If you already read this in the General section as a follow-on post to my dull finish thread - I apologize for the duplicate post. After installing s Summerlands Chuffer at Christmas, I had my Shay sitting on my desk and decided that it just looked too clean for a working engine. Step one was to take off the trucks, then wash all the oil off the engine. I did not wash the trucks, but did wipe off excess oil. I did the trucks first, using various combinations of Floquil weathering colors. I liked the result, so I moved on to the metal parts of the engine and drive-line avoiding getting paint on any of gears and/or motion points. Next came the “wood” deck and beams. I started with two coats of an acrylic antique white on all “wood” parts. This was followed by various washes, charcoal dust, an India Ink wash, and some watered down acrylic stain. Once I was happy with the wood, I used more Floquil colors to highlight bolts and hardware. I painted the brass bands black and the ugly gold lubricator and steam pipes were also darkened with Floquil. Finally, all non-moving parts were coated with Krylon Clear Flat Acrylic. [url=lsc.cvsry.com/Post/ShayWeather-1200-01.JPG]
[/url][color=blue]FF: Click to Enlarge - IE: Right Click Photo and select Open Link in New Window to Enlarge[/color] The trucks were not clear coated - too many moving parts to worry about to use a spray. Same goes for the moving parts on the cylinders and drive line - they were masked off before spraying. [url=lsc.cvsry.com/Post/ShayWeather-1200-02.JPG]
[/url][color=blue]FF: Click to Enlarge - IE: Right Click Photo and select Open Link in New Window to Enlarge[/color] The smoke box door was a particular challenge. My first attempt at mounting the #2 plate used a white metal number plate casting. Up in Canada, while running on Doug Matheson’s track, heat from the fire melted the casting. As it melted, some of the white metal deposited itself on the door. The resulting look was perfect, but didn’t cover the entire door. I tried heating the door along with some white metal, but even with flux, it would not coat the door. I tried solder and could get lumps, but not an even coat, so I gave up on that method. What I had left looked like crap, but I found that it took graphite from a pencil very nicely - so I spent an hour watching TV and rubbing the pencil lead over every part of the surface I could reach. The left-over dust was used on a paper towel to coat the balance of the smoke box - over top of the clear. [url=lsc.cvsry.com/Post/ShayWeather-1200-03.JPG]
[/url][color=blue]FF: Click to Enlarge - IE: Right Click Photo and select Open Link in New Window to Enlarge[/color] The hose on the front will be a hard suction line. It’s made from the covering of nylon rope soaked with Krylon Clear to stiffen it. I’ll fabricate some “fittings” and it will be done. [url=lsc.cvsry.com/Post/ShayWeather-1200-04.JPG]
[/url][color=blue]FF: Click to Enlarge - IE: Right Click Photo and select Open Link in New Window to Enlarge[/color] The roof is wide masking tape, overlapped to make seams, then painted with acrylics and weathered with an India ink wash. I still need to add the crew, and a few more tools. The photos don’t do the colors justice - I’m planning on bringing this to York to display in the Alcove on Friday, and later at the Drag-N-Brag.
