RMweb Gold ikcdab Posted January 22, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 22, 2011 Simple...how does everyone do it? The obvious answer is a very steady hand, but I am not sure I have that. I could try masking, but i am afraid that when i peel off the masking tape it will take my platform surfacing with it.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim V Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 The prototype used a brush with a leg that ran down the side, something similar can easily be made to fit your paint brush. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
corax67 Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Automotive trim/detailing tape comes in a very extensive range of colours, thicknesses and line styles so pop around to your local car shop for a look. I have utilised the white (for platforms) as well as red and yellow for single & double lines on road surfaces. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiddle Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 If your base platform colour is white e.g.card, you can mask the width of the line with decorator's masking tape and spray/paint the platform surface. Then when you remove the tape there is no paint to pull off and you have a nice white edging. It worked for me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian Smeeton Posted January 22, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 22, 2011 A Right-angled stiff bristled brush was stored in the old Ladies' Waiting Room at Bishopton for the annual white lining. Whitewash/limewash was used, and I don't think that the brush was cleaned between uses as I seem to remember the bristles had the consistency of concrete spikes. I suppose that they softened up with use. The booking clerk decided which poor chap out of the three railmen/porters got this job. I imagine a particularly cruel insult or jibe decided the winner. OT I know, but as a lad watching, I found it interesting. Regards Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium cnw6847 Posted January 23, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 23, 2011 decorator centres will have low tack masking tape which can be used on wallpaper without it tearing paper on removal. it should do the trick. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RFS Posted January 23, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 23, 2011 I used low-tack masking tape that's blue in colour and is available from B&Q. It works fine but the important thing to remember is to remove it immediately you have painted to avoid it sticking too tightly and damaging the masked area. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
signaller Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 I don't use paint at all! try white plastruct "U" channel fitted over the platform edge, size to suit. If it is a tight fit you don't even need to glue it! Cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Kris Posted January 23, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 23, 2011 Steady hand is the way that I have done it, then going back and tidying up and little slips. It takes a bit of time to do but saves the hassle of masking. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 A Right-angled stiff bristled brush was stored in the old Ladies' Waiting Room at Bishopton for the annual white lining. Whitewash/limewash was used, and I don't think that the brush was cleaned between uses as I seem to remember the bristles had the consistency of concrete spikes. I suppose that they softened up with use. The booking clerk decided which poor chap out of the three railmen/porters got this job. I imagine a particularly cruel insult or jibe decided the winner. OT I know, but as a lad watching, I found it interesting. Regards Ian Or the most junior staff member got it to do! I did the 'annual' (more like once per decade judging by the state of the edges when I started) painting of the edges just up the line from Bishopton, at Paisley St. James, one year. A very messy job - anyone doing it on a model should remember to add all the drips on the ballast and sleeper ends under the platform edge! Also, the right-angled brush was set up for a right-handed person which is sensible enough, since the majority of people are right handed. But that meant that the job had to be done 'back to the traffic', which was a bit uncomfortable. And the brush bristles stayed rigid, which didn't make it any easier to get complete coverage. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jim s-w Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Hi all I just use a white paint marker with a V cut into the chisel tip - simples Cheers Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
60026to Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 This is something that I am going to tackle in the next week or so and looking at the real thing the white lines and especially the yellow ones are far from straight but wonky lines on a OO Gauge railway would look really bad so I have to lay off the beer prior to doing this and try my best... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
corax67 Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Had another thought you may wish to try - a white pastel pencil (available from good art supply shops) and a steel rule. This will give the opportunity for you to dust off any mistakes but a quick coat of spray varnish will make it permanent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZ Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Low tack, ie cheap, masking tape and dry brush with a course brush. Up to about the 1970s and perhaps into the 1980s, they were applied using whitewash, which used to weather fairly quickly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted January 27, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 27, 2011 Off topic but sort of related, am I correct in thinking white lines were only added during / because of WW2, because of the blackout ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZ Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 Off topic but sort of related, am I correct in thinking white lines were only added during / because of WW2, because of the blackout ? A few people have said that this is a myth. However, A browse through 'Railway Wonders of the World', published in the 1930s, show no evidence of them on British stations. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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