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.
Thanks for the recommendation on the Vallejo paint. I have been considering buying them myself because my regular paints always seem to dry in the jar no matter how much I seal them. These don't seem to have that problem.
ReplyDeleteYes, the plastic bottles do seem to seal better and don't get stuck. Another brand that is packaged this way is Mission Models.
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