Well this morning as I awoke in Price Towers, an almost once in a lifetime thing happened, the weather reports on the TV were actually correct, it was freezing cold.

Still like I told the Domestic Overlord as they lay there apparently shivering, the heating does not go on until we see Penguins marching up and down the streets (and I don't mean Nun's )

Anyway as the Domestic Overlord was apparently suffering from "hyperthermia" I took advantage of the peace and quiet, well once I had closed all the doors and put the stereo it soon blotted out the noise supposedly someone shivering, coughing and spluttering.

So I got my trusty weathering paints and brushes ready, put the fire on (to ensure the paint dried correctly) and applied some dirt to the latest victims.

The targets today, where a Jubilee, Patriot, Ivatt class 2 & 4, and just for fun a couple of Stannier coaches. Using my usual dry brush method and a limited pallet and the grime was soon applied.

I use to worry about applying a bit of dirt and grot to crimson locomotives, as you would think in LMS days they were kept clean, but a little research has shown that some of the LMS express fleet were for want of a better term filthy. Plus a little weathering tends to hide some of my lining issues so I think a little more may be applied?

I always find black engines a little easier to weather, though I think I have been a little light with the Ivatt's but my excuse is that they have not long been out of the works so they have hardly had time to get dirty.

As for the coaches, my main target was to get away from the uniform looking roofs, for these two I wanted to try to emulate a new to service look so I just applied a coating to look like they have just seen a lot of wet weather just like we would expect in the North West.

Well all I need to do now is wait for the paint to dry, so to ensure a nice even finish I will leave the fire on for a little longer, and maybe have a nice coffee, then maybe see if the Domestic Overlord is still moaning about the cold.

Until Next time as ever Happy Modelling