What should I know about Accu-Flex paints?
I managed to track down some Accu-Flex at the Train Shop in Santa Clara, CA. on a recent trip, and used it to paint a Rail Power Products Dash 8-40CW cab last weekend. I sort of made the exercise a torture test, mostly to see what I could do or not do with Accu-Flex. First of all, I had never painted anything with an airbrush other than sheets of styrene while fooling around — the cab was the first “real” model I’ve airbrushed. I sprayed the Accu-Flex unthinned from a Badger single-action, internal mix airbrush, running off a borrowed Badger compressor (thanks, Dave!). The Accu-Flex bottles attach directly to the airbrush — no pouring paint back and forth. I sprayed UP Armour Yellow with good results — the paint covered well and I was able to achieve good coverage in a single session. Even on a small item like the cab, I was able to spray the sides and work back to the beginning to spray over the initial pass because the paint set very quickly — multiple passes with no runs. I wait
