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Bachmann 47706 part 2

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Hi everyone -

I've been off work with the man flu , but managed to do something useful with my time - namely , finishing off 47706 (nearly finishing , anyway)

The state of the paintwork on such a battered loco seems to change in every photo I look at , and finding shots of each side from the same date is difficult - but then again , you never see both sides at once. I've finished off all the paint damage using enamels and old brushes - I've also now added the large patch on the bodysides where the Scotrail branding was painted out - to make sure this stands out I've used a mix of falcon grey and executive dark grey. All the damage to the stripes was done with drybrushing , and working some weathering powers into the enamels while its still wet

 

The TDM cables have now been painted and look a bit better - I've also snapped off the little steps from the top of the bufferbeam and fitted them to the bottom edge of the cabfronts insteas - I still don't like the poor fit between the cabs and bufferbeams on the Bachmann 47

Still to add the cab aerials and some final bufferbeam detail but im glad that this loco hasn't sat half finished for months on end.

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back to my lemsip!

 

tfn

 

Jon

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Absolutely stunning Jon..! And here am I working on a Craven needing a break from my 47 project; but this is a tonic that might force me back to it sooner that I thought. Hope the lemsip's easing the congestion.

Jon

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Morning , Lemsip is amazing!

Thanks for your comments Jon I've had a break from all things 'trains' since Scaleforum - as I was working non stop on everything a few weeks prior to the show to get it ready. This 47 has been a nice one to do - mainly because most of the painting was already done - i've wanted to model 706 for a long time , but always thought I'd end up having to spray it myself. Bachmann have done a fine job of Scotrail livery that's made this project fairly hassle-free. I wouldn't say this loco had got me back into the swing of things though. Apart from the Dapol western , a lot of stuff is leaving me a bit cold - there's some lovely new models about , but nothing that grabs me for a second look after the initial 'that's nice'. There's a lot of american models that do hold my attention - Dash9s and SD70s in Norfolk Southerns menacing black livery is pretty much perfection to my eye:

http://www.detailswest.com/NS%20Models%20Page.htm

Diesels don't get much bigger or meaner :)

- and there's some lovely detailing parts out there too.

 

James - I need to ballast one more baseboard - I've completed two board already using Kleer (sp?) but I've almost run out . I wouldn't want to go back to using PVA in a million years. Finding a bottle of the original formula kleer , at a sensible price is tricky , but I'm not in so much of a rush now.

 

I was fascinated by the Blautrum kit on your blog - it looks a superbly well made kit and must have been a real joy to build judging by the results. Everything in the larger scale looks that much more chunky and purposeful and solid - I can see the attraction. You cant really go wrong with a tiny diesel with outside frames and con rods - they'll always be charming!

 

regards

 

Jon

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