The TPO rake has finally entered the paint shop.  The plan is to use transfers for the stripes, though I guess priming and spraying yellow is an option if that doesn’t work.

So far I have sprayed the bodies into Royal Mail red, just need to source some transfers now to test it out.

The Bachmann conversion has proved more difficult, the red has really poor coverage and you can still see the outline of the filler.  I was trying to go without primer (the filler was previously hand painted red), I think the solution is to prime and respray the area.

Similarly I had a few issues on the rest where there were pen marks on the coach side.  The primer didn’t fully obscure them and due to time pressures I didn’t have time to sand down and re prime.  Usually the top coat is more than dense enough to obscure these sort of issues but no luck this time.  So there are a couple of areas which will need rework to obscure the letters.  Next time I am painting these will be top of the pile.  (As will my Intercity liveried Mk2/3 for the Sleeper).

Roofs, ends and underframes will all be hand painted with my Vallejo weathers grey black mixtures.