Making the most of the last of the hot weather here in France before autumn sets in, I am spraying and lining a few mk1's for somebody. These are from the brass range distributed by Tower models and are made by San Cheng. Although no interiors are fitted, from the outside they look very nice models. As it only takes 5 minutes to take a photo, I'll take a few to show progress.
After unpacking from the sturdy well packaged boxes this is what you get :
Among them are an FK and SO as well as a BG recognisable by it's shorter length. Screw construction means that by unscrewing several small machine screws the chassis can be taken off to be painted separately.
I have also removed the bogies to paint them. The wheels will be sprayed separately so as to avoid paint on the tyres.
The paints I shall be using are from halfords. The ford burgundy is as close a match to BR Maroon you will find.
First of all comes the red primer. I have applied two coats sparingly. The coaches were checked and cleaned prior to spraying.
Whilst this is drying, I attacked the bogies and under-frames. Here the same again applies, two coats sparingly at 15 minute intervals.
Next on the agenda after spraying two coats of maroon are the roofs. I masked the surrounding area using Tamiya 6mm tape followed by two layers of newspaper and cello-tape (to be on the safe side).
Will update the post as painting progresses.
