Ragg's... to Riches? Structure | Instructions

Ragg's... to Riches?

Structure

Instructions

Painting These Kits

Joe Fuss, owner of Ragg's... to Riches?, recommends the following for painting his wood structure kits.

Do not use straight acrylic paints; they are too thick. He does recommend applying a very light coat of primer, so that all the painted parts will wind up looking the same (unprimed wood can lead to different color shades when the final paint coat dries).

For a solvent-based paint, he recommends using Sherwin-Williams "All Surface Enamel, Ultra Deep Base" (one quart #A11T00214 for each color), with the following mixes:

"Depot Buff": use their stock color #7687 "August Moon".
"Depot Brown": use 28/32 of W1 (White), 19/32 + 1/64 + 1/128 of B1 (Black), 5/32 + 1/64 + 1/128 of N1(Raw Umber), 9/32 + 1/64 + 1/128 of R2(Maroon).

He notes that Sherwin-Williams recommends either Paint Thinner (Mineral Spirits) or Xylene for thinning and clean-up. He finds that Xylene seems to work better, especially for cleaning an airbrush (he uses the same when using Floquil paints). He has found thinning the Sherwin-Williams products with 3 parts paint to 1 part thinner works best. These paints are labeled as a "satin" finish and the parts will dry with a slight sheen. Overspray the parts with Testors' Dull-Cote to eliminate all sheen.

He says that Sherwin-Williams' smallest size is 1 quart, so you will have a life-time supply.

For those who cannot or don't want to use solvent-based paints, one modeler noted that he has successfully used the Vallejo paints product line, thinning them down and using an airbrush to actually apply the paint. He has also used Delta Ceramcoat in a similar manner with success, using Liquitex Flo Aid to keep the airbrush from clogging. For rolling stock, he has found that Delta makes a black called "Charcoal Gris" which is a perfect match to Floquil's "Weathered Black".