I've not hung around getting Kidbrooke ready to be permanently abandoned on a length of track in Minffordd Yard.
I don't have enough tiny alphabet transfers in stock to attempt to replicate all the graffiti which was painted onto the hulk of the loco during its time in the yard, but I've had a go at representing some of the other whitewash embelishments.
The 3d print was given a spray with red oxide primer before applying a succession of diluted acrylic washes of various shades of brown and then dry brushing with some orange hues and darker colours to get what I hope looks like a suitably rusty effect.
Being a print it is absolutely featherweight so we'll have no problem permanently gluing it onto the length of track in front of the slate sheds.
It should make an interesting conversation piece in Porthmadog in a two week's time.
I wonder what the ratio will be between those who give a knowing smile and those who point and say 'What's that doing there?'
