I am looking for advice on painting a new engine ,coal fired kit . Looking for steps to ready the brass and what paints and primers to use .
Painting a coal fired brass kit
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Hello Dunny who got to the name first. Been using Dunnyrail since G scale Mad days. Hope you are all well under there. As for painting puffers I think 2 part ones tend to be used quite a bit, though I think some Automotive Colours are suitable for warm/hot locations.
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JR in Tawa is pretty expert at this - he's made a couple from memory.
If you can't track him down on this forum, you may be able to find his work on the GardenRailwayClub.com
You will hear lots of suggestions about hi-temperature automotive engine paints, which work. Personally, I found that regular acrylic paint from the craft/hobby shop showed no signs of problems when I painted the boiler of my Accucraft EBT #12.
Brass is very difficult, and if you are trying to make the detail parts black, then a chemical blackener might be easiest.
