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Erudhalion

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So, things have been moving along, although not at a particularly fast pace.

 

First, the loco coal wagon from the last post.

It is not done yet, I've added a bit of rust and wear.

The excellent pictures from Mikkel's blog (https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blogs/entry/11531-detail-hunting-at-didcot/) were invaluable for reference.

It is all still a bit raw, it needs a wash of general grime to tone things down a bit. I'm reasonably happy with how it is coming on, but I'm not 100% satisfied with the overall look. Maybe once it is all toned down I'll be happier.

 

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I'm not entirely sure what causes the lighter discoloured patches in the paint, but I tried to replicate the look with some thinned light gray (Vallejo glaze medium and water). I've also used some soot from my parent's chimney to detail the interior, I've got a large jar full of the stuff I meant to use to make pigments for violin varnish, but it seems to work pretty well as a substitute for real coal dust. Unfortunately the glue, water and a drop of washing up liquid has left a mess on the floor of the wagon. I'm hoping a bit of matt varnish and a black wash will make it look better.

 

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The next batch of models has also been primed. As I don't have access to spraying gear where I am, I decided to use a brush. Although it doesn't look great, it think it will work out all right. Pictured are a small office building (free with an issue of Railway Modeller from a couple of years back), and three Cambrian Model Rail wagons: a shunter's truck to dia. M4, a 12T end door 7-plank and a 10T fixed end 7-plank, both Gloucester designs.

 

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I plan to use the shunter's truck as a conversion wagon between tension-lock and S&W couplings. I assumed there weren't any in the Forest of Dean, but while leafing through The Severn & Wye Railway Vol. 5, I came across a picture of a 16xx heading to Lydney docks from the yard with a shunter's truck (looks like an M3, judging from the upper handrail), so it seems like at least one was allocated to the Forest area. I'll have to see if I can find out what the lettering on the toolbox sides was. Failing that, I can make something up.

The kit has a lot of good detail, especially the various shafts and brackets associated with the DC brake gear. I haven't fitted any couplings yet, so I might have to remove some of these bits to make room, but I will try and keep it to a minimum.

 

I've also base coated the two wagons: the 12T in black, and the 10T in red.

 

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The idea here is to do a bit of miniature signwriting: the black one will be a Cannop colliery wagon, while I plan to finish the red one as one of Pates', a coal merchant from Cheltenham who bought coal from Foxes Bridge colliery. There are photos of both in the S&W railway books.

 

I have no idea if I will actually manage this.

 

The Cannop livery is as simple as it gets: CANNOP in large, sans-serif unshaded white letters exactly four planks high and the wagon number in the lower left corner. I have a couple of sheets of HMRS PO wagon transfers for the smaller script stuff. The Pates livery, on the other hand is more elaborate: for a start the letters are shaded black, there is also more writing in general on the wagon, some of which I might be able to do with transfers, but I'll have to see. Another issue is that the transfers are an off-white creamy colour rather than white, but maybe once the whole wagon is weathered it won't be as obvious, I'll have to see about that.

 

Anyway, I hope it is feasible.

 

 

 

 

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Very nice, I like how you've recreated those light 'runny' marks on the Loco Coal.  Zooming in on the prototype photo it looks as if imperfections in the paintwork are causing it:

 

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The wagon is looking great and like the prototype pic. I'm interested in the use of the glaze medium, I've got some of that but never used it. Have you used it for weathering before? 

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2 hours ago, sb67 said:

I'm interested in the use of the glaze medium, I've got some of that but never used it. Have you used it for weathering before? 

I've only started using it fairly recently. I usually do around 50/50 water and medium if I want a thin wash, I find it avoids "tide marks" as the paint is drying. That is what I used for overall grime wash on the crane from the previous couple of posts. 

 

For the light gray on the wagon I put a drop of medium and mixed it with the gray on my wet palette to thin it a bit.

 

 

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As it happens, there is a broadside photo of a shunter's truck down in Lydney Docks...  possibly 1924 if that is a paint date to the RHS of the solebar.

 

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Photo provided by Ian Pope from his collection, thought to be by L Copeland.

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16 minutes ago, Erudhalion said:

Is that photo in one of the S&W books?

My understanding from Ian is that first publication of this photo is.....  today!

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4 hours ago, Erudhalion said:

I've only started using it fairly recently. I usually do around 50/50 water and medium if I want a thin wash, I find it avoids "tide marks" as the paint is drying. That is what I used for overall grime wash on the crane from the previous couple of posts. 

 

For the light gray on the wagon I put a drop of medium and mixed it with the gray on my wet palette to thin it a bit.

 

 

 

Thank's I'll give it a go. Does it help to break surface tension at all. I havent yet found a way of recreating the properties of an enamel was using acrylics. 

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Just looked at the crane photo's. That looks very nice, just the right amount of weathering. :good:

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1 hour ago, sb67 said:

 

Thank's I'll give it a go. Does it help to break surface tension at all. I havent yet found a way of recreating the properties of an enamel was using acrylics. 

I don't really have much experience with enamels, so I can't really say. The medium does help a lot with the surface tension, the results are similar to using a normal acrylic wash.

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