D6723 part 3 - painted and weathered
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I've been doing some more work on D6723 and have got the painting and weathering to a point where I thought a further update was appropriate.
I painted the ends first with Railmatch yellow, and when this was dry masked it off and sprayed the body with Railmatch BR green, followed by grey for the roof. The areas for the markings were painted with Klear,and Fox transfers applied. The body was then sprayed with a couple of coats of Humbrol varnish, the second with a drop of Humbrol dark grey in itto start the toningdown of the body. I would have used satin varnish,but I didn't have any to hand, so I used gloss.
I gave this a couple of days to dry hard. To tell if the paint is dry, sniff the model. If you can still smell paint, the paint beneath the surface has not completely dried. When it has dried through, the paint smell will have gone.
When the model is dry weathering can commence. Get a good picture, preferably colour, of the locomotive you are modelling (or if that is not possible, something similar in the same area) . I found a suitable picture on Brush Veteran's site. This site has hundreds of useful pictures,and I have spent hours studying them. Comparison of various photographs of the item being modelled indicates typical weathering patterns, for example the build up of grime below the valance and the layersof dirt on the top surfaces of the noses on the class 37, or the characteristic coolant spillages on the class 24, or the oil leaks from the engine bay floor on the class 31.
http://grahame910.fotopic.net/p62337762.html
The green areas were then polished with T cut and weathering commenced with various toning down washes. D6793 had a wash of Games Workshop "Devlan mud", most of which is immediately wiped of with a cotton bud. When this was dry,parts of the roof and lower bdyreceived further washes of well thinned Tamiya NATO black and dark earth. Again, alotofthis was wipedoffwith a cotton bud before it had time to dry. The object of the exercise is to leave a residue of dirt in the various bodyside crannies, and around the edges of raised items such as grille surrounds and window frames. The roof was brushed with Carrs black weathering powder. Referring to the photographs, various areas were then picked out with Tamiya Acrylics, mainly matt black, NATO black, dark earth and IJN medium deck brown. Semi matt black was used for oil spills.
The roof was then sprayed with various shades of black, and a mix of dark earth and grey was sprayed on the body sides.
The results so far look like this:
Looking at the photographs reminded me I havent fitted the grilles over the horns in the nose. I've used A1 railmatch etchings and they are painted ready. Buffer beam detail needs to be added, as well as cab interiors and a crew. I also want to add some mere detail to the bogies. I'm waiting for some new brake cylinders,and these will be fitted together with the handbrake operating chains. Finally I've just found a source for some etched bogiesteps,and I'm going to try a set of these.
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