discussion painting photo etch parts

[Guest]

hey you guys which is the best paint for painting photo etch structures please ?

 

[aaron]

Once primered i treat p.e like any other piece of the model.

 

[rickoshea52]

Like Aaron says, prime it, paint it, admire it. Sometimes with bigger pieces I burnish with a fibre glass pen to key the surface.

 

[monica]

have not real used a lot of PE but do as Aaron said,but some time i will leave bits to stand out or just rust them up with some


lemon juice,

 

[aaron]

have not real used a lot of PE but do as Aaron said,but some time i will leave bits to stand out or just rust them up with some
lemon juice,

I'll have to try that one day...clever Aussie.

 

[monica]

glad you like the idea Aaron,just rub your fingers on it first as they tend to pull off the fine coat,


so that the lemon can work,leave them for as long as you like,then when happy with the look,give a good wash,

 

[flyjoe180]

That's a top tip Monica. 1 point to you. That's 1 more than your cricket team

 

[Guest]

thanks guys big help and monica i might try that with certain parts as the corvettes of ww2 took a proper beating

 

[Guest]

top tip Monica, not heard that one before, where abouts on the Wirral are you Dave Garrett, i am in tranmere

 

[Guest]

so am i andrew by st caths church where abouts in Tranmere are you ?

 

[Guest]

haha not far away matey.......marquis street.....two minutes down the road

 

[Guest]

small world mate i live in church terrace

 

[Guest]

chairman of the local model club too, so if you ever want to get out for a bit with fellow "geeks", send me a message or search wirral ipms on google

 

[Guest]

thanks mate i was looking to join a club or something like that depends on the funds

 

[Guest]

only been chairman a few weeks, hoping to turn it around , make it a real good club, it was stagnating for a few years under the old leadership as the older members lost a bit of interest. just in the process of sorting a new venue for meetings. we are displaying at the toy and train fair in wallasey at the end of march,if you wish to see what we are about. anyway sorry to divertyour thread, back to the photo etch lol

 

[Guest]

it's fine do you do radio control or is it just plastic kits and is the toy fair disabled friendly so i can bring the missus ?

 

[Guest]

no radio control i am afraid, its all plastic at the moment, although i know one of our members is a railway and scalelectrix fan. could not tell you for sure about access at the fair mate, i have never been before but it is at St marys college so would imagine there will be good access. its virtually all model railway stuff but being local to us we get to display. they used to do it at pacific road by woodside.

 

[Guest]

just a thought, take a look at the last two pictures on my p-51 build, that will give you an idea of the stuff we do, although most of its mine, taken at Crewe show last week

 

[Guest]

i asked about rc because i am building hmcs snowberry and doing an rc conversion on her

 

[Guest]

got one in the stash and have considered doing rc to it some time in the future. i have a facebook freind who is into rc boats and sails at new Brighton.