Gold????? lining pen....

[tramcar trev]

Yeah it says 18Kt Gold leafing Pen, maybe my cynicism precludes me from seeing that at this price it is of course genuine "gold".
However it does a really schmick job. The Gold looks "gold" but they can be got in brass, silver and other weird non railway related colours. Not sure of weatherability but I spray everything with satin clear acrylic anyway and for my purposes it works... On ebay or at craft shops; http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Krylon-G...LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item53f6d3626c&_uhb=1

 

[minimans]

Perhaps it's fools Gold Trev!!

 

[Nodrog1826]

I've got something similar myself, gold at one end, silver at the other.

Used it for mainly touching up the silvering on coach window frames, think I got it from dare I say it Hobbycraft,
during one of Swmbo's, cross stitch, knitting, card making or just need a box to store it all outings...

 

[David1226]

I have used these pens for lining photo mounts. Forget smooth gold leaf, think more gold metallic paint. The tip is fibre, and as supplied, I would suggect too thick for loco lining. You could thin the tip with a sharp craft knife but I think any slight variation in pressue would leave lines of varying thickness. A nice idea but I think the results would not live up to expectations.
David

 

[tramcar trev]

I have used these pens for lining photo mounts. Forget smooth gold leaf, think more gold metallic paint. The tip is fibre, and as supplied, I would suggect too thick for loco lining. You could thin the tip with a sharp craft knife but I think any slight variation in pressue would leave lines of varying thickness. A nice idea but I think the results would not live up to expectations.
David

I overcame that problem.... My lines are a consistent .040/1mm wide..... I'll post pics later...

 

[funandtrains]

Trev with all the time you spend finding these bargains on ebay do you still have time left to play trains?

 

[PhilP]

AND,
There is a lot more good weather down there!

 

[tramcar trev]

Maybe the weather is nicer here than the Shetlands but I bet they have faster internet there! It's not the eBay bargains that I find either, rather its all the weird extreme things I find that I try to adapt for "my purposes" e.g. these of which I have had recent intimate association.......
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Antique-...LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item53efc1fac6&_uhb=1
What other use could I put them to?

 

[minimans]

Lamp post's?

 

[GAP]

Yeah it says 18Kt Gold leafing Pen, maybe my cynicism precludes me from seeing that at this price it is of course genuine "gold".
However it does a really schmick job. The Gold looks "gold" but they can be got in brass, silver and other weird non railway related colours. Not sure of weatherability but I spray everything with satin clear acrylic anyway and for my purposes it works... On ebay or at craft shops; http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Krylon-G...LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item53f6d3626c&_uhb=1

Speak no more of the Gold Leafing pen!!!!!!

My now wife used them to make our wedding invitations just a few months ago.
The things I do to get my hands on a Bachmann 55 Ton 3 Truck Shay.

No seriously they do gold lines very well, she drags them across the edge of her cards to give a fine line.
I have played with using them between masking tape and they worked well.

PS;
And by the way I wouldn't trade my new bride for anything in the world, unless somebody has a 1:20.3 loco to pull my new carriages going cheap.

 

[KeithT]

Maybe the weather is nicer here than the Shetlands but I bet they have faster internet there! It's not the eBay bargains that I find either, rather its all the weird extreme things I find that I try to adapt for "my purposes" e.g. these of which I have had recent intimate association.......
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Antique-...LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item53efc1fac6&_uhb=1
What other use could I put them to?

Viewing the photograph of these products produced a distinct puckering of the lips......:bleh::bleh::bleh:

 

[tramcar trev]

Maybe the weather is nicer here than the Shetlands but I bet they have faster internet there! It's not the eBay bargains that I find either, rather its all the weird extreme things I find that I try to adapt for "my purposes" e.g. these of which I have had recent intimate association.......
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Antique-...LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item53efc1fac6&_uhb=1
What other use could I put them to?

Viewing the photograph of these products produced a distinct puckering of the lips......:bleh::bleh::bleh:

And what I dont get is that some males actually PAY MONEY for the "pleaurable sensations" such apparatus is promised to deliver. I puckered more than my lips I assure you.....

 

[owlpool]

thats one in the eye for you

 

[PhilP]

I admit to a morbid curiousity as to what the purpose of sticking 'one of them, down (or is it up?) there'..
But unless you meet an obstruction, and then hit said object with a hammer to break it up (Ouch! eyes watering, legs tightly crossed!) I do not see the purpose??

This is a musing.. I probably do not want to know the knitty [font="arial black,avant garde"]gritty[/font]!!

 

[tramcar trev]

I haven't seen one for years but there was a drafting instrument similar to a bow pen that had provision for 2 scalpel blades with it you could cut very fine lines in pre applied masking tape and when done, peel out the strip between the lines and paint up neat lines. I went looking for one but with no success even Bow Pens are now hard to get..... I used them before with gold paint to to draw lines with paint and they work well, but you will have to search for them...

 

[tramcar trev]

Amazon have some.....reduced prices. Might suit.

What have they got? Bow pens or bow pens with blades? And I guess if you were induced to try I wonder if you could run say Tamiya metallic paint thru a draughting pen?