Hi Ken. Thanks for the compliment.

ModelMaster supplied the black triangles I have. been using. See the next post I have done for a pic.

Hi, the yellow ends look great - just the right shade.  Something I always have trouble with.  Now off to my local model shop to buy a tinlet of Humbrol  #69  Mustn't forget the dash of orange!

Did you brush the yellow on, if so did you need to thin the paint?

Thanks

Thanks Cravensdmufan. I matched the yellow/orange tint using another model with something like the 'correct' shade (although even that varies with different models and manufacturers!).

It was brushed on, thinned only slightly with mineral turpentine. There were three coats of paint applied, with the first two being plain Humbrol 69. Painting around the cab windows was tricky and needed a steady hand but all the other edges are well defined or abut colours that can be easily touched up if required (I had to use a little black on the buffer shanks and foot board ends where I caught them with the yellow brush. 
 

2147 was one of the units which had the yellow taken right back to the leading edges of the cab doors. Hornby didn't get the front profile quite right with the BIL, as discussed elsewhere in the forums, so, working from photos, I decided to stop the yellow at the panel joint just ahead of the doors. This and the panel joint further ahead are very well defined on the Hornby model, making it easy to paint down the line of the joint without getting paint on the next panel. It gives what I think looks to be the right amount of yellow around the corners.

Very many thanks for that very useful info SRman.

I've been in the process of detailing my Lima and Limby 101 front ends.  Have been at that on and off for ages.  I could never get the yellow quite right, but your info will make me have another go!  I'll be getting the ModelStrip out (yet again!) tonight!

I always painted round the inside of the widow fames in matt dark grey before r-fitting the glazing though - been doing that for years.  Time consuming, but a vast improvement on any model.

I'll be  soldering on with my Lima 101's for a while yet,  as I'm afraid I don't hold out much hope for the Bachmann blue/grey ones as already discussed on forums.  But I sincerely hope I'm wrong!

All the best.

I agree with you on all points there. I have always run either dark grey or black paint around window openings on those models with thick side mouldings - it also worked well on older models with recessed glazing (befre flush glazing became more the norm).

I tend to paint dark grey or black inside the yellow ends on Lima and ViTrains models, to reduce show-through of lights or even just daylight where self-coloured plastics tend to transmit a little light at their corners and edges.

I keep looking at my Lima blue 101 and thinking I would like to put the much better Hornby mechanism into it, without the expense of a whole new unit. I know Hattons and Kernow (amongst others) have some reduced price Hornby units for around 57-58 UK Pounds but that then leaves te dilemma of what to do with the surplus models.

I too am awaiting further pics/info on the Bachmann units but, so far, the old Lima/Hornby units are looking better above the solebars. The Bachmann one will no doubt be much better for the underframe detailing.

One other trick I have used in the past for yellow ends was to use the Humbrol #69 as per usual, then varnish with a hint of orange mixed in it to tint the yellow.

Cheers.