RMweb Premium Neal Ball Posted November 25, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 25, 2022 46 minutes ago, Harlequin said: Here's a close-up photo: From left to right: Roof, Bogie, Body The texture feels like sandpaper. That’s awful. If I’d done it myself and that was my first go, I would hopefully learn from it. But to buy something of that low quality and at those prices, that’s just awful. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted November 25, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 25, 2022 I've just received three sets of Pressfix transfers from the UK - impressively fast delivery! I haven't used these before, and it appears to me that they aren't quite the same as the traditional waterslide transfers that I've used in the past. My question for anyone who has used them before is, do I need a coat of gloss varnish underneath them? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted November 25, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 25, 2022 Graham, they don't need gloss underneath ordinarily. If the paintwork is very matt then a coat of gloss or satin varnish will help them stick. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted November 25, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 25, 2022 Great, thanks very much Jonathan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 57xx Posted November 26, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 26, 2022 On 25/11/2022 at 12:25, Harlequin said: Here's a close-up photo: From left to right: Roof, Bogie, Body The texture feels like sandpaper. All the stuff I have seen from Shapeways looks like it's sat at the bottom of the Atlantic for 100 years. fine if you're modelling a wreck of the Titanic, but for models railways? No thanks. Especially at the prices they charge. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 57xx Posted November 26, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 26, 2022 20 hours ago, Rowsley17D said: Graham, they don't need gloss underneath ordinarily. If the paintwork is very matt then a coat of gloss or satin varnish will help them stick. I tend to do a small patch of Klear for Pressfix but have been lazy on some wagons and gone straight onto matt paint with no issues. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted November 26, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 26, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, 57xx said: I tend to do a small patch of Klear for Pressfix but have been lazy on some wagons and gone straight onto matt paint with no issues. I'm going to try them on the Ratio LMS 3-planker first, without any varnish. The kit came with waterslide transfers - now I haven't actually lost them - but I don't know their exact location at the moment! No doubt they will re-appear once I've applied the Pressfix... Ric, what do you use to seal the Pressfix transfers? I'll be weathering the wagons and have no idea how durable (or not) Pressfix are. Edited November 26, 2022 by Graham T Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 57xx Posted November 26, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 26, 2022 Just now, Graham T said: I'm going to try them on the Ratio LMS 3-planker first, without any varnish first. The kit came with waterslide transfers - now I haven't actually lost them - but I don't know their exact location at the moment! No doubt they will re-appear once I've applied the Pressfix... Ric, what do you use to seal the Pressfix transfers? I'll be weathering the wagons and have no idea how durable (or not) Pressfix are. I do another coat of Klear over the top of the whole wagon prior to weathering. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted November 26, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 26, 2022 And the wagon painting saga continues. They have taken far longer to get painted than I thought they would! The Cordon is Vallejo black, and the loco coal wagon Vallejo black/grey. The D1666 (of which I plan to get a few more) is Tamiya neutral grey, and the 3-plank wagon is rust red, I think. Getting Precision Paints or anything like that sent from the UK is a pain, and so I think for wagons an approximation is probably ok. They'll be getting weathered anyway. If it looks right... 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Neal Ball Posted November 26, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 26, 2022 1 hour ago, Graham T said: And the wagon painting saga continues. They have taken far longer to get painted than I thought they would! The Cordon is Vallejo black, and the loco coal wagon Vallejo black/grey. The D1666 (of which I plan to get a few more) is Tamiya neutral grey, and the 3-plank wagon is rust red, I think. Getting Precision Paints or anything like that sent from the UK is a pain, and so I think for wagons an approximation is probably ok. They'll be getting weathered anyway. If it looks right... The wagons look very good Graham. I am surprised that you can get paint sent from the UK to Austria... I wouldn't be able to get any sent to me here in Spain. However, for such things as Light and dark stone I have the recipe for Vallejo paints which gives a very pleasing rendition. Are you tempted by any of the Rapido offerings today? A 45xx or B set perhaps? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted November 26, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 26, 2022 15 minutes ago, Neal Ball said: The wagons look very good Graham. Thanks Neal, they're getting there slowly! 15 minutes ago, Neal Ball said: I am surprised that you can get paint sent from the UK to Austria... I wouldn't be able to get any sent to me here in Spain. However, for such things as Light and dark stone I have the recipe for Vallejo paints which gives a very pleasing rendition. I managed to get some Railmatch acrylics sent to me a while ago from dear old Blighty, but generally it's a non-starter. Don't even think about trying to get enamels, as you know! I too am becoming a bigger and bigger fan of Vallejo paints. Great range of colours, very easy to apply, and cover well. 15 minutes ago, Neal Ball said: Are you tempted by any of the Rapido offerings today? A 45xx or B set perhaps? Very! But I already have a reinforced B-set, and a brace of Bachmann small prairies (a 4500 and a 4575), so I think I will stick with those, for now at least. Can't really afford the money or the space to be honest... