Duff red diamonds (part 2)…

Sometimes the unplanned projects are the best, an impulse purchase fuelled by creative energy that carries the model and the feeling forwards with pace and a self refuelling urgency…Part 1 introduced that this 47 was the result of a bargain purchase - and really I should have been working on the similarly liveried Class 37! However, this project had fuel for two, and as I write this both models now sit complete on the fiddle yard area of the Paxton Road shelf. Complete and rather lovely… today though is just the 47s story.Taking photos of these tiny models is challenging - a skill I continue to practice (not such a hardship hey). The subtle weathered finish achieved here is even harder to capture but I’ve done my best.In Part 1 we left the model almost finished, she had the initial wash applied and just finishing touches left - but it is these that really do lift the overall model and increase the finesse of the result. The wash, no matter how subtle, can leave traces that need…