Himself and I are not known for being early adopters of new fangled technology, but we've finally caught up with everyone else in starting to glaze the spectacles in our locomotive cabs with Glue 'n Glaze.
Having never used it before Himself thought it wise to try it out on an old model where it wouldn't matter if he made a Horlicks of it.
Our old Chivers Britomart was the chosen guinea pig for this.
The results were encouraging and he's cracking on with the rest of the main running fleet.
There is a limit to the area the product can be used on and the biggest we've tried is the big plate-sized windows on Lyd.
It does seem to work better on whitemetal kits where the rim is quite deep, and for that reason we probably won't be able to do very delicate etched brass windows like those on the Fairlies or Garratts.
So far, so good, though.
With practise, it's amazing what this stuff will work on. Etched frames are fine.
ReplyDeleteYes, arguably not huge huge windows, but I had no problems doing the glazing on my K12 Keef model using this approach. The windows are bigger than the spectacle plates on Britomart and the cab is etched from 0.25mm nickel silver.
ReplyDeleteGreat looking model.
ReplyDeleteThe danger with etched cab fronts though is the liquid pools and runs down the inside as you apply it leading to a less precise window. Not too difficult to remove and replace.
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