Pugsley's Workbench

Like you I wandered across the pond to collect books and repaint USA diesels locos of mostly Athearn manufacture a few years ago. Your Cotton Belt Tunnel Motor looks absolutely the bees knees with the accumilated soot, oil and heat stains from constant negotiation of tunnels.

 

One of the first threads I came across that gelled when I joined the old RMweb in 2007 was your's on weathering BR steam outline locos. Before long I was following in your footsteps. Your models were a great inspiration and today, I wouldnt dream of placing a new model on the layout without first giving it at least some "Pugsley" treatment!

 

Larry G.

 

 

Wow, I'm not quite sure what to say to that! At no stage did I ever imagine that I'd have inspired one of the most renowned modellers in the hobby. I'm glad I have though, I put my stuff here in the hope that it inspires others, and it's nice to know that it does.

 

I must point out that the Tunnel Motor is nothing to do with me - it's by a guy called John Pitts, it was just one of my biggest inspirations. I will do a Tunnel Motor one day, just to see if I can do one as well as that, but that's a long way down the 'tuit' pile

Wow, I'm not quite sure what to say to that! At no stage did I ever imagine that I'd have inspired one of the most renowned modellers in the hobby. I'm glad I have though, I put my stuff here in the hope that it inspires others, and it's nice to know that it does.

 

I must point out that the Tunnel Motor is nothing to do with me - it's by a guy called John Pitts, it was just one of my biggest inspirations. I will do a Tunnel Motor one day, just to see if I can do one as well as that, but that's a long way down the 'tuit' pile

You also inspire some of us cr@p modellers too mate , my weathering has come on a bit having read your threads & a few others (PMP & D7093) to name a couple :icon_clap:

.............Keep up the good work B) B) B):icon_thumbsup2:

 

All the best

 

Phill :icon_wave:

Damn you sir !

I've just read through your blog and have realised just how far I have to improve to attain the levels you reach.

Truly inspirational.

 

Andrew

I should imagine anyone who started reading this has given up by now

I am still reading with interest, and exploring the links you have provided, thanks

Dave

This has been very interesting to look through. I never think to look that closely at overseas modelling but some of the results achieved are simply stunning, I have certainly got some ideas from this and I although I have done some weathering to my stock it takes me forever to do and I still have a lot to learn to get up to your standard - certainly inspiring though!

 

Mark

 

 

Hi Pugsley,

Thanks for sharing, it was interesting. One of my first posts on RMweb was on your workbench thread. Your weathering techniques have inspired me. I now use Acrylic paints far more than I ever did, and I am getting some good results. Those US modellers certainly know how to weather stuff.

 

Cheers Peter,

Wow, thanks everyone - I wasn't expecting such a response to this B)

 

Phill - I dunno about rubbish, that 47 you did recently looked really good.

 

I genuinely think that most people can do what I do - the biggest thing you have to learn is how to interpret photos, and work out what you're looking at. The techniques you then use to replicate that are almost incidental. There is also normally more than one way of doing something, too. It's something that comes with practice - I've learnt a lot since I did the 50, above.

Hi Martin

 

I like both the Blog and Thread format for the new RMWeb, I think both have a place. As for your Bloging, I say keep it up!

 

I think with what you do on your workbench (and the new layout I hope) and the way you share it with us will be much easier to follow on your Blog, but that is just my view.

 

I also like the fact that you are using the Blog Index pane, a very powerful feature of Blogs (you can't do that on a Thread, I think). It makes Blogs so much more user friendly to navigate especially with the OMWB work.

 

Keep the good work up.

 

Regards

Paul

Yes, I think I'm going to persevere with the blog format, in the hope that modifications to the software in time allow them to become a little more integrated with the main forum.

 

I had to put an index in there, I normally flit from project to project so it would get quite confusing without it! You could do something similar on a conventional thread by continually adding to the first post, I suppose.