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Just thought I'd post a couple of pics of my FGW HST power car I've just weathered. I'm thinking I may have over done the dirt on the front windscreen.... just need to add the little brush traction plates that I've ordered from shawplan.

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That's amazing. I love the dirt on the windscreen showing the outline of the reach of the windscreen wiper. I have never weathered a loco before but would love to have a go.

Would you mind explaining how you did it and what products used?

Apologies for the delay in replying. I've been extremely busy with work (and still am!) but I'm not overly happy with the underframe so will hopefully get a few hours spare soon to finish up and I'll post the process and colours ive used.

 

Cheers for now

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Nice job, looks nice and subtle, the windscreens are fine, but the underframe could do with some diesel throwing around it, they all seem to leak a bit now giving variations in colour etc.

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Finally got round to spending a couple more hours on the underframe of my two power cars. Pretty much there now I think, I’ve thrown around some fuel stains as mentioned by royaloak (thank you for the tip) should be enough as I don’t want to splash too much around and overdo it and spoil it. I’ll let it all fully dry for a couple of days and then give it 3-4 coats of Matt varnish to seal it all in. Then I’ll have to have a go at removing the overspray from the brake discs. I’ve added a picture of the products I have used apart from the tin of Matt black I’ve used for the roof. That was just a small tin of Humbrol Matt black enamel paint.

 

Basic process is I masked out the body sides leaving the roof area that I wanted weathering. Give the whole roof a dusting of Matt black, allow to dry then with a cotton bud moistened with enamel thinners, gentle rub away at the black leaving the paint in all the little grilles and crevices. Again, leave to dry then dust on some more black paint depending on how dark you want the roof to be. Finish off with 3-4 coats of Matt varnish. With the underframe, using the colours in the picture, build up the layers in stages. It doesn’t really matter what colour you use first, just don’t overdo the layers of different colours as you won’t get the variation in colours at the end. Finish off with brushing on some fuel staining, allow to dry then it’s Matt varnish time again. For the windscreen I hand cut up an old business card I had lying around which was made of thin card into the shape of what resembled the wiper clearance swipe, once I was happy with the shape I held it in place with a cotton bud and gentle dusted on some Matt enamel varnish, don’t overdo this stage as it can end up in a horrible state! Allow to dry before attempting to remove your little card piece. That’s pretty much it! I’m certainly no expert but I’m pleased how they’ve turned out.

 

Hope this is of some use to someone.

 

Cheers for now.

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Because these brush traction plates are so small, can anyone recommend the best glue to use? As I’ve only got either super glue (which I don’t want to use) or glue n glaze to hand. I’d rather wait and go and purchase some better stuff. Thanks in advance.

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Final photo for tonight as the lighting really isn’t that great for taking photos and gotta be up at 4:30am for work and need to sort breakfast and lunch stuff out yet... not enough hours in the day or days in the week.

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Finally got round to finishing the bogies and underframe of my power cars. Really pleased how they look now. Just 2 sets of 8 coaches to go.... should be ready this time 2020 at the rate I’m going! Haha.

That looks terrific. Did you use the humbrol smoke weathering powder to achieve that?

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Hi bart2day, thanks. I decided to ditch the Tamiya Brown (JGSDF) colour as it was far too light and didn’t give anywhere near the colour in the pictures of the prototypes. So, I completely covered everything in the Phoenix frame dirt first, then added a dusting of the Railmatch frame dirt, then I used both Humbrol smoke and dark earth colours to achieve the finish as pictured. Only use the smallest amount of dark earth though as too much of this throws the colour completely out! It’s mainly the Humbrol smoke that gives the right texture of colour, but again don’t use too much. Hope this is of some use to you.

 

Kindest regards,

Sam.

 

(Edit: forgot to mention I used a small amount of the AK interactive fuel stains again)

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For attaching the Brush plates I'd recommend a dab of enamel varnish. Apply to the model, allow it go tacky for 5 - 10 mins then apply the plate. It's adjustable and any excess leakage can be taken off with a cocktail stick whilst still tacky

 

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