Philips Castings

knudsen · Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 11:40 pm Post subject: Philips Castings

Philip sent me some really nice, detailed castings that I got to paint tonight. The detail is incredible. It took me several nights to come up with my own junk pile of similar size for the back of the junk truck, and this one looks better. I was able to paint it in an easy evening, plus paint and shingle the outhouse. I hope to share some details on how I painted these in the future.

LiveSteamer · Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 11:43 pm Post subject: Re: Philips Castings

Jon those are really nice indeed.

Dawg · Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 12:10 am Post subject: Re: Philips Castings

Yes those nice castings. really like junk pile.

loggeron30 · Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 7:18 am Post subject: Re: Philips Castings

Very nice indeed, what scale are they in?
Ken

fred_m · Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 7:19 am Post subject: Re: Philips Castings

Looking good guyz! Fred

knudsen · Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 10:27 am Post subject: Re: Philips Castings

Those are HO scale, Ken, but he does other scalse as well. And he does great STUMPS music3

I've got a sampling of those to paint up, but probably can't get to it until November Sad

The details on these are amazing. You can see all the wood grain on the outhouse, and the junk pile has the teeniest stuff clearly visible. Stuff I would have thought impossible to case. There is a tiny piece of square tubing umong the junk that is actually hollow, and a good 1/4" of the end of the coil of wire is free from the rest of te casting (you can move it around).

loggeron30 · Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 10:55 am Post subject: Re: Philips Castings

Thanks Jon,
Y es the casting do look very clean and I know first hand just how hard it is to make a good mold!
Ken

philip · Barron Joined: Feb 15, 2005 Posts: 2887

Glad you like them. You did a fine job painting that junk pile & the hanging stuff on the outhouse. You must be very steady handed. U use a optivison? I have this old Col. klink one eye visor that makes me dizzy loco

Is that the 1st time for campbell roofing. I like that stuff alot!

philip

loggeron30 · Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 4:58 pm Post subject: Re: Philips Castings

Philip,
What are you using for mold and resin material?
ken

philip · Barron Joined: Feb 15, 2005 Posts: 2887

dow corning HS II
and
Alumilite white, water thin, 90 second cure plus I pressure cast both the molds and the reproduction. No bubbles but you have to work quickly.
Both companies have .com websites

philip

knudsen · Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 9:37 pm Post subject: Re: Philips Castings

Are you talking dirty Philip? Embarassed

They were really ez to paint with the right technique. Really. I'm no artist. I did not even use a small brush on most of it, some yes, but mostly used a 1/4" flat brush. I took lots of pics, and will howto it when I get back from PI in November. The basic method is like Jim's LPB painting method in the howto's, but use white paint for the dry brushing, then paint very thinned out pastels over the white, almos tlike a "wash" but a little thicker. The thin pastels show where the white paint is, and don't show where the black paint is, leaving "shadows". This is the same way I painted the motor bikes.

philip · Barron Joined: Feb 15, 2005 Posts: 2887

Yep,

I'll talk just as dirty as I can if you keep painting those so good. Shocked

Great photo on thim little ens!

make sure you burn that pile at night so the cops won't see the black smoke Twisted Evil

Philip

knudsen · Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 10:58 pm Post subject: Re: Philips Castings

They will further benifit from a squirt of dullcoat. It was rainy, so I held off. Last pic shown is after the pastels were applied, before dabbing some rust (brown then a little orange) onto the barrel and some mud/dirt and highlighted edges on the tires (both tan). Last step was the only time I used the teeny weenie brush.

Guest · Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 9:23 am Post subject: Re: Philips Castings

Jon, The castings and painting look great. Very nice!!!!