Painting and Weathering Service

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Yes sorry 5006 it is. I was only saying today to my wife that I need another pair of glasses. :)
Have changed the number in post 348 so dont misslead anyone.
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Started the work on the Castle today. I was interrupted by the police who wanted me to get some cctv from work (adding to my running total of 16 arrests in 3 months), but I was able to strip the handrails and a few other ancillaries.
I’ve replaced the cab handrails as one was broken and applied some filler to the smokebox to get rid of an unwanted mounting hole.
I also did a test spray of the green over both a grey and a white primer to see which gave the best result - it was the grey in this case.

Image20220312_114908 by Steve Mumford, on Flickr

One challenge that has shown up isn’t that I suspect that at some time in its life, the original loco got a bit close to some silicone based polish. Even though I gave it a good soapy wash before starting, one side of the loco and tender (presumably the exposed side) shows a little contamination after priming.
This can sit for at least 24 hours to fully dry then hopefully some very fine wet and dry sanding will take care of that before an extra coat of primer is applied.

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Re: Painting and Weathering Service

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Gosh.... Being arrested 16 times in 3 months must take some doing. Crown Court appearances soon :D :o :o

Loco looks OK cant really see the paint damage
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Brian wrote: Sat Mar 12, 2022 12:53 pm Gosh.... Being arrested 16 times in 3 months must take some doing. Crown Court appearances soon :D :o :o

Loco looks OK cant really see the paint damage
The dodgy side is away from the camera. :D

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Silicone contamination, before and after sanding.

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Does that happen a lot Steve
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sandy wrote: Sun Mar 13, 2022 3:48 pm Does that happen a lot Steve
Only from time to time Sandy. Occupational hazard!
The good news is that the sanded areas are now drying nicely under their new coat of primer.
The weather is a bit damp at the moment but hopefully the humidity will improve to allow me to start on the colour.
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As usual I’m creeping up on this one. The main block colours are complete but need to harden off before getting a coat of gloss varnish ready to take the transfers and there are a lot of those - it’s only when you get into a job like this that you realise just how complex some of the liveries were.

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Re: Painting and Weathering Service

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When is an airbrush not an airbrush?
When it’s a sandblaster.

Image2022-03-16_02-05-55 by Steve Mumford, on Flickr

I saw this mentioned in a magazine recently and thought I’d give it a try.
I stuck a piece of masking tape across the side of an old model to test it with the supplied aluminium oxide blast media. It’s a little too sharp but I have ordered a bag of extremely fine glass beads which is recommended for use on plastics.
Does a pretty good job of stripping painted logos without damaging the plastic underneath.
I will need to experiment a lot more before I try it on a client’s loco though.
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Interesting idea Steve as long as you don’t get carried away.
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