Resin 1940s and 1950s vehicle kits

[NYC1956]

NICE SHOT! Thanks!
My era is a wee bit earlier, cut off circa 1950, and most of Brian's  cars (other than the '52 Chevies) fit that.... Any other color pics???
Thanks, Otto K.

Try these for reference:

American Car Brochures
http://www.lov2xlr8.no/broch1.html

Automotive Paint Colors
http://www.autocolorlibrary.com/
http://pc.dupont.com/dpc/en/US/html/visitor/b/dr/s/color/hcl.html

[Baronjutter]

I'd love some modern vehicles you'd see in a city, not just industrial or rural vehicles. I know some japanese makers make some modern cars but the 1:150 scale difference is actually noticeable, specially for smaller cars, and the selection isn't so good.

I'd love to see the sort of cars you see in town:  Honda Fit, Ford Focus,  Fiat 500,  Mazda 2, Toyota Matrix,  Audi A1, Honda Odyssey for the families,  and the Prius is needed for any modern taxi service.  Basically anything other than trucks!

Heck they don't even have to be exact copies.  Could make "generic" versions of a typical modern hatch back, a typical minivan and so on.  I'd be happy to buy a Handa Fat or a Fard Pocus

[wazzou]

Here is another reference site for paint colors of all eras.

http://paintref.com/paintref/index.shtml

[jimmo]

Could make "generic" versions of a typical modern hatch back, a typical minivan and so on.  I'd be happy to buy a Handa Fat or a Fard Pocus

Generics are for architectural modelers.

I'll keep making and calling them what they are until someone much bigger than me makes me stop.

[peteski]

I'd love some modern vehicles you'd see in a city, not just industrial or rural vehicles. I know some japanese makers make some modern cars but the 1:150 scale difference is actually noticeable, specially for smaller cars, and the selection isn't so good.

I'd love to see the sort of cars you see in town:  Honda Fit, Ford Focus,  Fiat 500,  Mazda 2, Toyota Matrix,  Audi A1, Honda Odyssey for the families,  and the Prius is needed for any modern taxi service.  Basically anything other than trucks!

Heck they don't even have to be exact copies.  Could make "generic" versions of a typical modern hatch back, a typical minivan and so on.  I'd be happy to buy a Handa Fat or a Fard Pocus

Hmm... Have you seen any of these N scale models?





Audi A4 and MB C-class

Another A4 MB E-Class and a VW Passat

VW Tiguan


There are more available. Check out http://nscalevehicles.org/  for a full index.

[robwill84]

Got the Mercury station wagon painted:



I know they're kinda forbidden, since they cancelled the Polly Scale, but Rustoleum makes some beautiful colors for vehicles. The above is Harbor Blue. Regal red, Hunter green, fern green and nitetide blue are some other good ones. Just be aware that the valves and caps on these cans clog in an instant, and they're almost impossible to unclog. Always spray them upside down to clear all the paint out. Even that doesn't always work, I've got half a dozen half full cans sitting around with no way to get the paint out...

[wazzou]

I never, ever, ever buy Rustoleum any longer because of what you describe.   
I have perpetually had problems with their nozzles.  I'd decant the paint if I weren't afraid to.
I'll have to check on YouTube to see if anyone's posted a video on how to decant paint from spray cans.

[Loren Perry]

I've learned that by using a piece of.008" brass wire (or stainless, etc.), you can ram out the clog from the nozzle and restore it to operational. The trick is to push the clog into the body of the nozzle and then rinse it out in a small container of lacquer thinner. Also, use a thicker piece of wire and swirl it around inside the bottom shaft, reaching all the way up to the top of the nozzle to break up the paint and allow it to fall out. This may take a few minutes, but I've found it to work well. In short: break it up and rinse, break it up and rinse, repeat until clear.

Got the Mercury station wagon painted:



I know they're kinda forbidden, since they cancelled the Polly Scale, but Rustoleum makes some beautiful colors for vehicles. The above is Harbor Blue. Regal red, Hunter green, fern green and nitetide blue are some other good ones. Just be aware that the valves and caps on these cans clog in an instant, and they're almost impossible to unclog. Always spray them upside down to clear all the paint out. Even that doesn't always work, I've got half a dozen half full cans sitting around with no way to get the paint out...

[robwill84]

I've learned that by using a piece of.008" brass wire (or stainless, etc.), you can ram out the clog from the nozzle and restore it to operational. The trick is to push the clog into the body of the nozzle and then rinse it out in a small container of lacquer thinner. Also, use a thicker piece of wire and swirl it around inside the bottom shaft, reaching all the way up to the top of the nozzle to break up the paint and allow it to fall out. This may take a few minutes, but I've found it to work well. In short: break it up and rinse, break it up and rinse, repeat until clear.

Yep, that works for the cap, the problem with the ones I have is that the valve itself is clogged. I can take a cap that works fine on one can, I know isn't clogged. Put it on another can and nothing comes out. I've tried soaking the valve in thinner, poking around with a fine wire, nothing. Its just a very poor design that is prone to failure.

[Baronjutter]

Well now I don't feel so bad about the dozen or so 1/2 full cans of spray paint I threw out recently after failing to unclog most of them.

[wazzou]

Yep, that works for the cap, the problem with the ones I have is that the valve itself is clogged. I can take a cap that works fine on one can, I know isn't clogged. Put it on another can and nothing comes out. I've tried soaking the valve in thinner, poking around with a fine wire, nothing. Its just a very poor design that is prone to failure.

That matches my experience also.  I even went so far as buying good quality new nozzles to try and...no dice.

[Baronjutter]

I do the upside-down spray and then give it a quick dip in thinner, seems to be keeping them working.

[Cajonpassfan]

Got my sweet sixteen in the mail today from Brian. Very nice castings of some much needed models, I would highly recommend them and I didn't even get a discount  :
Thank you Mr. Fedoroff, nice work!
Regards, Otto K.

[DKS]

I don't have all that much trouble with Rustoleum sprays, but just in case, I have a small jar with acetone in it, and I just drop the nozzles in it and leave them there.

[Cajonpassfan]

Thank you NYC and Wazzou for the color links! Great information, and there appear to be more colors available then I would have thought. Still, I suspect that for every car of an unusual color, there must have been many more in common or typical colors, especially before the fifties. Not unlike my rolling stock selection, where most boxcars are some form of mineral red or brown, I'm attempting tho model the everyday, common, mundane, with an occasional unique piece thrown in. So given that, what would the most common colors be for Brian's recent cars?
Thanks, Otto K.