank, I thought I’d try painting it to look like the real thing. How does one paint things in steel? The model itself was already built when I obtained it, so I can’t take it apart. It’s made of resin, and already had some brown paint on it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is my first attempt at painting with metallics. It involved a trip to Halfords. They sell touch-up paints for cars. I thought “if a car is nice and shiny, then this should be a breeze”. I was wrong. This stuff is meant for touching up scratches. It doesn’t do large areas neatly. The brush inside is tiny. I tried a wider brush, with better results, but I found that it softens existing paint underneath it, and I couldn’t clean the brush – not even with white spirit. I’ve now thrown away three brushes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n And this is what the results look like on the wagon. I’m not satisfied with this result. Time to reconsider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So where did I go wrong? How does one paint metallics? What should I use instead? Watch this space. The short version: don’t use car touch-up paints for large flat areas. I bought a wagon for my garden railway a few years ago. I thought it was an oil wagon but it turns out to be a model of … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.wis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_3649-1024x768.jpg\")
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