Don, Jim is quite right - paint pens are thin watercolour and they will fade over a comparatively short time. The fading will also tend to be patchy, so it will look terrible.
I tend to do most of my building in Boxwood, and with a minimum use of paint. The paints I do use are the Admiralty models range, and for bare timber I use a chemical based wood sealer (not water based). The boxwood is unlikely to lift the grain, and rarely needs to be re-sanded.
Ted
I tend to do most of my building in Boxwood, and with a minimum use of paint. The paints I do use are the Admiralty models range, and for bare timber I use a chemical based wood sealer (not water based). The boxwood is unlikely to lift the grain, and rarely needs to be re-sanded.
Ted