Painting by Numbers

Sentinel 7109's cast Aluminium front 7109 plate has been looking rather sad until recently with the black paint becoming somewhat flaky.

So here's a little sequence of renewal photos.

Cleaned-up and primed with 'E-Tech Technik Self-Etch primer'
(Must be good with a name like that).

Re-blacked using 'Baufix Metal Paint with rust protection'
(I bet it won't rust).

And finally renumbered using water-based Antique White acrylic.

Shiny!

On Monday 30th November, Eric Miles and George Colbourne took a break from restoring the Fry's Sentinel Loco at the Avon Valley Railway and kindly visited Midsomer Norton bringing with them two brand new Sentinel Maker's plates for 7109.

Bare Metal Sentinel Loco Maker's Plate - Nice!

They have had a slight clean up so far and are ready to have the number punched on the blank rectangle at the bottom right. The background will be painted red as was the Sentinel tradition in 1927. I have yet to discover the exact shade of red required.