Repainting the Bertie

mhlr · Post by **mhlr** » Mon May 03, 2010 11:48 pm

Decided my Bertie's paintwork was getting tatty, so I gave it a repaint... Turned out OK, not brilliant though. (notice a slight tone change 1/4 way down saddle tank, flippin' Humbrol pots not exactly the same and only noticed it after I took the pics!). I also removed those silly Micky Mouse handrails, hence the pop rivet in the hole the stantion was bolted to.

Pendo Pilot · Post by **Pendo Pilot** » Mon May 03, 2010 11:58 pm

Looks nice fella, can't really see the shade difference from the pics. You need to tart up the red on the buffer beams though..

It looks like a nice loco, may have to get one.

andysleigh · Post by **andysleigh** » Tue May 04, 2010 12:08 am

nice one pete.
turned out ok, will you be lining it one day?

mhlr · Post by **mhlr** » Tue May 04, 2010 12:27 am

andysleigh wrote:will you be lining it one day?

Did spend a while thinking about it, but I like this one as it is.

taliesin001 · Post by **taliesin001** » Tue May 04, 2010 3:50 pm

Looks great, and the colour difference isn't obvious at all.

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Tue May 04, 2010 8:09 pm

Coor Pete, your a dab hand with a brush (or did you air brush it?)

mhlr · Post by **mhlr** » Tue May 04, 2010 10:19 pm

Mr. Bond of the DVLR wrote:Coor Pete, your a dab hand with a brush (or did you air brush it?)

A fine brush, last time I tried my airbrush, it didn't work too well. Will have to practice on something less valuable at some point.

90733 · Post by **90733** » Wed May 05, 2010 6:47 am

Very nice, and if you don't mind me asking where did you get that 16mm logo 'headboard' hung on lamp iron?

Narrow Minded · Post by **Narrow Minded** » Wed May 05, 2010 11:45 am

if you don't mind me asking where did you get that 16mm logo 'headboard' hung on lamp iron?

It looks like an association membership badge to me

mhlr · Post by **mhlr** » Wed May 05, 2010 11:37 pm

Narrow Minded wrote:It looks like an association membership badge to me

Tis indeed, I broke the pin on the back, so just turned it into that instead! And 1:1 scale ones exist too!

Hancockshire · Post by **Hancockshire** » Sun May 09, 2010 9:17 pm

I never knew humbrol was heat proof. I tried on my TE1V & it didn't go well

mhlr · Post by **mhlr** » Sun May 09, 2010 9:37 pm

Hancockshire wrote:I never knew humbrol was heat proof. I tried on my TE1V & it didn't go well

It isn't. But I only used it on the body work... If you use it on the boiler, that gets over 100 deg. C, so it's not really going to work...

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