RIO Nord-Pas-de-Calais - part 20

 

I finally got to the number plates for my RIO units!

I'll start with the E46 unit:

I cut each piece with a hobby knife:

With a sanding bar, I remove the excess material:

I use double-sided tape on a foam board:

I then clean each piece with 70% alcohols:

I airbrush some STYNYLREZ primer GRAY - link:

Here are some pictures I used to find the best colors and positioning:

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cv2bhGzozo8/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CKMHpgZnblx/

For these two colors, I choose spray cans:

• Montana Gold 2050 Orangina
• Montana Gold 6250 Dolphins

The blue looks a bit too blue ...

For these plates, I use a black sharpy and put some masking tape. I'm not super happy with the results:

For the "blue" plates, I use a fine sanding block and that works very well:

I use Zap-A-Gap Medium CA+:

I was concerned about the white residue or glue-haze from CA glue, but it seems that if you operate in a warm-ish and dry-ish place, it would mostly prevent the residue to happen - link: