S.A.C. Martin wrote:Just one coat brush applied. It evens itself out really nicely on a grey primer coat. The precision stuff was awful (in my experience) as it never covered very well.
I suppose in my case, I was painting over a maroon type colour in the first place.
Anyhow, I've started now so don't wish to change.
Whatever works for you Tom - that's the beauty of modelling, individualism at its finest
But yeah, I would surmise painting maroon over maroon would be better. Certainly I needed to be careful with my primer application and then the coat of no.20, whereas you probably just went over with one coat without primer? Whatever, yours looks excellent and has done since you started painting the wheel sets.
Whilst on the subject of painting wheels, I would be most grateful for the latest thinking on the best paint to blacken the over bright wheel rims and valve gear on some of the older models please.
From memory the use of Garter Blue and Marlborough Blue for the Coronation trains was done in conjunction with the British Colour Council. A quick search suggests that the records from that Council still exist and therefore the original colour references might be available for inspection:
Edit: On the other hand I have just clicked on the link at the bottom and seen where the old records are currently located. I will not be popping there in my lunchtime!
Using that link in the previous post one should look at the traditional British Colours for the Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in a further link in the Wikipedia Entry. It's obvious that the colours used for the Coronation train were culled from what one could call official colours!
