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A gloomy pill

Buckjumper

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Another from last year's archive, today's positively sil blog entry has an appropriate soundtrack, so

and enjoy (YouTube link).

 

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Very much contemporaneous, I reckon you needed to have a sunny disposish to remain sane as a goods guard in the gloomy Pill Box brake vans. Not sure if the vermilion ends were an absolutely most redic safety feature or an attempt to cheer up the poor chap incarcerated inside.

 

The Parkside kit is as well designed as other kits from the stable, most of the parts just needing moulding lines cleaned up before fixing in position. There are a surprising amount of little bits, particularly around the springs which increases the build time and therefore makes it good value for money in the time/outlay equation, and they all fitted together easily and without any problems. I had some concerns the long low footboards might be a bit too delicate, but in practice they've been fine and are quite resilient.

 

Freshly painted the vermilion ends were pretty garish, but the grime of a few months hard labour soon fixed that. As usual I spent a lot of time drybrushing the highlights and shadows to bring the van to life, and although the prototype was pretty grim, I think the model is quite delish.

 

Apols to Gershwin!

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DavidLong
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More delightful work, Adrian. That grime is almost impossibly delicate.

 

Sorry to hear about your recent 'trial by water' and hope that things will soon be back to normal.

 

When do we get to hear some more about the doings at 'Basilica Fields'? It's been a while. . .

 

David

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Buckjumper

Thanks David. 'Normal', we've been told, could be several months away.

 

In re Basilica Fields; with all the broughaha I've snatched a little time for a bit more writing here and there, and have the bones of several posts which still need a little fleshing out. As I'm not able to model at present I may see those come together quite quickly.

 

Obviously I've not been able to do any physical work on it, and with the upheaval I'm not going to meet the deadline of the Challenge 33 competition in October, but there has been significant progress and I hope to be able to share that with you all soon.

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I am always unsure of the colour of the ends. I read somewhere that SR venetian red was in fact red oxide. The Precision colour seems to be more this sort of shade. But I have seen many models painted an almost signal red. I think the colour in the HMRS livery book is also quite dull. I can see painting the ends brighter would be better for being seen. I have been confused about the actual shade for years, and all the written information is quite confusing.

 

Any way excellent model. Hopefully some year soon mine will be completed.

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Buckjumper

Thanks Paul, and I'm delighted to see you've started your own blog on here too.

 

Thanks for that Pete. Yes, I've seen some pretty garish reds on the ends of brake vans too, and against the brown of the body the Precision red was a bit...yikes! With reds, once weathered down a bit most of these concerns tend to fade away - (a colourfast joke, now there's a thing!) The Southern as an entity, for me, is a bit of an enigma, and compared to other companies I have little written source material, so these sorts of comments I find very useful. Looking forward to seeing yours done too.

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