D5579 - Body painted and weathered
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Work on D5579 has continued. I've been looking forward to painting this one as the colour scheme is a bit different. I considered a number of different ways of finishing it, but in the end I adopted the following method:
The body was painted in Railmatch Goden Ochre, and Fox transfers were applied. The body was then lightly sprayed with Tamiya clear varnish let down with thinners. The thinned varnish dried almoost matt, which is what I wanted, although it is actually sold as gloss.
One dry, the body received a wash of Citadel "Devlan Earth". I kept a bowl of water by me while this was applied, and a supply of cotton buds, to wash off some of the paint as it was applied. This was only partially sucessful, as the paint dried faster than I was anticipating, and once dry water won't shift it. It dries nicely matt though. I thought about trying Tamiya thinners, but didn't, as I was nervous about damaging the original finish.
The excesses of Devlan Earth were removed by gently rubbing over the body with T-cut on a cotton bud, which gave the effect of worn paint showing through the dirt.
When I was satisfied, thye engine and boiler exhausts were picked out with Tamiya flat black, and the roof was sprayed with various mixes of Tamiya flat black and NATO black.
The finished effect looked like this:
I then drybrushed silver on the steps below the cab doors, on the nose and for the boiler access. Rust was lightly drybrushed on the bottoms of the cab doors, as in photos the panit here appears to be worn away with rust showing through. Oil seepage from the engine room floor was brush painted with a mixture of IJN brown and Semi gloss black, blended in by drybrushing at the edges with flat earth and NATO black.
Once this was dry, the bottom edge of the body was lightly sprayed with flat earth to represent a mixture of road dirt and brake dust.
The end result looked like this:
Just in case anyone thinks its a bit grubby for an experimental livery, here's a link to a picture of the real thing in 1965 - I think you'll agree I've been quite restrained.
http://grahame910.fotopic.net/p62294319.html
There's still work to do - the bogies and wheels need paniting, couplings and bufferbeam detail are to be fitted, and glazing is required, as well as paniting of the cab interiors and installation of crew.
Cheers for now
Alex
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