A little Southern for the weekend?

Entry posted by Buckjumper May 23, 2013

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I haven't built a Parkside kit for a while so knocking out a couple of Southern 12T covered vans to diagram 1428 was a nice change. In fact, to build something 'out of the box' without having to worry about springing or compensation or replacing the running gear with etched bits and pieces was a bit of a tonic. A gin & tonic. Much as I love to super-detail stuff, sometimes the big kid in me just wants to stick a plastic kit together and slap some paint on. What a bonus to be paid to do just that!

The first to fall out of the camera is S47491 built in 1931 and seen in not a too grubby condition a few months after being repainted by the Nationalised railway.

Taking the photo was a bit of fun too; the sky was heavy with lowering clouds, but beyond the front the sunset was a mix of yellow, orange, gold, turquoise ,blue, green and purple giving a cinematic, ethereal quality to the light. I set up and snapped away with some looooong exposures as fast as I dare with an eye on the sky above, waiting for the first drops - my main concern was the backscene getting drenched. When it came it was as if the cloud was rent in two - it hammered down, and I just made it to the safe and dry bolt-hole I call a workshop, though I could have done with a coracle and paddle to get me back up to the house...

I'll post up the second van after the weekend - that one's in a different livery.

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