{"id":5456,"date":"2022-04-28T12:32:41","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T11:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5456"},"modified":"2022-04-28T12:32:41","modified_gmt":"2022-04-28T11:32:41","slug":"just-like-the-real-things-bg-starting-the-teak-coat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5456","title":{"rendered":"Just Like the Real Things BG &#8211; Starting the teak coat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Needing a bit of an escape from recent forum politics and not wanting to do anything that required too much in the way of thinking I made a start on &#8216;teaking&#8217; the full brake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Working from a photo I found on the web I darkened the ends and some upper panels on each side using Vallejo Burnt Umber applied by flat brush and then a few other panels were darkened using Vallejo Flat earth which is my go to colour for LNER coaching stock brown. This is lighter than the burnt umber but darker than the Just Like The Real Thing teak undercoat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then I made a start on adding the many layers of Ronseal Teak interior varnish that will eventually make up the coach finish.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0004-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"834\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0004-1-1024x834.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5451\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0004-1-1024x834.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0004-1-300x244.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0004-1-768x626.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0004-1-368x300.jpg 368w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0004-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>The Start of the teaking process on the JLRT BG<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0005-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"430\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0005-3-1024x430.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5452\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0005-3-1024x430.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0005-3-300x126.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0005-3-768x322.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0005-3-500x210.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0005-3.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>JLRT BG Start of the teaking process<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once all the varnish is applied and I am happy with the overall finish I will mask off and spray the roof.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Needing a bit of an escape from recent forum politics and not wanting to do anything that required too much in the way of thinking I made a start on &#8216;teaking&#8217; the full brake. 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