Wednesday, August 16, 2006

Satin


MN long shot
Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker.
Paint can make or break a model. The Merchant Navy has reached the stage where it needs the paint tidying up. I’ve had to patch a few green bits but the black parts were the worst.

Fortunately black takes patching well and you can’t see all of the joins – Humbrol satin black goes on really nicely with a brush. Once this was done I cleaned the loco up and gave it a quick spray of satin varnish to brighten things up. It was a real transformation with the colour coming alive again.

Time to touch up the chassis matt black and then screw the thing together properly now.

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