Model Railway Forum

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

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


R-

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

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

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?

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?

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

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

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

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.