GWMark's Workbench Blog

Bad luck, there's nothing worse than having to go back and redo an otherwise successful job.

 

FWIW, I think you are right that the letters on the side you tried to change are the ones that are spaced a bit too far apart. In fact it has always annoyed me slightly that the GWR chose to space the letters so close together even on larger tank sides, which in my opinion didn't look quite right design-wise.

 

It does look like a repaint of one side is needed. I think perhaps it might be best to do the whole side from bunker to tank front, as the eye might pick up the difference in shade between front and rear of the side?

You could make a patch repaint part of your weathering process, Many sheds undertook patch repainting and when weathered down it will add that bit of extra interest !

I always seal the top coat of colour with gloss varnish prior to transfer application, makes it easier to move transfers around.

I would try repainting just the tank side first and hope to lose any colour difference in the weathering stage.

Thanks for the kind words and suggestions. I did a quick patch job by brush painting over the bare metal and primer. This at least allowed me to take it along to Doncaster. Many thanks to Graham Muz for letting me put it on his layout, Fisherton Sarum. Unfortunately the curves were a little too tight for it, and the drain cocks tended to catch on the screws used on the brackets to attach the cassettes and on some of the line-side ash.

 

It did make a few appearance on the Southern shed, making us of the mutual agreement to share timetables.

 

 

Once I am back from holiday in a weeks time I will do a better job, strip the paint, respray and put fresh transfers on. Hopefully I can get that all done in time to take it to Missenden.

 

It was really good to see it running on a real layout in a near complete condition.