First go at Airbrushing
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It is snowing outside and very cold so I have stayed in the house and got to work on one of my UFO's.
This particular UFO is the X3900 which is the Executive railcar for the SNCF management.
These were taken by me in 2010. It is now looking a little sorry for itself and is not available for service!
Due to some overenthusiastic filing last year I had to fill some of the front windows and work on them a little this morning. Following this I sprayed another coat of primer onto the shell and the buffers.
While I waited for it to dry I got out an airbrush kit I have been lent. I thought it would be better to borrow the kit first before making the big financial plunge. It is a Draper Airbrush with a large tank of air. I could have obtained a compressor but I do not have the space right now and I thought I would give this a whirl first.
I then mixed my AMF87 AGP Vert paint with some thinners to get the right consistancy. I started with 2 parts thinner with 1 part paint. However when I applied this first coat the consistancy did not seem right. I then added a small amount more paint before test spraying the buffers. I was quite happy with how they turned out so I proceeded to airbrush the body.
I need to paint two stripes over the length of the vehicle but I might wait to do that. I am thinking of doing this by hand and masking off the areas I want to paint.
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