Hornby Dublo - The Royal Scot

It looks amazing, there's something really beautiful about lms Pacifics in BR green, I've got an older hornby princess in the green, and even if that looks great, the metalic finish offered by (if I'm not mistaken) the metal body really lifts the look of it

I know what you mean, I've not been a fan of the BR Green on the Hornby models ever since they started to produce the models in the matt green colour.  Prior to that their models used to be either full gloss or like this model semi-gloss.  From what I've heard the switch to matt paint jobs was to satisfy the demands from the 'rive counters' who claim on a model it looks more realistic.  Very odd that as whenever I've seen full size real steam trains they invariably are painted in a gloss paint and in preserved state usually gleaming, so how they can say a matt finish is more realistic I really don't know.  The older Hornby, Triang and Dublo models were mostly gloss or semi-gloss.  Although I have to agree I think the metal body definitely helps with the paint finish on these models...