How did you get the pale lining? I know that most printers will not print white, which would suggest you're using white transfer paper, but then how did you get such lovely neat curves?

How did you get the pale lining? I know that most printers will not print white, which would suggest you're using white transfer paper, but then how did you get such lovely neat curves?

I used white decal paper from Crafty Computer Paper.  The background colours are printed on the white paper and the painted parts of the model are matched by mixing Humbrol colours..   That's fairly easy for me to do, because I paint (pictures) and I'm used to mixing colours.  The lining itself was drawn up on Adobe Illustrator CS2 (which is now very out of date - there may be much improved facilities in the current version of the software), and the basic shapes were defined as rectangles with rounded corners.  I overlaid a series of such rectangles in the order Cream/ Black/ Cream/  Body colour , stepping down a bit in size each time if that makes sense to you

I had to cut out a hole in the decal covering the saddle tank to allow for the water filler, ditto the lining on the back of the cab, which you can't see.  There is a large circular hole there which I believe was used to help with loading coal; that made the decal very flimsy, but it has gone on ok.

The decal paper has a bit of an "orange peel" finish but that might be due to the way I used the spray varnish as much as the paper itself.  I think by the time the loco has been finished with a slightly more matte finish and some weathering has been added, the orange peel won't really show.