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Painting the Dean Goods


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To complement yesterday's entry on painting the Buffalo, I thought I would add a couple of photos of the Dean Goods and 2500 gallon tender in their current state. Like the Buffalo, these will be finished in the colourful pre-1906 GWR livery, so the initial green coverage was done in the same session as the saddle tank. So far, only the green has been done and I intend to finish most of the black and indian red on the Buffalo before returning to complete this one.

 

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The tender chassis has been painted with Halford's red primer whereas the grey was used elsewhere. This is an experiment to see whether the primer colour affects the appearance of the Precision Paints Indian Red frame colour. I'll be able to make a direct comparison with the Buffalo where I used the grey primer on the frames. Incidentally, I've since read elsewhere on RMweb the suggestion that the red primer makes a good undercoat for GWR green. It looks like I'll just have to built another kit to discover what difference this will make :blink:

 

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Thanks, Mozzer. I'm a complete novice when it comes to painting, so it's always good to get advice from those that know about such things. I have a tin of Halford's white primer so I just need another kit to try it on :rolleyes:

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