JT,
save yourself the hassle of using an airbrush unless its solely for minute detail. It seems to me that you want to knock down the shine on the entire boiler, my advice for you is to take the time, mask off everything around the boiler and spray it with Rust-Oleum's Specialty High Heat. I've used it on all my engines it looks outstanding. It looks better on even the plastic engines than any other black or engine black or coal black, you name it, it looks better. Not only did i completely redo an entire boiler on my accucraft live steam engine, i use the paint to weather the rest of my engines and rolling stock. Ill spray it as overspray to simulate soot on the boiler jacket and on the cab roof, ill also completely spray down the running gear. It gives the engines that "worn" and "used" look which is what i like. The paint is not going to flake off, its good up to 1200 degrees. I've used the BBQ Black and the High Temp Green. Both have come out great and have held out great.
Here is an example of the green with a little overspray of black on the smokebox and boiler
Matt
save yourself the hassle of using an airbrush unless its solely for minute detail. It seems to me that you want to knock down the shine on the entire boiler, my advice for you is to take the time, mask off everything around the boiler and spray it with Rust-Oleum's Specialty High Heat. I've used it on all my engines it looks outstanding. It looks better on even the plastic engines than any other black or engine black or coal black, you name it, it looks better. Not only did i completely redo an entire boiler on my accucraft live steam engine, i use the paint to weather the rest of my engines and rolling stock. Ill spray it as overspray to simulate soot on the boiler jacket and on the cab roof, ill also completely spray down the running gear. It gives the engines that "worn" and "used" look which is what i like. The paint is not going to flake off, its good up to 1200 degrees. I've used the BBQ Black and the High Temp Green. Both have come out great and have held out great.
Here is an example of the green with a little overspray of black on the smokebox and boiler
Matt
