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Parkside RCH 5 Plank 12 Ton Wagon - 5

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got the lettering done on the other side this lunchtime, so 'tis done

 

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Going to leave it for a few weeks for the transfers to "set" then I will start the weathering. I'm going to use a combination of the techniques described by David Spencer in Hornby Mag Issue 6 and bounce spraying the underframe. I'll take it slowly as this little wagon has took a lot of time so don't want to mess it up in the weathering stage 😃

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craigwelsh

I assume these are HMRS pressfix transfers, i'm not sure how they would react to micro sol/set to try and get them to shape to the detail a little more. It might be worth sealing the transfers with either Varnish or Klear before you attempt an attack on them with a fibreglass brush.

 

I've posted a list of acrylics from Games Workshop for unpainted wood planks and rust in my thread http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php/topic/3646-p4-po-1923-wagons/ . Drybrushing, washes and stippling the rust on are the key imho and the Hornby mag article was a bit basic. The interiors on these generally weren't painted so were dirty wood, I rubbed weathering power into the paint on mine to give texture in the plank lines.

 

I've got a Bachmann Sheepbridge to do sometime as i've discovered the livery is taken straight out of a picture in The 4mm Coal Wagon!

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Cwmtwrch

If you drop the brake lever, the brake shoes will move away from the wheels, as the mouldings, sadly, are the wrong way round. Probably most people won't notice, or comment if they do...

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Miss Prism

The brake gear is ok. The end of the brake lever has a tumbler on it, to reverse the rotation on the main brake shaft (a la Moreton).

 

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Cwmtwrch

You may wish to look at -2, where there is a photo of the wagon inverted. It has four "V"s, so traders' brake/either side brake/independent brake [whichever you prefer], which would not have had a Morton lever in the kit. Also, the brake levers are between the "V"s, which I hadn't realised before, which may have misled you.

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Miss Prism
9 minutes ago, Cwmtwrch said:

You may wish to look at -2, where there is a photo of the wagon inverted.

 

Sorry, I missed that. Where is it?

 

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Cwmtwrch
16 hours ago, Miss Prism said:

Sorry, I missed that. Where is it?

Sorry, I should have been clearer. There are previous - LHS - and next - RHS - entry buttons below the picture, click the LH button below each picture until the heading above the picture ends in "-2".

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Miss Prism

Ah yes, I see now - I was misled by the brake lever going between the Vs, which is wrong. And the brakes are the wrong way around.

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