Steel carriers For Troutons
Troutons is the new 4mm Modern image layout of the Wakefield Model Railway Society. It features a Heljan container crane, booking on point and scrap yard. The aim is to provide viewers with typical trains that would be seen passing through West Yorkshire. After the Wakefield show the team are now busily upgrading stock ready for the next exhibition. A log of progress can be found on the layout section of a RMweb.
This blog is focused on detailing and weathering examples of the steel carrier wagons.
The first entry is based around the Bachmann BZA steel carrier.
The following images were taken of the main line running through Cardiff whilst visiting daughter at a University Feb 2013. There were a succession of heavy steel and coal trains running throughout the day, mainly EWS livery Class 66 haulage. These images show the variety of loading coils onto the wagons.
The images will form the basis for the detailing and weathering.
Not a lot of time this evening to carry out some modelling but did manage to apply base colour of dark rust shadow and dry brush with burnt rust, light shadow and oxidation system powder. All colours from the Life colour rust and dust set
Bogie frames light coating of frame dirt with small amount of brake dust added
Cradles have been added and additional eroded burnt rust added to centre wells to create impression of rust that collects there.
Friday 24 th back on bogies and metal bands fitted around the coils. I think it sits well with an impression of weight. Next steps include adding representation of the securing pins of cradles to wagon bed, they look like they were yellow originally, washes of back and some more earth tones on bogies and some work on the bogies.
Using a small punch bolt heads produced and in place ready for a dab of yellow
More or less complete, needs to sit awhile
26th Jan new project. OCA which will have a wire coil load.
29th Jan this evening is an attempt to model an OCA loaded with rebar. Found some thin wire that has the look of rebar. Cannot remember where from.
Using Northeastern lumber for the wooden batons that would keep the load from the floor.
Completed load awaiting weathering
Load weathered and light rust added to the wagon. Have some smaller off cuts that shape into angled rebar for another load.
2nd Feb that time of year again and with a cold snap lungs starting to shut down again but means can get a few hours modelling so completed the last of the OCA steel carriers.
Used up the last of the off cuts and made into angled rebar and decided that third OCA should be heavily weathered and so could be still in engineers service or pressed back into steel carriying
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