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Skipping along - quick update

Steadfast

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A quickie update of some porogress - a basic airbrushed coat of weathering has gone on the underframe of the 67 and mk2s. This is Railmatch frame dirt. The loco needs patches of light and shade adding, and the mk2s need dampers and axleboxes painting in. Now they are reassembled, once this painting is done, the mk2s will get another coat of weathering, to get the coach ends, and tone down the detail painting. The loco roof and ends still need weathering too

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While I had the airbrush out I also threw some yellow in the direction of what is to be 60074 'Teenage Spirit'

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I just had to put a piccy in to get a 60 on the blog at last laugh.gif

The 67 project, which was a bit of a spur of the moment idea, is turning out to be pretty rewarding, and I'm trying not to get carried away and rush it and slip somewhere like usual in the final stages

Back to Royston Vasey on Dave now

jo

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Hi Jo,

 

Nice work - as usual!

 

What will you use to get the variation on the underframe colour? Paint or weathering powder?

 

cheers

 

Ben A.

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Steadfast

Hi Ben,

I don't know as I haven't done it yet - it'll be whichever comes out of the bag of goodies! laugh.gif

Seriously, it'll be a combination more than likely, pretty certain the fuel tank sides will be painted, and I'll run some washes round the bogies and air tanks

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James Hilton

The quality of the Dapol 67 is superb - it really shows up the ageing Lima model in 4mm! Lovely.

I'd probably go for powders - surely washes in N gauge are too coarse for bogie detail?

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Steadfast

To be honest washes seem to be the staple of my weathering, but I think using a mix of powders and washes gives two different effects, so each have their place. Hopefully I'll have a fiddle over the weekend and see what happens. I did have an idea earlier on how to do the fuel tank - a mix of black powder and Johnson's Klear. Will try it on scrap first though.

The 67 does have some shortcomings that are disappointing on such an expensive model, but as you say, it does put the Lima to shame, and it looks like a skip!

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