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

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.

Not sure your strange customer will like the yellow.

Walkingthedog wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 3:35 pm 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’.

I’m sure he’ll be delighted.

Steve M wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 4:38 pm

Walkingthedog wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 3:35 pm 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?

Ooh, Brian, you are a tease.

It’s not green.

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

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

Walkingthedog wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 6:36 pm 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.