Pugsley's Workbench

Lovely job Martin. I'm noticing detail differences in the pics that I didn't see at Taunton. Definitely a case of needing a second look to take it all in.

I'm looking forward to seeing the weathering progress after what you showed me last weekend

Thanks Jo. Yes, I'm looking forward to the weathering - after what I've managed to achieve on the TEA, the water mixable oils look to have real potential

Hi Pugsley, as mentioned earlier I really like the variation you are doing here. Am very tempted to try out something similar with some open GWR wagons. Also very impressed with the weathering on that bogie tank already. Subtle is so hard to do, so am watching and learning. Those water mixable oils sound interesting.

Thanks Mikkel. The water mixable oils are proving rather interesting. They're like gouache in a lot of ways, but seem to be more permanent. I've been told that they can be re-wet, like the gouache, but I haven't tried that yet. They're not as opaque, so an all over crud job, like the former Esso tank in a previous post, would be trickier, but I think they're going to be ideal for subtle weathering jobs.

 

I hope you go for the same idea with your GWR opens, a kind of multi-layer modelling as it were. On the face of it, those above are four virtually identical wagons. Look a little closer, and the difference in the markings will be apparent to the casual observer. If the hardened wagon enthusiast looks closer again, they may notice the subtler variations that divide the four into two distinct types. Something for everyone!

Nice progress on these Martin!

 

I'm looking at a batch of BP tanks which AFAIK were also built in two (?) batches. Looking forward to some variation.

 

 

Will be following this with much interest!

 

 

Cheers

Thanks Wayne, I look forward to seeing what you do with yours B)