Slow Motion - Am I moving?
Tuesday I started the Lionel 21" Santa Fe Coach #3139 from the 1927020 2-pack, the 5th car on which I have worked. With great enthusiasm I started painting only to discover that this car was going to take an extra coat of paint on the seats. The mold releasing oil made the first coat on the seats look thin and transparent. The second coat was still allowing too much bleed through. By the third coat, I had what I would normally get in two. After the fourth coat of tan, the seats looked much better, but still need some touch up for light spots.
The bathroom fixtures which were not part of the floor mold acted normally, requiring three coats of Testor's Flat Acryl White.
It's now 9:00 P.M. and this is all I have to show for a days work. It is a nicely done car, but it took forever. There is another coach in the 1927010 4-pack so I will start painting it tonight. I want to place the people while viewing both cars to make sure I don't put the figures in the same spot, and that I have switched them to the opposite side of the car if possible.
Note: I started the coach from the 1927010 4-pack. The left two seats in the last photo show the bleed through with one coat of tan paint. The other seats on the right have two coats. It will take three plus touch up on this coach car #3136.
Have a good night.
Sincerely, John Rowlen
