{"id":501,"date":"2013-04-06T20:12:05","date_gmt":"2013-04-06T19:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=501"},"modified":"2013-04-06T20:12:05","modified_gmt":"2013-04-06T19:12:05","slug":"a-few-painting-experiments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=501","title":{"rendered":"A few painting experiments."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In between building track, painting coach sides, vans and things I have also been messing about painting some etched plates. I have the technique perfected for coloured backing\/brass fronts but it&#8217;s the ones that need black background\/white lettering or the reverse where I have been struggling.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few that I have been playing with.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Wagon-plates-003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-503\" alt=\"Wagon plates 003\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Wagon-plates-003.jpg\" width=\"1068\" height=\"756\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Wagon-plates-003.jpg 1068w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Wagon-plates-003-300x212.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Wagon-plates-003-1024x724.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Wagon-plates-003-423x300.jpg 423w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1068px) 100vw, 1068px\" \/><\/a>Then we get onto the more complex ones&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p>These don&#8217;t look too bad not perfect but on the side of a weathered wagon they will do nicely. Spot the deliberate mistake here&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/LNER-Horsebox-011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-504\" alt=\"LNER Horsebox 011\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/LNER-Horsebox-011.jpg\" width=\"709\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/LNER-Horsebox-011.jpg 709w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/LNER-Horsebox-011-300x253.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/LNER-Horsebox-011-354x300.jpg 354w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/><\/a>Then we get to really fiddly. Once again magnified to the size that they are they look a bit rough but I think that I am getting there.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Chas-Roberts-002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-502\" alt=\"Chas Roberts 002\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Chas-Roberts-002.jpg\" width=\"628\" height=\"608\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Chas-Roberts-002.jpg 628w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Chas-Roberts-002-300x290.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Chas-Roberts-002-309x300.jpg 309w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 628px) 100vw, 628px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In terms of getting them to this point, all the plates were chemically blackened using Carrs brass black &#8211; diluted. Then they were all painted with Games Workshop Chaos Black with a brush. After 10 mins drying the ones that were to be brass lettered were then rubbed with a piece of the mounting board type card that etched kits come attached to from the likes of Connoisseur etc. I find that this rubs off the paint from the letters while polishing the brass at the same time and it doesn&#8217;t create grit that will stick to the still soft paint on the backing. They were then varnished with satin varnish after a couple of hours.<\/p>\n<p>The ones that needed to have white lettering were treated in the same way up to this point with the exception that they were left on the fret initially. Next I got a small piece of plasticard and painted the shiny side with cream Humbrol enamel and left it for 15 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>At this point I pressed the plates face down onto the painted plasticard and the paint was transferred to the face of the lettering. The smaller Charles Roberts plates were done in a similar fashion but I tried sticking blue tack to the backs of them in an effort to hold them better but it wasn&#8217;t a success<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion they are not perfect but they will do on a weathered wagon sole bar at normal viewing distances. I think that I am on the right lines I just need to perfect the technique.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In between building track, painting coach sides, vans and things I have also been messing about painting some etched plates. 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