The latest repaint from Rhos Helyg Loco Works

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I decided to change the colour of my RH Silver Lady from deep Brunswick green, as supplied, to my "house" colour, which is meant to be S&D Prussian Blue. Unfortunately Tony couldn't find Prussian Blue in the standard colours he uses, but I was able to supply him with something very close. He uses a special 2 pack acrylic paint so the Precision Paints S&D blue wasn't suitable.
I think he's made a very nice job of it. At the same time he painted and fitted a pair of Locoworks cab doors for me which look very smart. http://www.locoworks.co.uk/roundhouse-cab-doors-silver-lady
The usual disclaimer - no personal links to either business, just another satisfied customer.
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Steve
 
Very smart Steve....
 
I take no credit Gary, apart from choosing the colour and putting the name plates back on :)
(And I see from the photo a bit of cleaning up around the name plate is needed.)
 
Lovely. Tony does make a nice job if it. I don't know what paint he uses but he gets a very nice workaday finish.
 
It's a two pack acrylic, Matt, as used by the automotive trade. I had to do a fair bit of digging around to try and find the equivalent for S&D blue. Not the easiest of things to do. I managed to get a 99% match to Prussian Blue with Pantone 7463, but that assumes that the Prussian Blue used by the S&D is the Prussian Blue defined by others. The colour we ended up with looks a little too blue, but it's hard to get the mix right with such a small quantity of paint, and as others have pointed out colours changed and faded on locos as they aged. In fact I think the Precision Paints S&D blue as used on my Annette and Edrig has faded over time. Anyway, my Silver Lady is straight out of the paint shop, so the colour should look spic and span without any ageing or fading. Time will tell!
Steve
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