I searched Halfords for a light Cream colour to paint the cab, eventually I chose Ford Ivory which leaned towards a Cream that wasn’t too yellow, there wasn’t much choice in this type of colour so I hoped it would look okay on the model. The Ivory covered nicely, being cold and damp outside I sprayed in my model room with the cab in a box and old newspaper placed around to catch any overspray. Three light coats built up into a nice covering that I was happy with and the cab was put into a clean shoe box to dry so no dust in the air would stick to it. This gave me time to tweak the signwriting that I had been experimenting with over the last few nights.
The Ouseburn lettering was Brown with a reddish Brown shadow to the left and although done on an Inkjet Printer the decals came out okay so once dried and sprayed with clear Satin Varnish they now waited for the cab to dry fully before being fitted. The small paintbrushes came out next and screen and window rubbers were done with Matt Black, the grille surround picked out in Silver and the front wings painted a couple of coats of Brown. I brushed the inner cab roof Satin Black and painted in the sections of the door panels with the same colour. A couple of days for all this to dry and I could start on the modeller’s favourite, the glazing! The rear and sides were simple enough but the two rear quarter windows took a little bit of patience; however this ran out when it came to the windscreen, after two attempts I had a screen that would do but I still wasn’t happy with, never mind I had to press on.
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