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A brief glimpse

Pugsley

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After what seems to be a very long time, the heavyweight 37 is finally finished. Unfortunately, I can't say too much about the methods used at the moment, as it is scheduled to appear in a future issue of BRM. So, all I can post at the moment is a couple of teaser pics to prove that I am actually achieving something from time to time:

 

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I'll put some more pictures up once the magazine is out.

 

It hasn't turned out quite as well as I'd hoped as some of the materials and techniques used are a bit experimental, but it's still looking quite good, IMO. It has been good practice for the big 37 though, which I really need to overcome my fear of painting, which is the biggest barrier to progressing with it. Well, that and the fact that the first run didn't go so well, but I think that's down the back EMF being enabled on the chip which got confused by the signals from 6 motors. I now need to build a small length of track to use my rolling road on, so I can hook it up to the Powercab and start tweaking CV's. There'll be more of that in a later update.

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Jon020

That's a nice bogie ride height too..! I like the weathering job... more "worked" than filthy... just as it should be!

Jon

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Pugsley

Thanks Jon. I've been developing techniques for subtle weathering, whilst I'm not totally there yet, I should be with a bit more practice.

 

I've cut the sideframes away from the moulding and then stuck them back on a bit higher up. It improves the look of the model no end, and the act of cutting them away also solves the problem of them being too wide.

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P.C.M

Hi Pugsley,

Always nice to see your latest creation, and very nice too. The bogie mod certainly improves the look of the loco, I have recently done it to a couple of mine. The weathering looks great and not over done, I might have another look at the weathering on my bogies yours looks great.

 

Looking forwards to seeing the big one painted, glad to hear its a runner, you did alot of work on that.

 

Cheers Peter.

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Pugsley

Thanks Peter 8)

 

Sadly the large 37 is not a runner at the moment, but it's not going to defeat me!

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