Painting bench

[Steve M]

Some of you may recall that I had set up a painting area in an old shed, well away from the railway room. I’ve been adding to my collection of Hobbyzone racking but found that I was still prone to cluttering up the workspace.
A trip to Ikea found me with two ‘Moppe’ draw units which I cut down to form an all round draw platform to hide my clutter collection and raise the paint racks to a better height.

20190821_141336 by Steve Mumford, on Flickr

[RogerB]

I think you need help Steve. Your paint/workbench should look like this.


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[Steve M]

It used to.......and it undoubtedly will again.

[Brian]

Goodness! All that paint. D0 you do spaying as well as brushing? I need a BR Green class 71 resprayed.

[Steve M]

I’ve painted plenty of models from scratch and done a reasonable amount of weathering, but never a loco repaint.
Is it a complete livery change or a tidy up of an existing colour scheme?

[Brian]

Hmmm.... IPA attack on the green paintwork! So a complete body respray and lining transfers or bow pen lining!
Tried to obtain a replacement body only but none available. May be cheaper in the end to buy a new Hornby Cl71?

[Steve M]

No promises, but I’ll have a look at it at the Faversham show if you like.

[Brian]

Thanks, I'll try and remember to bring it along!

[DMU]

Steve that is an impressive paint bench and work area..

[Steve M]

Thanks Stu.

Referring back to Brian’s post - I will be attempting a repaint of the class 71 once the paint arrives. Or more correctly, when I have collected it from the Post Office who couldn’t deliver it today.