Painting Buildings

For years I have been buying various dollar store buildings.

These are two of my most recent purchases.

I got some new paints and used them to paint these new buildings.  The paints are similar to poster paints.

These are the colors that I used to paint this one.

And these colors were the ones I used for this one.

The colors are rather thick, like poster paints.  As you can see the buildings look much better with just a little paint.
 

More Painting of Soviet Vehicles

Often I paint on cardboard so that I can toss it in the trash after they have been painted on, to get rid of the flammable material.

This is may base color for most of my Cold War Soviet Union vehicles.

This can has a circle on the top of the cap, indicating is has been open.

My paper towel for wiping the nozzle after every few sprays.

My spray can spinning shaking device, to make sure the paint cans are fully mixed.

Here are a few armed vehicles ready for paint.

Hole in the top of the chassis.

Pin on the bottom of the turret, and a hole in the cardboard to insert the pin and hold the turret upright while it is painted.

 

Painting Soviet Vehicles

I am going through my Cold War Soviet Union collection, sorting, repairing, upgrading, and painting.

Many of my vehicles are die cast from China and from the former Warsaw Pact nations.

We have days here that have great weather, warm, but not hot, and low humidity, and reasonable wind speed.  So I am painting about 75 of these little truck and vehicles all at once.

For weeks now I have been repairing vehicles.  Then taping the windshields with masking tape.

So a few here and a few there that are getting primer paint.

Waiting for the perfect day to paint them the base color.

I lay down a mat in case I have to kneel down, kneeling on gravel is not comfy.

Here the gray primer vehicles are waiting for their new paint.
 

Tank and Rocket Launcher

Soviet Union IT-1 rocket launcher by SDV Models and Petner Panzer T62 tank.

The Soviet Union only made about 30 of these, but they are pretty neat looking.

Big rocket and only a few fit in the turret.  Discontinued in service after only a few years.

Russian truck shadows.

Working on spray painting the trucks.

Way over 100 of them to do, did primer work on over 70 of them in one day, did the flip side a couple days later.