I have been a bit quiet lately mainly due to work and girlfriend related activities and I have not been doing much. In all honestly I have been investigating other scales and need a bit of a changed from my general OO stuff. As well as this, my work commitment, my girlfriend and my other interests need some time as well.
So I’ve been looking at what I need to get done 4mm scale wise and what can be left for another time. Namely my passenger stuff and most of my other engines. However I hav
Luckily I have it was al just bits and pieces that I was messing around with! but I would like to show you the fruits of my labour and also gather some tips and creative criticism. (I don't want, "that looks like a bag of s***e", I want, "That looks like a bag of s***e but here's how you could improve...")
Anyway....
First of all, I began by trying out some wood effect on a knackered old Dapol Brake Van.
This was done using Tamiya Acrylics
The base colour was Deck Tan,
yes, off to a flying start with some actual non-practise weather.
Originally, I was going to do a detailed step by step account of what I've built and how I've done it. However, I have since changed my mind. Instead, I will write about how I've done stuff but at certain stanges, such as starting, built, modifications, painting and weather. But that will come later. At the current time, I have just finished a small rake of Parkside 13t hi-bar wagons, all the the trafers were modelmasters and
Well it's all done now. Totally updated Hornby Railroad 9F. Practically complete. Only a couple of touch ups needed where I've glued things after I've painted.
Weathering is the same as the Ivatt, including Red frames.
As I plan to try and give a bit of individual character to all my locomotive stock. I'm going to try and have the crew doing different things. This time the fireman is enjoying the the wind in his face whilst the driver calls
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 trie
I assure you guys that some revenune earning stock will be put up on my blogs soon but in order to just amke sure I'm not going down a deep dark alley of despair I just needed to practise. This time I though that instead of just weather bits ofa knackered wagons, that I'd do several whole wagons to see what the techniques I've learned can achieve.
So here goes...
I used some old and by todays standards some crappy Hornby wagons... two steel 21t representatives from those 5+ year old
This made it's debut at a poetry event in Manchester...
The Goth Who Spots Trains
A heart betwixt by passions
The fire in the belly
Tendons of steel
A melancholy respite from life
Face painted monochrome
I sit between the demigods
Gresley & Murphy
Beneath the cliff side ruins
Watching alone amongst a reflective crowd
A distant snake weaves along the valley
The hiss, a spitting of hot vapour
It brings me home
And Stanier’s perfection dances to its tune
An occupied c
Unfortuantly time is against me and I beleive I've posted the process of getting these wagons done before, if not, I may do it later. Anway I shall just put up the finished products as the processes and the weathering is pretty much the same as I have stated before.
Please do ask questions if you would like to know more and also feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Now off to be a poncy actor
Realising that my poetry was getting on some people's nerves I decided to return to a bit of modelling and here we go!
Well, it’s finally here. My firstly completed model (for myself).
Although I had decided against it, I sort of wish I had taken photos of the overall development. Though I have taken a picture of the disassembled model just to show the sceptics. You can take one of these things apart… although it’s kind of unadvisable!.
Anyway,the overall even is really a lot of
So I finished work a few weeks ago and thank god for that! Despite having another 8 hours a day free, I seem to have less time for modelling with other stuff taking prioirty. E.G preparing for University and the likes. However I did manage to get this little darling sorted. The whole process was just over a week (it would have been less had stuff like friends and life not been a pain in the hoop and wanted my precious time). But I am quite pleased with the outcome.
She is 43050, the fi
But that's not related to the rest my modelling of the ex-LNER brake van which is now looking more brake van and even more ex-LNER.
I've also made a crack at painting my sulphate wagon using Railmatch early BR and LNER grey to simulated fading wood on the doors. Hopefully this will show when the wagons are properly weathered.
For a more insightful and E.L James hating update, please read my blog. May contain traces of opinion.
http://sylviantennant.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/i-
,Hello there you wonderful people. Before I begin. I've been going it alone with a new and spankingly brilliant* blog.
http://sylviantennantmodelling.wordpress.com/
*I'ts probably not that brilliant.
Please do read it. It's rather irreverent but I'd like to think I've been a life changers
Anyway.
