Petes Model workshop (or ramblings from the balcony)

That's a very nice shade of blue, Peter. I chickened out of doing my S&D horse box in bue and did it LMS crimson instead - which reminds me that still needs lining too!

I just wanted to do something other than red or green. The eliptical roof one I will make for myself will be green. But if this turns out well mine might just end up blue too, but lettered for the Southern.

Great work there Peter. The S&D blue is very striking.

 

I'm looking forward to seeing the Ivatt completed.

I actually thought it was going to be a darker blue, but it is a long time since I have seen any S&D models in the flesh. I expect it could well look darker when all the beading is black.

 

Yes I ought to get on with the Ivatt. I always feel the lining and tarting up gets in the way of proper modelmaking. Much prefer the sharp files, hot soldering irons, the smell of burnt skin.

Lovely job: Agreed the Blue is a bit light for Prussian Blue.

Whose paint did you use, and what was the given colour?

I agree that it does look rather pale, more so than my tin of Precision S&DJR Prussian Blue. I wonder if it is a case of paint transparency and the effect of a light grey undercoat? So far, I've only used the Precision paint over black in an experiment where I filled the panels with blue, leaving the beading in black. It wasn't a very successful experiment, but the result was much darker than your photos. I think further experiments with different undercoats may be in order before I do any more.

 

Nick

Lovely job: Agreed the Blue is a bit light for Prussian Blue.

Whose paint did you use, and what was the given colour?

Hi it is Precision paints, I have in general found their colours very good.

I agree that it does look rather pale, more so than my tin of Precision S&DJR Prussian Blue. I wonder if it is a case of paint transparency and the effect of a light grey undercoat? So far, I've only used the Precision paint over black in an experiment where I filled the panels with blue, leaving the beading in black. It wasn't a very successful experiment, but the result was much darker than your photos. I think further experiments with different undercoats may be in order before I do any more.

 

Nick

I think I have to go along with you on the colour. I think I will spay it again with the blue now it has had time to dry. It may well be that the the thined coat for spraying is just to thin for colour.

I forgot all about spraying black and filling in the blue, I have done it for GWR brown and cream.

Here near the equator I have also found the sunlight very white. I seems to make lots of colours different. Even the SR olive seems much lighter in sunlight to how it is in doors.