Scalecoat Paint

I do not know, but that Santa Fe red is dead-on for SP Daylight red.  You could always use a barrier coat - I find that Future Floor Wax prevents top coat attack.

Have you tried automotive paints?..Thats what I use on my train projects.  

An issue with Scalecoat I was that its solvent can attack (surface etch) some unpainted plastics.  Scalecoat II uses a different solvent. I have sprayed solvent based paint  (Scalecoat I and Floquil) over plastic bodies that were first sprayed with a plastic compatible primer. Scalecoat I over Scalecoat II might work if you have a good base coat and the Scalecoat II is fully cured.  If you can't get an answer from Weaver, why not run a test? When in doubt about compatibility, color, or thinning I test spray the paint on a piece of scrap (usually an empty Coke can). In your case use a piece of  plastic scrap painted with Scalecoat II.  Another "safe" place to test sray paint is on the interior of the car body in question.    If you do a test let us know how it went went.

 

Ed Rappe

 

 

Walters has it in stock. I assume you are air brushing and shooting cans.

Don't mix the two.  Try Walthers or another stocking Hobby Shop?  Just because Weaver is out doesn't mean there isn't some sitting on a shop's shelves.

Agreed. The good folks at P & D Hobby Shop carry Scalecoat. I recently ordered a color from them that Weaver shows as out of stock.

 

RM

Thanks for the advice!

 

Everyone is out of Scalecoat 2 SF red as best i can ascertain. I chose to use CB&Q Chinese Red as a stand in, its not perfect but really close. 

 

Adam