Refreshed Railfreight 08 in N…

When this particular model arrived I marvelled at its pure mundane grey paint. I promised you all that N gauge was about exercising that pure childhood enjoyment of out of the box models…

So how far things have come! Celebrating the celebrity, enjoying repainting and detailing models to make them my own - to fit my story.

This little man appeared towards the end of the year making his debut in a short video (I’ll add it at the bottom), and is based upon a Haymarket pet, stable mate of my Provincial liveried 761. I found in practice that the grey was just too boring on Paxton Road. A celebration of Scottish Speedlink, the colour and variety, the grey was almost an antithesis… 

So an accidental discovery of 08791 on Flickr with its incorrect ‘original’ Railfreight grey mid panel I modified the RTR paint with some Humbrol 28 on the lower half and yellow and red masking on the cab ‘General’ stripes. A sprinkling of Fox decals and all blended together with weathering the result feels just right. As my Speedlink collection continues to grow I enjoy not only the finished transformation but the memory of the work itself.

Until next time, more soon…

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