Continuing from where I last left off, I replaced the badly damaged plastic cab handrails with cut-down sewing pins, which give a nice silver/chrome appearence, making a change from the all-painted parts on the model. They are also much finer than the plastic ones, giving the model a more finescale look. The final modification to be made was the larger toolbox on the back of the cab, which was too small in comparison to the drawings. I made this around the original toolbox on the model using Platicard and some filler to smoothen the surface afterward. The cab handrails and buffer heads were masked off prior to primer coating as I wanted to retain the chrome finish on them.

After the primer had been applied and left to fully set, I began work on the rather elaborate livery; LSWR green with purple borders and black/white lining. I decided to use Tamiya masking tape for the borders to achieve a straight/smooth transition between the two colours.