I think the colour is best described as 'Stratford unloved black'. I still need to sort of the driving wheels and then get some transfers on it. I did wonder about the colour of the guard irons, would they have been black below buffer beam level?

Paint was Precision paints etch primer followed by matt 33 followed by satin 85.

I'm quite pleased with the way it looks...

(and no I'm not going to line it out!)

David Barham