Yes, I continue my weathering practise and unleash my horrors upon the modelling world bwahahahahaha *cough cough*... anyway!

Over the past couple of days I have been doming some more practising and experimenting... namely on some of my old Hornby stuff.

The next victim inline was my fav old A4 of the lot "Bittern"

The body sides had a mix of metalcote gunmetal, leather & chocolate applied to them then wiped off with a cotton bud. when dry it was them buffed with a dry cotton bud and burnish with a toothbrush.

The loco frames were matt black & leather (I think)

Wheels & oily patches were metal cote, leather, again burnish when dry

the roof & bulkheads (cab interior too) were painted gunmetal (metallic) & matt black

The smokebox door up to the chimney where painted metalcote gunmetal ,metallic gunmetal & matt black adding leather to give a bit of warmth. afterward I burnished it again which really toned down the leather in the mix. I don't see this alot of model A4s which is a real shame.

The rear of the tender, I'm told, was left relatively unclean so I only lightly wiped the mix away from here. Again this was polishe dand burnished though.

The cab interior was given some nice colours painted on with a toothpick... the colours were brass (pipes) copper (top handles), scarlett (handwheels, regulators) and a wash of metalcote gunmetal.

When all of this had dried, I bought a cheap set of pastels (which came witohut a brown...GAH!) and lightly sprayed some matt varnish. I masked off the sides up to the handrails and brushes some of the black grey soot along the top of the loco. again I spray lightly some matt varnish over it. Unfortunatly it's taken on a light greyish colour and the varnish I used was humbrol.. I'm not too taken by it really. I might invest in some weathering powders next time.

Finally, some leather was dry brushed around the water filler and the space surrounding... some more practise I think. This was followed by some black chalk along the top of the sides using the same technique as before. Hmm... still not too taken by it really. Afterwards polished the sides of both loc and tender by lightly buff with a cotton bud dipped in a very slight ammount of white spirit.

Overall, I think a good first effort but please let me know what you guys think.

Next up I have had another crack at the 9F... I basically just washed the same mix as I used it on before. But with some light grey dry brushed to represent water & limescale deposites.

I shall look forward to being torn apart on my efforts