Modbury - 2mm Finescale (Brunel's Baulk Road)

Looking great Ian! Can you get transfers for the crest and compartment class in 2mm scale?

 

Dave

Lovely coaches, Ian. Not least that pipework, I dread doing it in 4mm, but in 2mm! I always dodge the black mouldings, but here you've got them in half the scale. I'm really impressed with how you don't let the sparse selection of 2mm GWR Edwardian stock get in your way.Very inspiritional!

Gorgeous.

 

Should the mouldings on the ends also be in black?:

http://www.didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk/coaches/933/933pic_03.html

Gorgeous.

 

Should the mouldings on the ends also be in black?:

http://www.didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk/coaches/933/933pic_03.html

They should be (and will be), they are a work in progress.  Unfortunately, the black ink I'm using doesn't take very well on the chocolate paint (it's a bit glossier than the cream), so I may need to scrape the chocolate off the mouldings before applying the ink (or try to paint them in with paint rather than ink).

 

 

Looking great Ian! Can you get transfers for the crest and compartment class in 2mm scale?

 

Dave

Dave,  I need to see if I can source some suitable transfers - they are available for later periods, but for this earlier livery I'm not too sure.  The curly GWR monogram on the 3rd class vehicles may be especially problematical - I might be able to get the garter shield from some loco transfers (although it might be oversize).  If worst comes to worst I'll leave them off rather than spoiling the coaches trying to do something by hand.  One of the beauties of 2mm is that viewing a model from a foot away is like looking at the real thing 150 foot away!  :-)

Hi Ian, I think you're probably right, better to leave the transfers off rather than use over scale ones.  I think I might be tempted to have a go at making my own transfers, I'm sure in 2mm as long as you get the general shape, size and colour of the monogram right, then it will look fine.  At least that way if it all goes horribly wrong, you won't have damaged all that lovely paintwork!

 

I'm looking forward to seeing these being pulled by your Metro!

 

Dave

These look splendid.  As others have commented, the panelling is hard enough in 4mm, so your achievement in 2mm is remarkable.  Nice baulk track, too.

 

I've used Staedtler 'triplus' fineliner pens for mouldings - perhaps these might 'take' on your chocolate paint?

 

Mike

These look splendid.  As others have commented, the panelling is hard enough in 4mm, so your achievement in 2mm is remarkable.  Nice baulk track, too.

 

I've used Staedtler 'triplus' fineliner pens for mouldings - perhaps these might 'take' on your chocolate paint?

 

Mike

 

 

Gorgeous.

 

Should the mouldings on the ends also be in black?:

http://www.didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk/coaches/933/933pic_03.html

 

Mike / Miss P,

In the end I decided to paint the mouldings on the chocolate areas (where the ink wouldn't take) in Precision Paints Matt Black.  Once the paint had dried a little, any that had strayed onto the panels was carefully removed with a damp 0000 brush with a little enamel thinners on.  Luckily, the chocolate paint had been applied a couple of days previously so wasn't affected by this process. The following images show the mostly completed coaches after a protective coat of satin varnish had been apple and the roofs painted.  The interiors are works in progress, and glazing has yet to be applied.

 

Ian