Painting MTH Passenger Station.

2 choices IMO,  since the building is plastic you can use enamel spray paint in whatever color desired, like Krylon or Rust Oleum.  But that would entail a lot of disassembly and masking parts.. if you're not comfortable with a spray can or spray gun,  then brush applied acrylics might be the answer.  But you will need to apply a base coat to make the acrylics adhere.  I use an acrylic flat finish spray I purchase from Hobby Lobby, about $8 a can. Obviously mask the windows first unless you don't want anyone to see inside the building.

My only comment is that’s going to be a lot of work. That station has lots of windows. Yikes!

Here is a thread with lots of examples.

@John H posted:

Here is a thread with lots of examples.

Thank you! Your thread helped me see quite a few examples of things I'm trying to do to my station. Lighting over all of the doors (in particular the main doors) would also be a good idea, but right now I just want a different solid color than GN/BNSF Green.

@John H, Thanks for the link to the thread. I will at some point be working on my station as well, I have the orange with bright green windows. The brick is MUCH too bright and orangey for my taste prototype.

I “mortarred” the bricks on my orange/green station a while back which toned the bricks down nicely. Even a quick spray job with dullcote would improve things. And they look great with WW strip led lighting under all the platform roofs.

Rod

Here FWIW is a pic of  the "finished" MTH station. There is led strip lighting under the front platform roof; the street side behind is done the same way. You can also see that the 2nd floor interior is lit with strip leds too. The gray mortar detailing nicely subdues the orange of the "bricks". The added steps on the front are 3D printed as is the stairway at the left end of the the trackside platform, and most of the freight you see, all waiting to be loaded. Note the large Lionel box at the right end, on its way to some lucky recipient!

Rod

That looks so much better, Rod. The station that I am modeling is much browner but I'm not sure that I will take on a total redo, at least not yet with so much else to do but toning it down with Dulcote and mortar as well as washing over those bright green window frames might do the trick.

Mikki

@VistaDomeScott posted:

The windows pop out fairly easily allowing easier painting.  I painted this formerly orange station with water based craft paint.

That's a good thing because there's a lot of them!

@Mikki posted:

@John H, Thanks for the link to the thread. I will at some point be working on my station as well, I have the orange with bright green windows. The brick is MUCH too bright and orangey for my taste prototype.

If Orange wasn't my favorite color, I'd probably feel the same way and have bought the red/gray passenger station. I'm rebuilding from scratch, so I'll eventually have to weigh another debate: O vs. O-27 (vs. Lionel or MTH's answer to FastTrack). 🤦🏾‍♂️😩