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Weathering the Bachmann Warflat


gwrrob

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The floor of the warflat is just enticing for a weathering and using my previous experience on the TMC double bolsters I set to tackle this in a similar way albeit longer.I'm a big fan of Lifecolor acrylics [weathered wood set] and used them here. I painted the base colour with a normal round brush but the dry-brushing was done with two different size shader type.

 

Two coats of 713 warm dark shade were applied. Followed by dry-brushing 714 wood warm base all over the deck. Then I used 716 wood warm light, 717 wood cool base and 718 wood cool light shade in different amounts to taste applied with the small shader type brush. The photos below shew it stage by stage.Keep doing it till you get the effect you want.

 

A friend will be giving it a blow over with his airbrush which will blend everything in before I think about adding a load for them.

 

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Nice work Rob. I haven't tried the Lifecolor range but might give them a go if I can find any here.

 

Their names alone ("warm light", "wood cool") have a definite feel-good factor about them :D

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Given the Great British tradition of oil-dribbling machinery, I wonder if there should be a few oil-stains where the tank has stood?

 

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8 hours ago, Mikkel said:

Nice work Rob. I haven't tried the Lifecolor range but might give them a go if I can find any here.

 

Their names alone ("warm light", "wood cool") have a definite feel-good factor about them :D

 

Eileen's Emporium and Hobby Holidays both stock them and they're available on Ebay too.

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On 24/09/2019 at 06:31, Mikkel said:

Nice work Rob. I haven't tried the Lifecolor range but might give them a go if I can find any here.

 

Their names alone ("warm light", "wood cool") have a definite feel-good factor about them :D

 

If you cant find them most (if not all) sets are also available via Amazon

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If these are vehicle carrying wagons, would the wear & tear be more visible as longitudinal track/tyre marks?

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4 hours ago, Stubby47 said:

If these are vehicle carrying wagons, would the wear & tear be more visible as longitudinal track/tyre marks?

 

I'll take care of that ;) 

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Is the lighter colouring weathering? Looks like it is also on the sides of the end plank (same on the wagon ahead)? Could it be some sort of paint/whitewash to help drivers know where the edges are?

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The picture of the empty warflat is a screen capture from a video. The Army film unit did a series of training films on the loading and unloading of tanks to and from warflats. The films were shot at Longmoor and used Covenanter and Churchill tanks. Some years ago a video tape compilation of these films was produced by the Heritage magazine. Fortunately 3 of them were on the internet at one time, but I can no longer trace the source. I have downloaded copies of these and have uploaded the most relevant one to Youtube. The description is Tanks by Train End loading dock, the URL is

https://youtu.be/ZvUdYcE3tT4

This shows all aspects of the process, the other two I have are on the preparation of the Covenanter tanks for loading and the procedure for using the ramp wagon.

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Some more lighter weathering [717] added to the edges and it has company with an old Mainline bogie bolster.

 

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44 minutes ago, Tony Cane said:

The picture of the empty warflat is a screen capture from a video. The Army film unit did a series of training films on the loading and unloading of tanks to and from warflats. The films were shot at Longmoor and used Covenanter and Churchill tanks. Some years ago a video tape compilation of these films was produced by the Heritage magazine. Fortunately 3 of them were on the internet at one time, but I can no longer trace the source. I have downloaded copies of these and have uploaded the most relevant one to Youtube. The description is Tanks by Train End loading dock, the URL is

https://youtu.be/ZvUdYcE3tT4

This shows all aspects of the process, the other two I have are on the preparation of the Covenanter tanks for loading and the procedure for using the ramp wagon.

Fascinating stuff, Tony- thanks for posting that link. There wasn't much margin for error, was there?

The accompanying vehicles  were interesting, notably the ex-PLM ot SNCF ferryvan; presumably this was a wartime film? 

The signal-box/control centre at Longmoor looks as though it's been sent back in time from the 1960s.

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15 minutes ago, gwrrob said:

Some more lighter weathering [717] added to the edges and it has company with an old Mainline bogie bolster.

 

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I know where that Macaw's coming...

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3 hours ago, Fat Controller said:

Fascinating stuff, Tony- thanks for posting that link. There wasn't much margin for error, was there?

The accompanying vehicles  were interesting, notably the ex-PLM ot SNCF ferryvan; presumably this was a wartime film? 

The signal-box/control centre at Longmoor looks as though it's been sent back in time from the 1960s.

My thoughts exactly. Thanks Tony. Any chance of posting the other two films?
And I did notice the ferryvan as well:

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An ex french build van nicked by the War Deparment. Love it. Would look nice on a wartime layout

Based on a SNCF wagon, of which, so happens, a H0 model exists: 

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LS Models  30376, an exclusive model, so not cheap. But it definitely has conversion potential. Who wants to have a go?

PS: Sorry Robin, for hijacking one of your threads. Again...

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The weathering on your warflat is amazing, I've never tried the lifecolour range but I might have to invest in some now. Thank you for uploading that video Tony, was a very interesting watch, there's a good video on the Imperial War Museum of either warflats or warwells being loaded (been a while since I watched it) if you'd like the link to it. 

 

 

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The wagon was from the Chemin du Fer d'Etat, to a standard design from the French equivalent of the RCH.

The Covenanter was not a great success, and most spent their time as home-based training vehicles. They had been designed and built by the LMS Apart from a few used as bridgelayers, the majority were withdrawn in late 1943.

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No wishing to add to the high jacking of this thread I have started a new one entitled “WWII tank transport by rail”. Links to all three of the films listed above are published there.

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A bit of an update on this wagon after @toboldlygo gave it some airbrush treatment over my work. Still a bit of a work in progress including some rather nice oil stains under the tank.;)

 

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