The tender has been sprayed using an Iwata Neo air brush. The paint colour was mixed using three Tamiya standard colours. Tamiya Green X-5 was the base with Dark Green XF-70 added along with a few ml of Flat blue XF-8. These picture don't quite represent the colour as it appears under the layout lights. It is much bluer than Brunswick Green and seems to be a good match for the colour in the few pre war photos I have seen. I am going to allow this to dry thoroughly and see if I need to adjust the mix further before spraying the loco body. At the moment the intention is to use simple yellow lining without the ornate inner panels. I believe the inner panels were soon abandoned in the Colonel Stephens era.
The rivets are still clearly visible so it was worth all the effort of applying them.
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