Luke Piewalker Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 (edited) First example, having taken a liking to the Dapol O plywood sided van, I needed to usher it on a few years. After perusing Paul Bartletts website and spending more than I would like to get letters for the TOPS code... From this To this The observant amongst you may notice one side is not a VVV but an upsidedownawithabitcutoutupsidedownawithabitcutoutupsidedownawithabitcutout, because in spite of everything my lettering decal pack only has three V's, and I wasn't shelling out another 15 quid. ideally the little data panel on the right should have a black background, but the only decals I have are slightly too small to cover the existing panel. The XP should probably be in a little box to the left of the door too Edited January 20, 2018 by Luke Piewalker Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Piewalker Posted December 28, 2017 Author Share Posted December 28, 2017 Also on deck, a Heljan OAA. For this one there was the addition of the dangly chains that were supplied, which aren't quite prototypical, but I think are worth having. I also painted the ends of the brake pipes, as it looks a bit silly having the ones on the 'matching' VAA painted but not the OAA. I also added some metallic steel acrylic to the buffer shank as I couldn't cope with it being red... The only other thing I would like to do is add a bit of white to the brake ratchet, but there's a lot of potential for painting half the chassis, so that can wait a bit 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Piewalker Posted December 30, 2017 Author Share Posted December 30, 2017 A bit of tweaking on the Heljans. Added some white to the brake lever and ratchet on the OAA. On the VAA it was the opposite, blacking out some of the white on the lever and ratchet. The only other thing the VAA needed was one of the brake disks glued back on, and the well known detached brake arm. Ken 8-) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Piewalker Posted December 30, 2017 Author Share Posted December 30, 2017 Did the panels on the VVV. Scraped the original off with the flat end of a Tamiya paint stirrer... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Piewalker Posted December 31, 2017 Author Share Posted December 31, 2017 My Dapol 08 Decals by Railtec. Window wipers by Giles. DCC Sound from Digitrains with a Zimo decoder and dual speaker. Ken 8~) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Piewalker Posted January 20, 2018 Author Share Posted January 20, 2018 (edited) Before: After: New ID, new crests from Fox Decals on the tender with a bit more colour, and some semification on the smokebox Edited January 20, 2018 by Luke Piewalker Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Piewalker Posted January 20, 2018 Author Share Posted January 20, 2018 (edited) Before After: A bit more drastic on this one, the original had a big blob of paint on one side so I smoothed that off, repainted, semificated the smokebox, added the plates and Fox decals for the LMS livery and ID and did the lining with masking tape and an a brush... Which reminds me, I think it still needs buffers... Edited January 20, 2018 by Luke Piewalker 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Piewalker Posted January 20, 2018 Author Share Posted January 20, 2018 One from out of left field... Before: After: Stripped the body right down, painted by hand (in retrospect wish I had decals for the cantrail stripe). Decals by Fox except the headlights which are from CJM Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Piewalker Posted January 20, 2018 Author Share Posted January 20, 2018 This one started,with a weathered Farish 25326 body which I stripped back and repainted, some Fox decals and there we were Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Piewalker Posted January 20, 2018 Author Share Posted January 20, 2018 Before: After: A relatively minor change, but probably the most stressful. Swapped the sprung pan for a Dapol unsprung Brecknell Willis. All modifications required were made to the Dapol pan, leaving the body unadulterated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Piewalker Posted January 20, 2018 Author Share Posted January 20, 2018 Wanted a coal sector 60, Transrail ones were cheap... Carefully (ha!) removed the transrail logo then discovered the top grey stripe was the wrong shade. So out with the brush, repainted that, then Fox Transfers supplied the coal sector decals. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Piewalker Posted January 26, 2018 Author Share Posted January 26, 2018 Operation 'convert D211 into D200' has commenced... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Piewalker Posted January 28, 2018 Author Share Posted January 28, 2018 Numbers off, nameplates off, ohle flashes of, handrails on bonnet off (mostly)... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Piewalker Posted January 28, 2018 Author Share Posted January 28, 2018 Got some XPs in boxes for the VVV too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Piewalker Posted February 3, 2018 Author Share Posted February 3, 2018 OHLE flashes on, data panels on, numbers on... Am investigating getting new number decals, as the fonts don't match with the original D's and one 2 that I kept from the orignal Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Piewalker Posted February 4, 2018 Author Share Posted February 4, 2018 Thanks to Railtec, new transfers are on the way! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Piewalker Posted February 4, 2018 Author Share Posted February 4, 2018 Numbers off pending new decals from railtec. Remains of handrails on bonnet filed and holes filled and sanded. noses primered (ish) Still got the light surrounds to deal with, which I can barely see never mind brush... Also some primer on the folded headcode discs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Piewalker Posted February 12, 2018 Author Share Posted February 12, 2018 Redone with numbers, data panels and depot codes from railtec. yello ends not going well... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Piewalker Posted March 11, 2018 Author Share Posted March 11, 2018 After her little trip to Farish for some drivetrain fettling and a new bogie frame we're back in action. Sound decoder is in, headcode discs are on, rims and axle boxes painted. I found a coupling hook with dangly bits in my spares box for the detailed end. I think at this stage the yellow ends are as good as they are going to get, so just need to finish the overall gloss coat, do the brass vents on the nose, and contemplate the nose end handrails... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Piewalker Posted March 14, 2018 Author Share Posted March 14, 2018 Handrails.... I'll do the other end when I've regained my sanity Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Piewalker Posted March 16, 2018 Author Share Posted March 16, 2018 Handrails on and primered Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Piewalker Posted March 17, 2018 Author Share Posted March 17, 2018 A gentle griming to the grills and exhausts and finished Transfers by Railtec, yellow ends are railmatch acrylic, sound by youchoos on Zimo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Piewalker Posted March 18, 2018 Author Share Posted March 18, 2018 (edited) Edited March 18, 2018 by Luke Piewalker Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Piewalker Posted March 24, 2019 Author Share Posted March 24, 2019 Having had it sat for a few months I decided it was time to give my Heljan United Molasses tank wagon an identity. Decals from Steve at Railtec once again. Clear gloss acrylic, transfer, clear gloss acrylic, clear satin acrylic to finish. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulprice Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 On 20/01/2018 at 20:12, Luke Piewalker said: Before After: A bit more drastic on this one, the original had a big blob of paint on one side so I smoothed that off, repainted, semificated the smokebox, added the plates and Fox decals for the LMS livery and ID and did the lining with masking tape and an a brush... Which reminds me, I think it still needs buffers... Its good to see a Duchess in a decent livery 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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