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Jim Waterman posted:

Wonderful work! I am a big fan of the Rustoleum 2X paints. A pretty good assortment of colors, and the stuff really lays down nice. Just be careful about painting over a previous color - the first one has to be completely cured or it will curl up. Also, am a fan of the Preval sprayer (you can buy the kit for $5 at Home Depot). It is basically a spray can with a bottle on the bottom. I have bought jars of paint from Hennings and mixed with solvent. The Preval has a very nice flat spray nozzle and is great for standard gauge locos and cars, larger areas where the airbrush is just too slow. Refill canisters are $4 (everything except the bottle). In this way you can buy the cans and mix colors. 

Jim Waterman

Thanks!  I found out the hard way regarding the cure time on the paint.  I ran out of Bright Idea (the yellow on the towers).  When I got back from the paint store it was several hours but not long enough for it to cure.  It crazed almost immediately.  Fortunately, since I was clear coating I waited a few days and sanded the affected areas with 1200 grit wet, the re-coat turned  out pretty good.

I love Hennings paint, the colors and consistency are spot on, but for this project the challenge was to do it all with off the shelf cans.

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