RMweb Gold Popular Post Enterprisingwestern Posted November 19, 2020 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted November 19, 2020 Laminate 3 pieces of 5mm foamboard together, the size is arbitrary, whatever number of wheels you want to spray at any one time. Make hacksaw slots at intervals. Clip in wheels to be painted. From your favourite online market place, obtain O rings of the suitable size for the wheels, in this case, 12mm and 14mm, for wagon and coach wheels respectively. Put the O rings on the wheel flange. Spray with your favourite weathering concoction. Allow to dry and remove the O rings, and voila, the flange is clean. Hopefully the pictures are self explanatory. Mike. 15 1 26 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mick Bonwick Posted November 19, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 19, 2020 A very elegant solution, Mike. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnH Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 What an excellent idea - many thanks for sharing it Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Harrap Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 That's very natty Mike, don't forget to do the backs - unweathered backs show up something awful in photographs. Brian. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Harrap Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 33 minutes ago, Brian Harrap said: That's very natty Mike, don't forget to do the backs - unweathered backs show up something awful in photographs. Brian. As do brake shoes not in line with wheel treads I've just noticed. B 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mick Bonwick Posted November 20, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 20, 2020 3 hours ago, Brian Harrap said: As do brake shoes not in line with wheel treads I've just noticed. B I don't think that weathering techniques will resolve that, Brian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted November 20, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 20, 2020 7 hours ago, Brian Harrap said: That's very natty Mike, don't forget to do the backs - unweathered backs show up something awful in photographs. Brian. I shall have to give that one a coat of looking at Baron! Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 57xx Posted November 22, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 22, 2020 Got to love a clean flange, nice tip Mike. What do you use for cleaning the pinpoints up? Presuming something like thinners and a cotton bud? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted November 22, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 22, 2020 1 hour ago, 57xx said: Got to love a clean flange, nice tip Mike. What do you use for cleaning the pinpoints up? Presuming something like thinners and a cotton bud? Get ready to gasp in horror, I don't, nor do I protect or clean pinpoint bearings when I've sprayed a chassis. In my experience, the paint is so thin that it makes not a jot of difference and anyway, once they've done a bit of mileage they'll have cleaned themselves up as much as they want to or need to. Mike. 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack P Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 That's extremely ingenious, thank you for sharing! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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