Bit of a painting day today, an opportunity to make a mess of what was looking almost competent.
First off a blast of red oxide primer, this from a recently purchased can from a local motor factors - all went well.
My cunning plan is to get all of the window frames painted and sealed by a coat of gloss white paint, as I figure this will be a durable finish for something destined to be outside in the rain and sun, for some time at least.
So masking up.
The primer I used was a bit spattery, but I persevered and before the can ran out had more or less primed the window frames, not looking wildly good at this stage...
I bit the bullet and went back down to the shed to blast it with an automotive gloss white paint - I picked the can that didn't mention cellulose(!)
I then picked off all the masking to reveal an early Heljan kit in a stupidly big scale(!)
I'm calling that a success, the next thing I'd like to achieve is to get the glazing fitted, as this will protect the fragile glazing bars. I intend to use the Bayer Vivak that I have, subject of a thread on WT several years ago, and to try and use canopy glue.
It won't I think be easy or enjoyable, but on this basis alone think I ought to tackle it next.
Paintwise, it will be all brushwork from here on in, the Southern Region scheme with white window frames with cream and green timber work. In my world the Western didn't get their grubby mitts on the Central Cornwall route until those ghastly blue and grey days of the 1970s