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Part 27: Some weathered Swedish Ore wagons :-)

M Graff

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I had a client that had built these from kits (brass/white metal), and he wanted them painted and weathered.

I primed and painted them with Phoenix paints, when I got to the decaling I got into trouble (wich didn't really show at this point......).

There were 4 sheets of decals with most decals for all for cars on one sheet. The problem was that one of the sheets looked okay..... the rest looked "old".....

I applied them on a gloss surface and used both micro-set and micro-sol.

There was some issues with the old decals and I applied more micro-sol.

After that I dullcoated them (no problems so far...) and then started to weather the cars and when finished, I used ModelMaster Dullcote to seal them.

Guess what? The old decals got frosted.....

As the kits are old, the decals are unobtainable, so I have to tell my client that he gets a good price on the job.....

I should have listened to my internal alarm-system.....

Some pics:

 

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The decal on the right is an old one.....

 

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From some distance they look okay though....

 

Thanks to Will Vale, who commented below,I touched up the edges of the decals with some of the original colour now :-)

It isn't as visible as before. And as mentioned, not easily registered anymore.

I really like these wagons as they sure have some great personality. :-)

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Will Vale

Interesting prototype. The decal doesn't look too bad in the close-up image, could you patchily retouch around it with a small brush to break up the edges? If they were less visible I don't know that the rest of the silvering would register to the eye.

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M Graff

These are from a Mfg in Sweden named "Perl".

They are to be released again soon is what I've heard :-)

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doctor quinn

I've heard of Perlmodell, they look like they build up very nicely. That Ingersoll Rand boxcab looks pretty good at the head of the rake too!

 

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