A couple of weeks ago I wrote about my Class 03 collection - triggered by completing this model of 03078. In the days that have followed I have continued to enjoy it's faded form and especially, the weathered finish...It felt like the model deserved the spotlight - a solo focus on the creation of so much character in such a small package and the potential for story telling, once more, in British N gauge.Others may tell you different but I think the best way to get the most character out of these diminutive models is a bare shell respray. Removing the factory paint reveals a fine crisp character in the tooling - and has the benefit of allowing us to build up a finish from scratch. Overcome those fears, strip a model down to parts and dunk the bodyshell in some 91% IPA.Strip it to parts means, in this case, remove the body, glazing, horn and cab handrails.Once the model is naked, refit the cab side handrails and horn, then prime. This is the most faded BR blue I’ve attempted. I feared,…
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