flex2wees Posted June 4, 2021 Author Share Posted June 4, 2021 08561 has interested me for a long time with the faded BR Blue and Maroon toolbox it’s certainly different ! So after months of waiting on eBay for the right 08 body shell with the correct boxes I’ve found a Hornby shell that was previously 08644 , I’ve removed the numbers logos and nameplates and hopefully this will be a quick project if I can work out a way to replicate the faded BR Blue paint work… I’ve painted the toolbox and I’m waiting on some blue paint to cover the extra wasp stripes that aren’t needed for 08561. If anyone knows any techniques for faded BR Blue please let me know! I’m pretty stuck at the moment! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 Railmatch do a faded BR blue, but I suspect if sprayed on in block you wouldn’t get the desired result as it’s patchy .I’d be tempted to try the brush on and wipe off technique with the enamel version, I have seen threads with people doing faded quite successfully but I can’t find them in here at present . if in doubt , contact Jerry at squirrel rail on here, he does professional repaint and I’ll bet he’s done some faded stuff . 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxokid Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 On 04/06/2021 at 22:07, flex2wees said: 08561 has interested me for a long time with the faded BR Blue and Maroon toolbox it’s certainly different ! So after months of waiting on eBay for the right 08 body shell with the correct boxes I’ve found a Hornby shell that was previously 08644 , I’ve removed the numbers logos and nameplates and hopefully this will be a quick project if I can work out a way to replicate the faded BR Blue paint work… I’ve painted the toolbox and I’m waiting on some blue paint to cover the extra wasp stripes that aren’t needed for 08561. If anyone knows any techniques for faded BR Blue please let me know! I’m pretty stuck at the moment! Hi im now painting up few of my locos with that washed out sun bleached blue finish. using these acrylic colours.. hope this helps.. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
flex2wees Posted June 14, 2021 Author Share Posted June 14, 2021 On 11/06/2021 at 02:49, saxokid said: Hi im now painting up few of my locos with that washed out sun bleached blue finish. using these acrylic colours.. hope this helps.. Thanks everyone much appreciated! This is exactly what I want to do! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
flex2wees Posted November 3, 2021 Author Share Posted November 3, 2021 Well that took a little longer than expected! Took a lot of time to pluck up the courage to take the oil paints to the body but the initial paint fading is done using the excellent Bunters yard video as a guide. I’ve left it quite subtle as the reference pictures show a real range in the degree of fading so I’ve gone somewhere in the middle! Now I’ll be looking to send the model off to be airbrushed weathered as I’m pretty nervous to give that a go! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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