Confused

[Kaine]

This arrived today.

 

[Kaine]

What I am confused about is this.
I want to use the curved bridge with the LGB bridges as in the pictures.
The bridges from Trainline 45 are made of metal, those from LGB from plastic.
They should be repainted in the same colour to be more realistic.
Now I need some help.
What kind of paint should I use to both plastic and metal.
Should automotive spray cans do the job?
Surely someone here has an answer.
Thanks in advance,

Eric

 

[ge_rik]

I've always used car spray primer and left it as a top coat - seems to stick to most things.

Rik

 

[Kaine]

I've always used car spray primer and left it as a top coat - seems to stick to most things.

Rik

Thanks Rik,
Was not sure because I do not want to ruin the plastic.

Eric

 

[stockers]

Car primer should be OK on plastic. Nice bridge with the three bits together

 

[yb281]

Yes, I sprayed my LGB plastic bridge in car primer about 18 months ago and it's lasted fine.

 

[MRail]

Car primer should be OK on plastic.

I believe one can buy primer for plastic bumpers etc.
Possibly Halford's/Holts.
I do as above, use cheapo car primer on plastics.

 

[Kaine]

Thanks guys,
It stopped raining, so did a little staging.

Ar ground level standing strait up near neighbourgs fence.

Back on house level, looking at the foundations.

There's some serious landscaping to do here

 

[ntpntpntp]

Wish I had the space to do something like that. You must be causing a shortage of building blocks in Belgium!!

 

[Philbahn]

Look very impressive Kaine. Are you going to fill in between the walls for plants?
The big bridge looks to be about 900 mm tall is it?

 

[Kaine]

Look very impressive Kaine. Are you going to fill in between the walls for plants?
The big bridge looks to be about 900 mm tall is it?

I plan to fill in with soil so I can place some plants but not to the top because I also want a bit of mountain look.
Therefore I plan to cover some chicken wire with cement to sculpt them.
I find the blocs horrible to look at but needed a good base to build on and the slope was not planned.
The constructor of my house promissed a level garden. I personally moved more than 120tons of soil in with the wheelbarrow. Lost a lot of construction time doing this and had to redraw my original plan because the three trees in the back were not removed either.
Hope I meet him in a dark alley sometime.
The black Trainline 45 bridges have a lenght of 900 mm, the blue Pola bridges have a lenght of 1610 mm, hope this is what you were asking for, if not, ask again, no problem.

Cheers, Eric

 

[Kaine]

Philbahn,
I'm also the boss in my house.
SWMBO left in 1984

Eric

 

[mike]

some seruisely nice bridges, im useing a spry can called plasticoat, its specially for plastics

 

[Don Gilham]

Big, innit

(and also verrrrry nice !!!!)