LNER green A4s. Red lining.
Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2017 12:31 pm
Well overdue, last night I started to complete the previously very basic lining on my model of Woodcock, in LNER green - not BR green before anybody gets confused.
Having recently done P2 Lord President with similar Bugatti front, I casually assumed that the red lining towards the front of each valance would be arranged in the same way on the A4. Using a template I made for the P2 job I put a very fine red line curving around the front of the aerofoil shape of the valance and followed that with a line close to the top edge of the valance back towards the cab, then left the new line to dry overnight pending more work this morning. Now I'm not so sure that I'm doing the right thing, so I've stopped work again!
I can see that Hornby lined out both the upper and lower edges of the black valance on their LNER green A4 Osprey, but now that I've looked at such green A4 images as I have once again, rather than just assuming similarity with the P2s, I can't see any hint of red lining around the front or the upper edge of the valance. In one or two images I can see a suggestion of red lining of the lower edge only of the valance, behind the cylinder.
I fully understand that the thorny problem of pan-chromatic and ortho-chromatic film emulsion characteristics muddies the waters of monochrome image representation of "red". The only colour image I've seen (Big Four in Colour) is neither clear enough nor of a clean enough loco to reveal the red lining.
Can anybody help please?
Having recently done P2 Lord President with similar Bugatti front, I casually assumed that the red lining towards the front of each valance would be arranged in the same way on the A4. Using a template I made for the P2 job I put a very fine red line curving around the front of the aerofoil shape of the valance and followed that with a line close to the top edge of the valance back towards the cab, then left the new line to dry overnight pending more work this morning. Now I'm not so sure that I'm doing the right thing, so I've stopped work again!
I can see that Hornby lined out both the upper and lower edges of the black valance on their LNER green A4 Osprey, but now that I've looked at such green A4 images as I have once again, rather than just assuming similarity with the P2s, I can't see any hint of red lining around the front or the upper edge of the valance. In one or two images I can see a suggestion of red lining of the lower edge only of the valance, behind the cylinder.
I fully understand that the thorny problem of pan-chromatic and ortho-chromatic film emulsion characteristics muddies the waters of monochrome image representation of "red". The only colour image I've seen (Big Four in Colour) is neither clear enough nor of a clean enough loco to reveal the red lining.
Can anybody help please?