cohol. The top photo on page 41 shows the finished pig flat, lightly weathered with Americana Slate Gray diluted this way. Also shown in this image is that solvent-based clear coats can be used for over- coating the diluted craft paint with gloss prior to decaling or sealing the decals with flat or semi-gloss. I specifically use Testors Model Master flat finish, semi-gloss fin- ish, and gloss finish. They work well and do not seem to react with the craft paint. You can also make a wash using the diluted craft paint in water with a couple of drops of Dawn dish detergent as a wetting agent. At this time, I don’t know what
the lifetime of the diluted craft paint is since I haven’t been prac- ticing best laboratory procedure at home (!). The bottle of full- strength Americana Lamp (Eb- ony) Black I used to mix up the black sprayed on both the Penn
Results This Balti more & Ohio fl atcar was painted with craft paint, and the fi nish is excellent. The paint grain is very fi ne, and the surface coverage is very opaque.
Salt tank car and the pig flat was purchased in 1995 (the price tag says so), and it is still good. I ex- pect that, as long as the bottle is sealed tightly, the diluted paint will last for years. Cost is minimal, with craft
paints typically selling for $0.99 a bottle at Michael’s; the Liquitex products are about $10 each but will last for quite awhile. Using the old Floquil bottles with about one-half ounce of paint per bottle means that each two-ounce craft
paint bottle will produce four bot- tles of hobby paint. That’s quite a bargain. In summary, readily available
craft paints can provide a source of model paints that can be matched to specific railroad col- ors. These paints offer the mod- eler a wide variety of colors with many shades between to match the color with which the world is filled and that which we try to du- plicate in miniature.
Multi-Color Craft paint can be used in many applicati ons, including multi -colored paint schemes. This Penn Salt car was painted black and yellow.
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