Yes, that is a nice tip !. I may try it on some schemes. Jerry - Those RED units look great. Just add Yellow sill stripes and nose stripes and you're almost there !
I have got the silver applied to all three units. It was a lot harder masking the red then if I would have done the silver first, but thats OK.
:thumbs_up: Just got back from a long sweaty trip and what a feast for the eyes!! Looking great so far!!
These are amazing! :thumbs_up: OC, if you will, please describe the masking method. I would not have expected it to come out so sharp or for the silver to cover so well. Does silver always do this? Or only over yellow, oranges, etc.? What make/brand of silver did you use? It almost looks like chrome. I use the old (not the new brand) Polly S water based Flat Aluminum or Stainless Steel colors. I seem to manage those all right, but the ATSF silver has not worked for me. I just got rid of it. And another thing! How do you know those teeny tiny stripe decals will match that curve you painted? How about that? Also, FWIW, this thread shows the same engine and paint scheme with the silver painted first. Seems to work about the same.
Jerry - Looking good so far! Can't wait to see them w/ decals! Flash - When I painted a Dash 9 awhile back in Warbonnet, I also initially had trouble w/ the ATSF silver. I ended up using Testor's silver, which turned out pretty good. I would probably go with the stainless flat aluminum next time also -- the pure silver needs some dullcoat/weathering to knock down the 'shininess'. The yellow stripe isn't that big a deal, as long as you get the profile of the curve right, the stripe is wide enough to cover any minor imperfections.
William wants these beauties 'Wash-Rack' clean, just as the pride of the Fleet should be. I used Model Masters 28003 Silver (Costum Lacquer System) paint. As Dave said, the decals are wide enough to cover a little imperfections. To get the curve close, however, I first took some wax paper and layed it over the decal sheet. I then traced the decals curve on the wax paper. (Pencil or felt pen works best!) I then cut the different curved pieces off the wax paper and layed them on a thin piece of styrene and traced the curve onto the styrene. I then cut the styrene peices out making three little templets, the right side, the left side, and the cab curve. When I started masking, I masked the walkways, then the cabs, then the carbody. I layed the tape out, put a templet on it, traced onto the tape, and cut the tape. If I do more of these, I think I would do the silver first, then the red. Alot easier masking!
What a great method. Now I know how to do mine. They look great. If they are the freshly painted engines, does that mean you won't put the anti-glare panels on the nose? When were those applied?
Jerry - I used the exact same method ! Except I used plain 'ol paper instead of styrene. Great minds think alike Either that or we're both equally warped...
