Great Northern
It's been a while since the last entry, so by way of showing what's been keeping me occupied lately, here's a taster of the current incumbent of my paintshop.
A recent commission has been a repaint of 60113 'Great Northern' into British Railways express passenger blue livery. Now, whilst I'm not a fan at all of Thompson's essays in Pacifics (no, I'm not going to open the debate here), I must admit that blue certainly suits this machine better than green. Suffice to say, it's just "different".
There are a few jobs yet to do - cab glazing, running-plate valence lining (a pig of a job), smokebox lamp iron and a final dusting of weathering before handing it back to the satisfied customer. For info, the main body colour is Phoenix XP loco blue and the lining is HMRS pressfix. I don't get on with anything else from many past experiences!
As an aside, the background in the first two shots are the overhead wires of the GN mainline, which is rather apt if I dare say so myself!
I'll update proceedings when the model is finished in a week or so's time.
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