Which exact shade of silver did mth use for the R142's, i need to paint over a little scratch, thanks
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The same as the light pools on the FDR around 72nd street.
Dude, cut it out, its not funny.
Even if you had the correct MTH paint, silver is almost impossible to match for spot repairs. You may need to blend the paint color a few times to get it right. The paint application technique also affects the color match. There will be a difference between spraying and brushing.
Originally Posted by MCD4x4:
The same as the light pools on the FDR around 72nd street.
HA,HA,.........................U CAN JUST GET A SILVER SHARPIE,DOT DA SCRATCH AND EITHER SMUDGE IT ACROSS OR JUST COVER DA WHOLE SCRATCH WIT DA MARKER.SUBWAYS ALWAYS HAVE SCRATCHES OR STAINS ON THEM,SO IT WILL LOOK MOR AUTHENTIC
You could always add a few of these to cover the scratches
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If there is a scratch on the roof, some weathering might help. Like CCrider said in real life there are scratches,dents,dirt ect. on the cars.
Originally Posted by N5CJonny:
You could always add a few of these to cover the scratches...
I AGREE,BUT HAND PAINTED IS DA WAY 2 GO.
Pelham6.. I'm not sure about the paint..but I do know it takes like 5 HOURS to dry..
-_- you are one big pain in the *** aren't you, enough with the nonsense.
Pelham6 they sell the paint for this car ( its not a 100% match , about a 95% match) @ a place called Hobby Lobby, not sure if there is one up your way or not. Only prob is its about $30 bucks
-_- gee, which paint is it smart allec.......
Pellham6, what kind of layout/ collection of subway trains do you have? Do you buy a lot?
How old is your r142 set? You know a repaint, even a scratch, diminishes the value of them.
Just curious. I see you post on here often but wasn't sure if you just had a single subway set or had a collection of them.
You may want to just leave it as it is, a scratch can make the car look authentic, I'm sure as you know ( or may not) the real deals are weathered, scratched, dinged. MCD4x4 can definitely attest to that, he did catch a few cars to meet someone who never did show up, he can tell you the real deals have scratched, etc
I have a small oval layour of lionel fastrack. With O-36 curves but im switching to atlas cause lionel is not very reliable to me, the R142 set i have is 2 years old. I know the real sets are scratched and dirty which is ok, but for some reason it bothers me, but ill just leave it but i also need paint for it too.
I have a small oval layour of lionel fastrack. With O-36 curves but im switching to atlas cause lionel is not very reliable to me, the R142 set i have is 2 years old. I know the real sets are scratched and dirty which is ok, but for some reason it bothers me, but ill just leave it but i also need paint for it too.
Is it silver acrylic paint? It looks accurate?
What were you doing that the cars got so badly scratched? Just put them back in the box when u aren't using them.
If you don't have the boxes for these.. They sell them.. Think they cost like $30 bucks..
Actually you can get plastic storage bins at a 99 cents store and wrap the cars in Paper towels or cheap towels. Unless its actually out to run, none of my stuff is out in the open.
Ohh ok, I bought the set on ebay, it was the one with the old MTA decals and 'missing chains, he treated it like crap, the piece that goes under the door is missing, the powered car had a scratch on it, and the chains are missing for the last 2 cars.
