CNR Bachmann GP9

[sailormatlac]

It's been a while since I worked on this project. Since Hedley-Junction layout theme is now better known (Murray Bay subdivision side of the junction instead of Lairet), I can confidently complete them. I recently received by mail the missing parts and decals and thus stared to paint the model.



Big revolution, I got rid of my old Badger airbrush and bought a new gravity-fed one from Iwata. It's night and day. I wasted a decade on that Badger which was a second-hand buy. With the time, I became clear it was damaged and I finally understood it wasn't me the problem (I was starting to be convinced I was too dummy to use an airbrush!).



CN Orange was done with True Line Paint... I'm not that greatly impressed with this paint which works like Polyscale. I'm probably bad at thinning it. Balck is flat Tamiya, which I had on hand. Sprayed like a charm and, for the first time, I used Tamiya masking tape instead of regular masking tape... OK... never going back again to my old ways! Results are far to be perfect, but clearly, far better than what I was used to do.

Matt