So I pretty much kept to my word and finally finished (sort of) a project. The only difference is I haven’t broken it down into stages. Mainly because I don’t really have the time at the moment and I had a bit of a trail of confidence at my local club yesterday.

Anyway here are is the completed product.

This is the full on train including barrier wagons and brake van. All kit built. The 9F is a Hornby Railroad product which about an hour after this photo was taken tried to fly… which it realised it couldn’t. Still works though. It is soon to be modified into a Doncaster 9F. They are all indiviually numbers using the decal sheets supplied ;-) .

The tankers were built pretty much out of the box. Some of the under frame was modified and weight was added. The basic black and primer were Halfords. The chassis was given a basic overall of my usual underframe treatment later given washes of Tamiya brown and dry brushed with humbrol 62 & 113. The wheels were the same as before too.

The barrel was Tamiya flat brown and NATO black painted on and rubbed off with cotton buds in a downwards motion. This was followed by a wash of NATO black using the same process in selected areas.

Finally the oil stains are humbrol 21 dry(ish) brushed on.

The model’s superstructure was finally assembled afterwards.

I took them to the club which I’ve realised was a bit of a mistake since some of the older crowd remarked on their squarness (I had to rebuild several so they ain’t perfect) and the paint left on the wheel rims complaining that they couldn’t get it off. Also the couplings came under scrutiny as well and the back to backs.

In the end, I doubt they’ll be shown at our next exhibition along with anything Great Western & my friends “Gothed†up 9F… currently feeling it was all a waste of 20 months work... but hey-ho. They were being helpful. But I'll endeavour to get them working.

Finally, I’ve made a start on some 16t minerals.

Here are some of the results.

The basics on the underframe have been epxlained before in previous blogs. But the bodies were tret to a light and shabby mix of revell 84 and humbrol 33, and humbrol 33 with humbrol 98 in the doors. Left for 24 hours or more and rubbed away lightly with a cotton bud in thinners. dabs the soaked end on the model and rubbing away with the dry end. Touching up with the same mixes followed by a very light wash of humbrol 33 & 98 along the body to dull them down. The interiors will be examined in a later blog.

It's been a pleasure folks.