This may be construed as an ad, but it ain’t. I’m tryng to finish my layout and to do so, I need rather large quantities of Floquil in a can. Colors needed are grimy black and concrete. If anyone knows of a dealer with these colors still on shelf or anyone who is willing to sell these…I’m your buyer. No amount is too small.
Many thanks,
HZ
Dark gray auto primer makes a fine grimey black. Dunno about concrete.
You might try calling Jack Hawkins at Hawkins Rail Supply in Lafayette, IN. He had still had a large supply of Floquil last time I was there in April.
Many thanks…Hawkins Rail Service did have two cans of Grimy black, but I still need a serious mess of more of them.
Hawkins was quite helpful and seemed like a fine person to do business with. When in Indiana I’ll most definitely stop in.
HZ
As much as I really liked Floequil and not happy with it’s demise, I would find an alternative if you do need such large quantities. It is getting quite hard to find even a few bottles of select colors, tamiya military acrylics are flat and work rather well.
Howard,
Are you looking strictly for aerosol cans or do you also airbrush? I’m asking since there are some alternatives in both versions but wasn’t certain if you’re set on just one medium.
If you have some of each color left, paint each color on a 3x5 card making color chips. Take them to a paint store for matching. Using a 1 quart paint gun to apply it where you want to use a spray can. The kind that runs off of a regular compressor, not a hobby compressor. That should get you around the floquil problem. I am working on that also using the sample size containers. Certain applications like scenery, it should work for floquil colors where others will not work.
LION is NEVER that fussy about colors. Colors in the real world are never the same from one place to another. Especially Grimy Black! Any sort of a grimy black will do.
For large project, LION uses a brush : him puts several colors in a cup and dabbles his brush around in them as he paints. When you get down to it, color is not a single color, but rather a collection of hues that the eye registers as a single color. When you get up close and personal, you will see the subtle varriations in color.
Grime changes color with each district that a locomotive passes through. LION models subway tunnels, all tunnels are a little different. Just slobble on some paint and it will look fine.
ROAR