During a bit of tidying up of my storage cupboard, I found a box containing a Parkside 7mm scale box van. Going back not-so-long ago, I was involved with the Happisburgh group in the MRC and this one must have been one taken in for repair to the underframe (wheels etc were loose and the brake gear was all-to-cock).

Anyway, before it gets its long-overdue handing back in time for the MRC's/Warners Alexandra Palace show, I thought I'd finish the job I thought I'd done ages back and give it a bit of a weathering job too. it being Happisburgh's last exhibition appearance and all that .

I'm probably going to change the number on the side as it's evidently off the set of numbers Parkside supply in one of their kits - need to gen up on the right number for this diagram (D1828 all steel) and pick one accordingly.

As per the minerals in the previous blog posting of mine, I've used a combination of Humbrol 186 and gouache. Four shades of the stuff in total - Raw+Burnt Sienna and Raw+Burnt Umber. The big rust patch really works with all fours shades together in a lovely mixture.

For the little areas where the paint has puckered up, a drop of Butanone soon saw to those and then a tiny dab of gouache to finish off.

Rather pleased with this one as it's a bit bigger than my usual 4mm scale comfort zone. Might spur me on to finish the pair of minerals also found with this box.....