This week I've found myself 'playing' on Paxton Road quite a lot with my sound fitted green 37...

So this evening I did some work on the layout too and started on the security fencing around the warehouse, using the Knightwing plastic stuff. It's quite a close fit in the front siding but I think it looks good - and the cinders ballast needs some weathering and overgrowth adding but I will do that before the fence is fixed in place!

I love my new airbrush too...

This is the £99 deal from Expo tools and I'm really really really impressed! It comes with a simple top feed dual action brush and with the pressure set at 30psi, and a 50/50 thinned Humbrol paint decanted into the cup I managed to get some lovely results on my pair of 37/4s (incidently that share the same number! 37411!). I dusted over the bogies which blended my previous washes and powders together really nicely and then dusted a little upwards along the tumblehome - an effect that is really subtle but you just cannot achieve without an airbrush - but was really easy to apply. I also tried adding the weathering to the bonnet noses on the EWS loco to good effect! I can't wait to use it on my other models at some point.

I've also FINALLY finished my Railtrack PNA opens with the interior weathering. This is simply Humbrol enamels (98 and 100 for the sides and a bit of 64 added to the floors) applied with a little thinners - and then whilst wet stipple on 64 to the sides to give the effect of a previous load. I've then added some granite ballast using Woodland Scenics scenic cement to the insides using photos in Nigel Burkin's 'Detailing Modern Wagons in 4mm' book as a guide - to simulate where mechanical grab unloading hasn't got all the contents out of the wagons...

So as you can see despite being quiet on the forum I've actually managed quite a lot of output recently! Thanks for looking - and any questions, comments or encouragement welcomed in the form of comments on this blog entry