Painting Stainless Steel Passenger Cars

[FP45Tony]

Has anyone tried these acrylic metallic paints?

http://www.hawkeyeshobbies.com/talon-acrylic-paints.htm

I stick to acrylics in my airbrush and these may fit the bill, with a nice, fine grain.

Talon acrylics a good products, although buffing is required for the metalizer.

Here's a Rivarossi diner finished in Alclad (under floresent lights).  Not yet weathered. Haven't decided if I'm going to decal it in either the Southern Railway scheme or SAL. I know the window arrangement isn't exact, but I don't mind freelancing.

[SOUPAC]

I’m not 100% sure where I got these picts. I think John Sing or Mark Jirousek was the source, but regardless, these are Alclad painted...

[FP45Tony]

[davefoxx]

FP45Tony,

Wow!  Drool, drool.  I sure would like to have some SCL passenger cars in N scale, and that finish makes me especially envious.

Dave Foxx

[FP45Tony]

Dave, thank you.

Why don't you give it a go with the Alclad2?

Here's an N-scale slumber coach shell that I metalized for a friend of mine: 

[nickelplate759]

I've been using Tru-Color silver on my stainless steel cars, and I've decided I'm not satisfied with it.  It's too light.  As an example of what I like better, Polly Scale had a really nice "Stainless steel" color that I used a lot when it was available.    Does anyone have a paint in the Tru-Color line that they feel does a better job of approximating the color of stainless steel than silver does?

I'd rather avoid making my own custom mix, as evaporation makes it all but impossible to achieve batch-to-batch consistency.

I don't want to go into All-Clad, although I agree the results are terrific. 

Regards,
George

[skytop35]

Try Tru-Color 708 Metallic Silver.