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Rails/Dapol SE&CR Diag 1424 Box Van

Mick Bonwick

Entry posted by Mick Bonwick in Weathering

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Attacking one end with my standard wash on a rigger method produced this:

 

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Just as I expected, capillary action has taken the wash into wrong places as well as right ones. The striations are at right angles to the detail that I want to highlight, so all may not be lost. I may still be able to remove the unwanted material by dragging the wash downwards with a damp brush. I tried it but met with limited success:

 

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The edge of the roof at this end has obvious layers, but I expect that the effect will reduce once it's painted.

 

I continued with the application of MIG Dark Wash on the remainder of this end, but applied it with a wide flat shader and removed the excess, rather than using a rigger and capillary action.

 

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Once it had all dried it looked like this:

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I still can't 'unsee' those vertical stripes.

 

 

 

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Tony Teague
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Hmmm...... really not looking great, so I empathise with your concerns.

I've been out and had a look at my example and frankly, I still can't see the vertical stripes on the ends (or sides) with the naked eye, although that might change with weathering.

I'm reaching two (personal) conclusions:

1. that quality from whatever 3D printing process is being used is inconsistent - some prints are significantly better than others, and

2. that as mooted in the post on my own layout thread, it is still not near to approaching the finish achieved through injection moulding

On this basis, the additional cost can only be justified (for me!) if there are no other available models of the protoype and it is one that I just 'must have'.

Tony

 

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Mikkel
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Thanks for illustrating this, Mick. I had been wondering how 3D prints reacted to weathering. I think Tony sums it up well.

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