Thursday, January 30, 2025

Winter 2025 layout update

Not much new to report on the layout.  We were in Japan from the middle of December to the middle of January.  While I was gone I missed one Ntrak layout and another one we were supposed to have in February got canceled.  When I returned home I was happy that I was able to start up the layout and run a train with no problems. 

Been trying out a couple of new to me paint brands.  The only brand of paint my local hobby shop carries now is Tru-Color so I picked up a jar of white last fall to paint the Sinclair gas station.  Did not like this one at all.  Has to be cleaned up with acetone and I did not like working with it.  Then shortly before leaving for Japan, I got a basic set of Vallejo paints on Amazon.  The price is quite good per bottle when buying a set.  I have been using these on several brush projects and one air brush project and I do like working with it.  For use with the air brush it thins with distilled water.  So I will likely be buying some other sets to get some other colors and of course I could also mix the colors to get the one I want.  They also offer an additive for use with an air brush and I plan to try that out.  I also still like using the Mission Models brand of paints.




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