On my workbench....
02/03/2012
About a month ago I bought a rather nice Hornby Rudd wagon for me to test my (hopefully improved) weathering skills on. After re-reading a very informative 'Easy Weathering' article in the Railway Modeller February issue, I was spurred on to attempting to 'bring it to life'. The pictures say the rest...
About a month ago I bought a rather nice Hornby Rudd wagon for me to test my (hopefully improved) weathering skills on. After re-reading a very informative 'Easy Weathering' article in the Railway Modeller February issue, I was spurred on to attempting to 'bring it to life'. The pictures say the rest...
26/02/2012
About a week ago I got a new Brake-van to be towed behind the brake-down crane. I also got some Recycling Banks. Here are some initial pictures. It won't be staying in this condition for long though... I'll be severely attacking it with the beloved Airbrush shortly :)...
22/12/2011
I've finally got round to superglueing the light load of rails onto my low-loader wagon, and I also gave my ZOC wagon a load of over-grown 'scrap' ballast, just to add a bit more interest.
21/12/2011
After seeing a picture of a very worn-out TTA wagon, I decided that I'd try over-weathering one of my old Hornby TTAs into the same look. Here are some pictures of 'Before' and 'After':
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AFTER:
20/12/2011
I gave painting graffiti a go for the first time, on my break-down crane. It isn't very good, but for a first effort it's not too bad. I do think that it adds a bit more interest. Maybe a bit more practice and I'll try some more graffiti on my old TTA wagon that I'm going to start heavily weathering tomorrow.
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19/12/2011
Well, here are some pictures of the new purchases which I purchased yesterday...
19/12/2011
Well, here are some pictures of the new purchases which I purchased yesterday...
The Hornby Class 56 in Petroleum Sector livery, with rotating fans, sprung buffers, extensive detailing and working lights...
The Bachmann TTA Wagons....
So, these TTA wagons are currently on my workbench waiting to be weathered which should happen in the near future. I'll be using photos, like the following....
The reason why I bought these very nice Bachmann TTA wagons, is so I can use an 08 Shunter to shunt them around the yard and into the fuel drop off zone, just to add interest when operating at exhibitions.
They are fantastic models and I'm looking forward to getting on with the weathering process. Work on them should start soon.
I'll also be detailing the 56 to the highest standard possible, using the detailing packet. I won't be inserting the NEM couplings into the slots at each end of the loco, because on the layout, Almere Road TMD, it won't need to couple up to anything. The only thing that really needs couplings is the 08 Shunter for shunting the TTAs.
The layout fleet is growing reasonably rapidly and I'm hoping it will continue to do so in time for my first exhibition with Almere Road TMD (that is, once it's built!) in probably a year's time.
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18/12/2011
I decided to have a go at weathering some buffers for the first time, so I found some of my old, neglected buffers; two hydraulic Peco kit buffers and standard Hornby one. I weathered up the hydraulic buffers to look used, a bit tired and slightly faded. I used various photographs from the internet of London Paddington's hydraulic buffers as a guide.
For the standard buffer, I had to give it a complete repaint because Hornby don't bother colouring / painting them; they simply sell the plastic structure in a nasty gloss black colour. I repainted the metal components a rusty orange colour, and the wooden buffer beam a light brownish colour.
In conclusion to this mini project, I think they look quite good, or certainly a lot better than they did. I'll be using the weathered Hydraulic buffers for Furderson Central and the standard buffer for Almere Road TMD when they're needed. Please feel free to write a comment in the Guestbook on the 'Guestbook' page about what you think of the result
18/12/2011
I decided to have a go at weathering some buffers for the first time, so I found some of my old, neglected buffers; two hydraulic Peco kit buffers and standard Hornby one. I weathered up the hydraulic buffers to look used, a bit tired and slightly faded. I used various photographs from the internet of London Paddington's hydraulic buffers as a guide.
For the standard buffer, I had to give it a complete repaint because Hornby don't bother colouring / painting them; they simply sell the plastic structure in a nasty gloss black colour. I repainted the metal components a rusty orange colour, and the wooden buffer beam a light brownish colour.
In conclusion to this mini project, I think they look quite good, or certainly a lot better than they did. I'll be using the weathered Hydraulic buffers for Furderson Central and the standard buffer for Almere Road TMD when they're needed. Please feel free to write a comment in the Guestbook on the 'Guestbook' page about what you think of the result
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Almere Road TMD, 2012
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