Gents. Re painting brass have you tried 'Special Metals Primer' by Hammerite, this stuff is bullet proof, my mate and I did a test on some brass and the following day the primer could not be scratched off, it is really superb and not that expensiveI have a 500ml tim from memory the cost was =A33:50.......usual disclaimers. Regards, IP --=20 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.296 / Virus Database: 265.6.4 - Release Date: 22/12/2004 =20 MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.