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted November 26, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 26, 2022 Might be tempted by the 4400 though... 🥸 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 57xx Posted November 26, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 26, 2022 9 minutes ago, Graham T said: I managed to get some Railmatch acrylics sent to me a while ago from dear old Blighty, but generally it's a non-starter. Don't even think about trying to get enamels, as you know! I too am becoming a bigger and bigger fan of Vallejo paints. Great range of colours, very easy to apply, and cover well. Try looking on ebay. I got a few tins of enamel without stupid courier costs from some small suppliers who must have forgotten to read the ridiculous stipulations of Royal Fail. ;) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted November 26, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 26, 2022 Not remotely related to model railways (although I know of one visitor here who might like it), but I just finished a painting that I promised to do for my 11 year old daughter, who is wildlife crazy. This is the first one I've done for over a year, as the muse decided to depart for points west, and the rustiness shows! Also, I find painting animals very difficult. Give me a landscape or a grotty and grimy industrial scene any day. But hopefully she will be pleased with it. Also, much like model railways, close-up pics of paintings are cruel (or at least pics of my paintings are); it looks a bit better from a reasonable viewing distance*. Now I need to paint an octopus for my 9 year old! Oh tentacles!!! * Of about a mile. With a following wind. If you squint... 6 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted November 26, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 26, 2022 4 minutes ago, 57xx said: Try looking on ebay. I got a few tins of enamel without stupid courier costs from some small suppliers who must have forgotten to read the ridiculous stipulations of Royal Fail. ;) Interesting. Were you able to get stuff like Precision Paints though? If so, perhaps you could PM me a link? I can get regular enamels here from local model shops. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Neal Ball Posted November 26, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 26, 2022 8 minutes ago, 57xx said: Try looking on ebay. I got a few tins of enamel without stupid courier costs from some small suppliers who must have forgotten to read the ridiculous stipulations of Royal Fail. ;) 3 minutes ago, Graham T said: Interesting. Were you able to get stuff like Precision Paints though? If so, perhaps you could PM me a link? I can get regular enamels here from local model shops. I don't think I would get it through the Spanish customs.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 57xx Posted November 26, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 26, 2022 31 minutes ago, Graham T said: Interesting. Were you able to get stuff like Precision Paints though? If so, perhaps you could PM me a link? I can get regular enamels here from local model shops. Unfortunately not, it was for a couples of tins of Humbrol. I had to succumb to shite postage prices on Precision paints (and waited till I had enough colours to warrant an order rather than shipping costing more than 1 tinlet!) 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gedward Posted November 26, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 26, 2022 Nice job Graham. Last time I saw this it was just an underpainting. Your daughter should be thrilled with this. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted November 26, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 26, 2022 36 minutes ago, Gedward said: Nice job Graham. Last time I saw this it was just an underpainting. Your daughter should be thrilled with this. Thank you George, much appreciated coming from you! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted November 26, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 26, 2022 4 hours ago, Neal Ball said: I don't think I would get it through the Spanish customs.... Class A drugs, weapons, people - yes. Tiny tins of enamel paint - no! Far too dangerous! 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 1 hour ago, Graham T said: Class A drugs, weapons, people - yes. Tiny tins of enamel paint - no! Far too dangerous! Ah, you beat me to it! You could set yourself up as the Escobar of enamel paints... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 I do like the painting, I think that you've captured the coarse fur and the structure of the head really well, especially above the brow line, I keep going back to that. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Keane Posted November 26, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 26, 2022 5 hours ago, Graham T said: Not remotely related to model railways (although I know of one visitor here who might like it), but I just finished a painting that I promised to do for my 11 year old daughter, who is wildlife crazy. This is the first one I've done for over a year, as the muse decided to depart for points west, and the rustiness shows! Also, I find painting animals very difficult. Give me a landscape or a grotty and grimy industrial scene any day. But hopefully she will be pleased with it. Also, much like model railways, close-up pics of paintings are cruel (or at least pics of my paintings are); it looks a bit better from a reasonable viewing distance*. Now I need to paint an octopus for my 9 year old! Oh tentacles!!! * Of about a mile. With a following wind. If you squint... Impressive. An interesting choice of animal. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Gold Graham T Posted November 26, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 26, 2022 47 minutes ago, Andy Keane said: Impressive. An interesting choice of animal. Thanks Andy. My daughter wanted a painting of a wolf, so... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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