The last week or so I've been trying to get my D11 into apple green. It eventually took two base coats of Revell 'Leaf Green'- a horrible bile green colour- and then three coats of Humbrol 'Apple Green' acrylic on top. The result of using these two colours is that the final finish has quite a pleasing depth to it.

I'm also trying a bit of an experiment on the model. When I first started lining out my models I bought an 'easi-liner' tool. It is basically a caligraphy pen with a nin that has a tiny reservoir. The idea is that you charge the reservoir with paint and then use it like a pen. Unfortunately my early efforts with it used matt paint, and it kept clogging up. Eventually I turned to transfers and gave up on it.

The problem is with transfers that I simply cannot get the cab lining right. So I'm having a go at some hybrid lining.... the boiler bands and tender panels will be transfers, whilst the cab lining will be gloss paint applied through the 'easi-liner'. So far I've managed to get a couple of nice neat evenly applied lines. I just need to find my gloss black to finish the cab panels once the white has dried. I've used the same tool for the brass beading on the splashers, though in this instance the paint was possibly too thin and has run. Something to clean up there I think.

The really nice thing of course is that with lining starting to go on I can see the finish line coming up with this model...