Re-Supply

As part of my Batman 66 project, I got some Lilac paint to paint a lair for Louie the Lilac.

It's Rust-Oleum paint that I will use to paint a car, and some of his lair.

I got some cross stitch grating.

Some of the Batman 66 villain lairs had cross hatched walls and a black background to make a minimalist room.  I plan on using some of this for that project.

My first paints were Testors paint in these little jars.

I still buy a few of the colors, particularly metallic, and red.

When the bottles are empty I often clean them and keep them for mixed paints, or decanted paint.

This is a enamel paint that requires mineral spirits to clean the brushes.  So it is smelly, flammable, and not as nice to use as water for acrylics. 

Still, I find about 20 of their colors useful.

I get them at Hobby Lobby.

Now I have been restocked and am ready for more projects.
 

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.