Painting and decaling a resin car - 1
        
        
          
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            Rob McLear
          
        
        
          Photos by the author
        
        
          
            Finishing the
          
        
        
          
            undecorated car ...
          
        
        
          
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          n Part 1 of my resin car article, published in the August
        
        
          
            MRH
          
        
        
        
          , I finished building the car. Now
        
        
          it is time for paint and lettering. This Sunshine resin kit is of
        
        
          a Swift reefer, and for my time period of 1947 the car needs to
        
        
          be painted with orange sides, boxcar red roof and ends, and a
        
        
          black underframe.
        
        
          The tools you need are sim-
        
        
          ple: an assortment of small
        
        
          brushes to apply the decal
        
        
          setting solution, a dish for soaking the smaller decals with
        
        
          water, tweezers with a fine point, and a sharp hobby knife. I
        
        
          will use Floquil enamels until my current stock runs out, but
        
        
          you use what you feel comfortable with.
        
        
          The first step is to clean the car to remove finger oils and the
        
        
          mold release that is used on these resin kits. Wash the car with
        
        
          denatured alcohol, and with a soft brush give the car a gentle
        
        
          but thorough wipe-down.  Alternatively, you can use a deter-
        
        
          gent water solution, Goo Gone, or something called Shout
        
        
        
        
        
          A RESIN CAR
        
        
        
        
          MRH-Dec 2014