I've been a little busy as well as a little down about things. I've not had a job for nigh on two months now and I'm slightly wound up unable to find a new job and slowly loosing mo
Right so finally, (I hope) my tanker train is ready to roll. I was a bit annoyed with some of the older club members when I first brought my tanker train which at the time was complete. I had spent alot of hard work and time into getting them ready. I will admit to using the same wheels as the kits which was a mistake since they didn't go well with the smp track. But I felt that their critisam wasn't very constructive unlike other memebers whyo were happy to dish out advice. Anyway, b****y rant
This cast aside mistress
An anarchic frame marvel
The Flying Pig
Galloping along
Her whimsical body abused
A humble pride neglected
This Doodlebug
Scribbled bare
An unwiped grimy face
Those work blighted nooks
A Clodhopper
Collecting stains
The prestige aloof manner
Swan dreams concede illusions
An Ugly Duckling
She remains
You carried yourself silent
Whilst other held appeal
My Mucky Duck
Always adored
I thought I should show you what I have been up to recently.
Next on the workbench have seen a rake of box vans plus an old Bachmann(mainline) Brake Van which was a good little miodel but very much lacking by todays standard.
so some under frame details have been added along with lamp brackets and brass handrails.
I've also been extending some kit built wagons to add a bit of veriaty to the brood. There are some parkie Palvans as well as a parkie shock wagon andth
Yes, I'm back with more of my adventures with wagons and paint to try and acheive an realistic and artistic outcome for me and my hobby!
Also you'll get to see bits of the new layout at my club as well as the last few pics I took with the old one sad times.
First off, I've some a few more Bachmann vans, and had a crack with some Bauxite. The techniques I've used have been previously explained in previous blogs.
Next up is the bogie bolsters.
so far
Okay... so it isn't, what you gonna do?
Recently, I've been a bit inundated with railway modelling which is good, but I felt the need to do something else. Hence I remember as a student I bought a shed load of kits which I had left in the loft! Unfortunatly some of them (although unbuilt) and lost some parts which is a shame as I'd really like to do them. You never know... one day I might get the bits to finish a few off.
Anyway back in the saddle I felt I should have a crack at one of m
That's me at this moment in time, using secondhand and left over bits to creating stuff. The only thing that sets me away from the hindrances of Wimbledon Green is that I'm not called Uncle Bulgaria or Orinoco or even an actual Womble.
I have been mixing and matching however and my latest project is something of a complete mongrel.
It's a Breakdown Train complete with an old Hornby Dublo crane which has been very heavily modified to represent something just a little less toy like an
Hello, welcome, good to see you all again. Yes, it has been too long, if not for you, then certainly for me. Well, I have been quite busy as of late, but not really doing slot of train lately.
Firstly, a house move, into cottage, with my girlfriend! and her dog, and possibly new kitten. Secondly, UNIVERSITY! too much to do with so little irresponsibly spent money. But my new modelling room...ahem... I mean study is complete so I have been getting around to a bit of modelling.
Arggh
Well yet again, I'm busy modelling, amonsgt others things (working and writing) but I've now managed to complete my brake van and van kits, all are currnetly in the process of being weathered now which you shall see the finite product once complete, but whilst you wait... take a look at them "sort of" done!
the brake van if can recall was an old mainline/Bachmann wagon
Please do tell me what you think so far?
Hello
I'm not dead, just slepth... or so they say.
Well, I haven't been too busy model at the moment but I did some some more wagons. This time some pretty private owner wagons.
I named this after an artist friend of mine, thinking he was understand.... he seemed more bemused.
A lovely stone wagon, the stone was from a balloon ballast from my mums wedding.
My now completed hooded wagon with tarpaulin made from some layers of kitchen foil.
Je
Well last week was for me. Alot of good stuff happened and left me really happy.
A basic highlight of them were, practical completion of my pugbash.
Painting it up and adding the final details before weathering. I gave the cab some details too such as copper wire for piping.
However, one would like to know as to weather one should give the little blighter some lining. I was thinking LNWR colours as they are the only ones I have available.
In the
There it is!
I completed J39! Fully tendered, weathered, watered and crewed!
The fire irons are from Springside and coal lovelingly given from City of Truro (omg not a western engine!) and the foremans coat was made in the same way as the weather sheet (some greaseproof tissue paper, crumpled three times and soaked in water/pva for a day.
Weathered was achieved via the same methods as perviously mentioned.
The weather sheet above the cab was initally painted Tamiya
... as my girlfriend calls it!
anyway Sorry, I've been really busy at the moment and even now, I'm readying myself for a three night comedy show. I'll blatently plug it too, again. http://www.facebook....57209164384831/
But as well as the match truck, I've been budy with a club project. A Peco OO gauge turntable, anyway, this had been built up and mechanised long before I came to the club and what with the old layout taking priority it remained missing for upwards of 5 years.
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 cotto
