With the top coat dry and hardened, time to mask off ready to paint the black bits:
For the Duchess of Abercorn I've decided to use the primer coat as it seems to be a reasonable match for the Wrenn version.
The Castle body gets its black coat:
And not forgetting the tenders - masked and ready:
Painted and ready for unmasking:
The tender chassis were also treated to a spruce up, after a good clean these were masked for a quick "blow over" of satin black:
For the Castle loco, the loco chassis was also badly playworn with lots of paint missing.
Having had major problems in the past reassembling wheels and valve gears, I decided to play safe and just mask up the wheels and valve gear in-situ:
And this is the current state of play - both locos have had their colour coats, both need front buffer beams painted red, some minor colour touching-up required which is to be expected.
Once I have the transfers and linings, these will receive a coat of matt lacquer before refitting the handrails.
Certainly looking better than they did this time last week!
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