Starting on the Photo-Etch

Someone posted a question on SteelNavy asking what paints I was using. Rather than describe, I thought I'd just post a pic of the paints. The two folkart paints are from the craft section at Walmart. The other two came from the local hobby shop.

I've started adding the photoetch to the bridge deck. This is an odd shaped part and it's got quite a few complex bends in it. I elected to do it in multiple pieces rather than trying to get one piece bent correctly the whole way round. For bending I use a razor blade and a pair of flat jawed pliers. Nothing special...although I might pick up an etch mate type tool before I'm done.




At the magnification of the photo's the photo-etch looks pretty crappy, but the magnification makes every last blemish stand out like it was high school picture day! In reality, you can't see some of the more twisty bits of railing.