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72xx Paint Application and reassembly

GWMark

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Having now applied another coat of the Lifecolor acrylic loco green to my 72xx and brush painting the buffer beams and safety valve/whistles, I couldn't resist putting it back together to see how it looked.

 

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The black is Halfords Matt black car spray, the green is Lifecolor as already mentioned, the buffer beams Phoenix Precission enamel, the safety value/whistles are Humbrol enamel. All on a base of two coats of precision etch primer. So quite a mix of paints on this one.

 

There are a few issues;

  • My masking was not too good. I made the same mistake I have made before and sprayed the black first up to the edge of where the colour was needed and then tried to mask that off and spray the green up to the same line. There are inevitable small gaps that have crept in that show primer through.
  • My surface preparation was not good enough, there are places that could have done with better sanding/filing. Some bits of the fibre glass brush have appeared in the paint; even after several attempts at washing the model before painting.
  • I wish I had not used the whitemetal safety valve bonnet, the raw brass for the chimney cap looks so much better than the painted safety valve.
  • I need to improve my method of holding the cab roof down, it shows up a gap in this closeup picture.
  • I need to do something about the white metal crosshead/piston rod - do people paint (spray?) these successfully?

I think I have hurried this final stage a little too much, I wanted the model "finished" to take along to the next Missenden weekend. If I had perhaps been a bit more critical during the preparation stage I would have something that looked better now. Still, I think I will complete it from here, as much as anything it gives me some practice. At least that way I can have mine done before Hornby bring out the RTR one later this year. If this ends up on the club layout we are just starting it would need a repaint into 1960's condition anyway, so that would be a good opportunity to strip it and sort out some of the issues. Also, if you view it from more than about 6 inches away it looks alright even with these problems.

 

So now it is a case of touching up the paint, another coat on the buffer beams, transfers, plates, crew and coal. Then do I try my hand at weathering it? Most likely the answer to that is yes.

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Looks nice Mark - make sure you get the right number for it as you don't want to spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar. (7240 - 53 is the correct series for the detail you have).

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Thanks Stationmaster, my plan is to finish it as 7242, it seemed poetic to include the 42 in the number given the origins of the 72xx. By shear coincidence I have some pictures of 7242 working goods trains in the Salisbury area, even though it was a South Wales engine (Cardiff Cathays 88A and then Llanelly 87F). I know a certain Southern layout based on Salisbury, maybe it will be allowed a visit!

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