Well I decided to tackle a Tichy Pacific Fruit Express kit. I've accumulated a couple of these from EBay buys.

The Kit looks to have quite a few parts and looks fairly detailed. So we'll see how this adventure works out.

They list the colors you'll need in the overview. I decided to go with the yellow instead of orange primary color. After experimenting with different yellows. Mixed the two art acrylics together 50/50 and ended up with what looked like a suitable yellow.

So here's the sides with four light coats with a brush. Don't own an airbrush yet. I think any more coats and I'd of lost the side detail.

Then this is my attempt at highlighting the door hardware. Did good on the first but got a bit shaky on the other. Not sure how I'll remedy that. The color is called Pavement, Apple Barrel brand.

I used the same Pavement color for the under frame. produces kind of a grayish black look. The Fish belly beams only have one coat for now. Once everything is assembled on the under frame I'll do a final coat.

That's it for this installment. I'll keep posting my progress as I go.

Thanks for following along...