SSW Shelf Layout - You comments

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Boy! 7655 is a beauty! Love the faded black, it is very much as I remember those in real life. So what is your secret? Powders?

Thanks Gary...it not too complicated really...I use Pelle Soeborgs method of a light tan/sand colour thined to a wash and the airbrushed on. This is applied in very thin coats from above and a little down each side...I use Tamiya Acrylic - Deck Tan , a colour I find ages the greys and yellws of both SSW and UP very well. I then spray a custom colour I made to match the lower dirt and rust on trucks... then a light spray of a black wash as well as use a pained wash on the trucks... I then use black soot powder lightly on the SSW grey to bring back the colour and details on the body... I might look at doing a TUT soon if anyone else shows interest... Not sure how good they were as I live in Africa nad have never seen one of these myself...Just love the SSW for some reason!

Thanks again... Glad to know I'm getting close to the origional... Don't do any work without a good photo of the origional loco.