Painting and Weathering Service

[Walkingthedog]

Photographs indoors never show true colours unless you have the correct lighting. It will change as soon as you add the black bits.

[Steve M]

This is what two hours masking looks like.

2020-11-23_03-24-34 by Steve Mumford, on Flickr

And the start of the reveal.

2020-11-23_03-24-59 by Steve Mumford, on Flickr

I’ll let the black cure properly overnight before removing any more. I may yet redo the smokebox in weathered black.

[Walkingthedog]

Not sure your strange customer will like the yellow.

[Steve M]

Not sure your strange customer will like the yellow.

You know him better than I do.
I just hope it’s still the right colour underneath the ‘yellow’.

[Walkingthedog]

I’m sure he’ll be delighted.

[Brian]

Not sure your strange customer will like the yellow.

You know him better than I do.
I just hope it’s still the right colour underneath the ‘yellow’.

What green?

[Steve M]

Ooh, Brian, you are a tease.

[Steve M]

It’s not green.

2020-11-23_06-32-27 by Steve Mumford, on Flickr

[Walkingthedog]

That makes the maroon much darker or is it the light.

[Steve M]

That makes the maroon much darker or is it the light.

With maroon/crimson lake, your guess is as good as mine.
It’s definitely not the muddy brown that Hornby used though.