It's was an eBay purchase as I saved a few quid but the are available from Phoenix paints new. I have some brass carriages and a steam motor rail coach to build and paint still which the lining pen really elevates the paint work I think.
Hornby Dublo restoration project
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PS, I found it best to make a plasticard template to do some of the more complex designs. Easy just to run the pen around it then.
Interesting. The one I used came from a model engineering sales stand :smiling: Not made brass carriages for an age. Sold the last of my unmade kits during lockdown actually. Steam rail motor will look great. Who is it by? Agreed, good lining makes the model.
For black lining I found tubular pens (Rotring etc) very good as well. I believe the business end of the Bob Moore pen was originally made from them.
So trialled a new stripping method (a few stages) but in summary by far the best strip I've ever achieved. 100% paint removal and about 10 mins to complete.
Latest project is a Dublo Castle relivery.
Primed and already applied top coat BR green which is drying.
The Phoenix precision gloss gives an exceptional finish when applied by airbrush.
Latest project is a Dublo Castle relivery.
Primed and already applied top coat BR green which is drying.
The Phoenix precision gloss gives an exceptional finish when applied by airbrush.
Looks good . Old stage three railer as well :thumb2:
Phoenix precision were my go to in the railway modelling days as well. Fine pigment enamels that sprayed well and covered nicely using their quick drying air thinners. Never noticed the double chimney, but then GWR wasn’t my specialty
. Three rail stuff is great when it’s running. You can smell the ozone off the motors…..
HI James lovely model there you have done a very nice job of it an if i still had my trains i would be proud to have it on my layout very well done sir
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Good grief James you’ve got more engines than Crewe works…..great stuff…..
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This takes me back to my train spotting days at New Street and Snow Hill in Birmingham, and then to the favourite spot in Aston where you got LMS etc on one line and under the bridge you got the GWR. Sitting in the bridge top with a flask of tea and jam sandwiches, note book ready along with the Ian Allen book of train numbers, and leaning up against the bridge would be the bikes ready for the trip home with the lolly stick in the brakes to make the 'clatter' noise... A quite enqiry from the local constable who was an adult spotter and spent more time on and around the bridge than he did on his beat, asking if the certain trai had been through. Then back home, pull the layout from under the bed, plug in the transformer and run the loco's untill supper time.
A labor of love for sure.
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A very interesting read. Esp the discussion about pens. That ended with me looking at Bow pens and their use and lining pens on the web .
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