I have bought a pack of Model Scene milk churns (product reference 5187) and I am debating whether to "paint" them silver with a metallic felt-tip pen or leave them in the original grey plastic finish.

Can anyone advise me which would look more realistic ?

Thanks in advance.

Best regards,


Joe

I'd go with the silver, but it's a matter of personal choice, I guess.

Hi Joe, I agree with George, go silver then maybe dull it back a bit. They were always steel, so if you can get a steel paint, then that would be even better. Cheers, Bill.

They were aluminium when I left the dairy in 1965 and quite shiny. Cylindrical ones, that is; the old conical ones were steel.

I'm not trying to be smart here, but to me, N scale milk churns are so small that silver or aluminium paint will be fine... don't wanna become rivet counters of milk churns.... 

I walked past a farm every day when I was younger and the milk churns were a dirty silver colour there was always 10- 15 churns waiting to be picked up, oh dear going back intime here.

Thanks for your advice guys - I've decided to "paint" them.

I tried 2 silver ink pens :

- a Mitsubishi Pencil Co. uni-ball Figno

- an Edding 780 Creative

The Edding pen gave the best effect - the ink has greater covering power. It really looks like N gauge aluminium (at least to me).

Best regards,


Joe

As long as it adheres to the plastic... and when they're glued down in your chosen location.... how often are you gonna touch 'em anyhow? 

Milk churn rivet counting  - not many rivets. It is however correct to say that there were many kinds of churn and in many cases the shape and size give the period and region.

Fortunately nobody knows that 

Alan

The Model Scene ones are cylindrical, as opposed to conical.

After a once-over with the silver ink pen, followed by "weathering" by my grubby fingers, they look they're made from white metal rather than polystyrene.

Best regards,


Joe

Quote from: EtchedPixels on October 18, 2014, 01:27:45 PM
Milk churn rivet counting  - not many rivets. It is however correct to say that there were many kinds of churn and in many cases the shape and size give the period and region.

Fortunately nobody knows that 

Alan

And fortunately, most folk don't know why a milking stool only has three legs....

'Cos the cow's got the udder 

George

Quote from: EtchedPixels on October 18, 2014, 01:27:45 PM
Milk churn rivet counting  - not many rivets.

Would suit those who're not very numerate

For some strange reason we have a full size British Milk Churn lurking in the garden and I am sure it is steel under the rust.

Jerry

Quote from: Jerry Howlett on October 18, 2014, 03:48:04 PM
For some strange reason we have a full size British Milk Churn lurking in the garden and I am sure it is steel under the rust.

Jerry

Which style ?

What's inside ?