"I've bought some moulds for Gauge 1 figures", said Trevor, "Could you paint a set of them for me ?"
No problems, I like painting figures. It makes a nice change from wielding the soldering iron. No spray paint either. Just a few pleasant sessions at the workbench with small brushed and odd pots of paint.
The figures aren't the most detailed in the world but the mouldings were clean and apart from a touch of scraping along the mould lines, preparation was limited to giving them a quick scrub to get any grease off. Then a coat of primer so I can see what I'm up to and to help the paint key to the surface - these will be on a stand and are likely to be handled more than those on the average layout. Halfords car body primer is sufficient for this. Just a quick spray too as we don't want to cover up the details do we ?
The first proper paint on is Humbrol flesh tone which is dry brushed with the Revell equivalent. Then back to the paint drawer to try and pick out some clothing colours.
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