It's all at your Co-op....Post war private owner coal wagons.
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At the weekend I picked up one of the newly released Oxford private owner wagons in the livery of Weymouth Co-op. I'm not going into the the pro's and con's of this wagon which can be found elsewhere on this site.
All I will say is I'm impressed with the build of it wagon and how easily it breaks down into it's component parts. For example if you remove the buffer shanks and pop out the handbrake levers from the 'W' irons the chassis comes away easily. In it's out of the box form it is a bit bright so wanted to weather up some post-war wagons in a 1947 condition and thought this wagon and a few Bachmann ones would be a nice project. Here it is with a Bachmann 5 plank wagon:
And close up showing replacement door and planking:
Paint effects and weathering are done with Valejo acrylic paints. The wagon was distressed with a glass fibre burnishing stick to give a worn look and remove the printed lettering. Various washes and dry brushing completed the look.
I picked up a set of 3 Bachmann Parkend weathered wagons commissioned by Totally Trains according to the box. The weathering was in the fashion of spraying brown paint at the chassis lower wagon and I felt did't look too good.
Again the same process as above and here are the 3 wagons having received the treatment:
Again a close up showing the work involved. German grey was applied on the chassis and the ends of the wagon removing the factory weathering. The glassfibre burnishing pen removed the side weathering and distressed the wagons at the same time:
I'm pleased with how these have turned out and it's been good to get my eye in for the Teign Valley Granite wagons I'm building. Talking of which the third of the six wagons I'm building has received scored planking inside the wagon:
Certainly an improvement over plain sides. A fault of these old Slaters kits. Must say it is an improvement. Door posts are made from Microstrip.
More soon.
Cheers,
Mark
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