Commission: Bembridge re-visited…
Last year I built an Isle of Wight 02 for a customer. This year, I am building a few more and re-working several others adding extra detail and blending their weathered finish - Bembridge returned as part of this work... When we first built it I used Fox 'SUNSHINE' style lettering - but once applied it was obvious this was over scale for the Isle of Wight locomotives. As part of this latest commission I have drawn up and had produced some custom decals with a smaller size that better match the prototype. My customer asked if I was able to re-work Bembridge and I thought this would be possible. The original markings were gently removed with a sharpened cocktail stick and Micro-sol before the tank was smoothed with wet and dry and masked so allow some fresh Malachite green to be airbrushed on - before gloss lacquer. Decals on, seal with satin and then gently blend in the weathering a touch to match. The result I think works really well and has further lifted the model. I am happy...
