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... And a Couple More Weathered Vans Hit the Rails


SRman

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Here are two more vans of the workbench, weathered using the same techniques as the previous two vans. For dirty roofs I use a lot of Humbrol #66, a very good all round weathering and roof colour - good for tyres on road vehicles too.

 

For the previous crimson SR Van C roof I used the same grey #66 at full strength, then a very thin wash of the Revell brown #84.

 

The next two vans have variations on the overall weathering, starting with the roofs using thin washes of Humbrol #66. The Fruit D (a Parkside kit I bought second-hand already built) had an all over wash of Humbrol #66 followed by a thin wash of Humbrol dark earth #29, then a little of the Revell #84 brown partly washed and partly dry-brushed around the door edges and lower sides, plus the underframes. The SR Bogie B had a similar but lighter treatment on its sides, plus a little dark steel around the axleboxes, springs and brake linkages.

 

All of the vehicles had their wheels and brake blocks painted with the Revell brown.

 

The Fruit D and Hornby bogie B are shown below, together with a pristine bogie B, untouched by my paint brush ... so far!

 

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Ha ha! :D

I wish I could say yes as that's a nice compliment to me. As it is, it takes me long enough to get around to doing these things. 

I have to say Peter Mantle (PCM) has influenced my weathering style a bit. I tried the same line on him ("Can I give you some of mine to weather?") but for some strange reason, he declined my offer!!!! ;)

What I can say is have a go and try something yourself. Choose something where if it goes wrong you can easily repaint and start again - wagons are better for this than locos or coaches.

Cheers,

 

Jeff Lynn,

Melbourne, Australia.

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