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I needed a break from constructing the building for Baby Laira, so have spent the last couple of days weathering up 08947

I'm not 100% happy with it. Perhaps I'm looking a little too close, and forgetting it's only an inch long. The weathering of the bodywork isn't a direct copy of this loco from the few pics I can find of it at Westbury - unique features, like rust patches etc, are copied from 08947, but general dirt is an amalgamation of several examples to give an overall look that I like.

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First job was to faded the yellow on the ends. This was a wash of white gouache, with a damp cocktail stick being used to remove it from the black stripes. Next, the body was faded with an airbrushed coating of matt varnish with a drop of white paint mixed in. This gave the loco an overall dusty look, but soon disappeared once the surface texture was broken up. The underframe got a coat of weathered black, and the body drybrushed with faded Rail Blue. Weathered black and Sleeper Grime washes were applied to both, looking at where the dirt build up ont he real things. The oil streak in front of the cab, and the brown coating on the tops of the bodyside cabinets are both typical 08 weathering features to my eyes. Bufferbeam air pipes and the like were also attacked with weathered black. Adding these colours and washes removed the overall dusty look - before this it looked like it had been working in a quarry!

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Once the paints had dried, I worked on greasing up the underframe. In the absence of grease from a real locomotive, a mixture of products were applied. First up were a few washes of Tamiya smoke paint - this dries to a nice sheen as well as working like a black wash to pick out detail. On top of this, a mix of Mig Smoke Black weathering powder and Johnson's Klear was applied around the axle mounts and btween the springs. I made it up very thin, a couple of brushfulls of Klear with only a tiny amount of pigment, scraped from the inside of the lid to get the bare minimum. I found the best way to gauge the finish was to test various mixes on a scrap of card. I discovered that making it up like a thick sludge, surprisingly the mix dries matt, but the Klear fixes the powders solidly to the model.

Anyway, back to the model. Once the mix had dried about 50%, I got a soft brush and moved horizontally, almost like a drybrush type of effect resulted. I also did this around the exhaust outlet to give the hard burnt on black deposits. Once dry, some powder was applied in the normal dry fashion with a soft brush for the smoky clag deposits on the roof. The shiny mix for the underframe was also applied over the diesel spill on the roof and bodyside to give a gentle sheen to it

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I've spent a while looking at Pugsley's 08, well, 09, weathering and have found it rather useful guide, so thanks mate!

The idea of using Tamiya smoke and powders on the grungy underframe came from there, although used in a different way, it was deffinitely a pointer in the right direction

I couldn't find the customary penny, so a USB connector will have to do :lol:

 

As I said at the start, I'm not 100% happy with this one, if there's anything anyone can suggest that jumps out at them, please let me know!

 

jo

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No problem B)

 

I think you're being a bit too hard on yourself, seeing as this is diddy scale these photos show it at, what, 4 times it's actual size? Not much of my stuff would stand that kind of scrutiny.

 

I think it looks great, but one thing you could do is un-fade the black on the nose slightly, it looks a little too light, and that really is a minor, nit-picky, point to make.

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Cheers, it always interesting to see what another set of eyes picks up. I'll be out with the Railmatch when I get a chance :lol:

A couple of things I forgot to mention earlier: the paints are all Railmatch enamels thinned with white spirit unless I've said otherwise. And Pixie let me have a set of rather nice etched rods at Taunton. These aren't fitted here, but will probably end up on the FGW green one with McHenry buckeyes I'm doing next. If the rods end up as easy to fit as they look, I'll have to get another set for this one

More when it happens...

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It looks amazing. I was looking at the pics and thinking "I'm sure Jo's a 2mm modeller, but isn't this 4mm - what's going on?"

 

I managed to find a prototype pic to compare to and I think it's very close - I was going to comment that the underframe seems very dark compared to the body, but the prototype is like that :) Two things that *might* be worthwhile would be dulling the white of the rear left cab handrail a bit, and maybe a gentle drybrush with mid to light brown on the underframe and rear steps on the left side of the loco - IMO the RHS looks lighter (which I prefer) in the pic with the MOA.. But take that with a pinch of salt - I've only seen a couple of pics of the real thing.

 

The faded blue is just gorgeous - it retains that odd turquoise warmth of the real thing.

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All I can suggest is putting it on some descent track - has Pixie not persuaded you to come over to the dark side yet :rolleyes:

A superb job, beautifully observed.

 

Jerry

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Looks a cracking bit of work to me. Even with such extreme close-ups it's convincing. On a layout with normal viewing distances it will look the biz. :ok:

 

Cheers

Dave

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All I can suggest is putting it on some descent track - has Pixie not persuaded you to come over to the dark side yet :rolleyes:

 

Five pints and some gentle persuassion at the next available oppourtunity should do the trick... or Malibu, seem to remember you've got a good stash of that. ;)

 

Top work Jo, looking forward to seeing it in the flesh! Let me know how you get on with the 08 rods and if you need anymore or the tubing to pack out the crankpin holes for that matter.

 

Pix

 

PS - Have you still got a copy of those Yeoman wagon drawings that used to be on your Fotopic?

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All I can suggest is putting it on some descent track - has Pixie not persuaded you to come over to the dark side yet :rolleyes:

 

Jerry

Shh, your not ment to be looking at that bit :P

On a layout with normal viewing distances it will look the biz. :ok:

 

Cheers

Dave

Ta, it looks good sat on the table with some autoballasters, so hopefully chuck it onto a layout and it'll complete the look

 

Five pints and some gentle persuassion at the next available oppourtunity should do the trick... or Malibu, seem to remember you've got a good stash of that. ;)

Not me, but I know someone who does :lol:

Top work Jo, looking forward to seeing it in the flesh! Let me know how you get on with the 08 rods and if you need anymore or the tubing to pack out the crankpin holes for that matter.

 

Pix

Ta, it should be at Stormex pottering about with HST power cars. I need to get the other one done for shifting the mk3s. I think I have a cunning plan with fitting the rods, will have to see whether it actually works....

PS - Have you still got a copy of those Yeoman wagon drawings that used to be on your Fotopic?

I *should* have a copy of everything. Let me have a look....

 

 

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It looks amazing. I was looking at the pics and thinking "I'm sure Jo's a 2mm modeller, but isn't this 4mm - what's going on?"

Lol :laugh:

I managed to find a prototype pic to compare to and I think it's very close - I was going to comment that the underframe seems very dark compared to the body, but the prototype is like that :) Two things that *might* be worthwhile would be dulling the white of the rear left cab handrail a bit, and maybe a gentle drybrush with mid to light brown on the underframe and rear steps on the left side of the loco - IMO the RHS looks lighter (which I prefer) in the pic with the MOA.. But take that with a pinch of salt - I've only seen a couple of pics of the real thing.

 

The faded blue is just gorgeous - it retains that odd turquoise warmth of the real thing.

Ta, yes the underframe on this one is deceptively dark - I guess the lack of high speed running means you don't get the brown spray up like on most stuff, but the pics of 08947 I worked from did look especially black and grungey.

Those little bits you have noticed is exactly what I was looking for - the handrail I'd noticed looking at the pics after I'd uploaded them. I always find it easier spotting stuff like that on photos, because you look at the model as a whole, rather than each little bit, if that makes sense

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Excellent - looking forward to August!

 

If you come across those drawings drop me a PM, they spark some inspiration! ;)

 

Pix

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Very nice weathering there - it certainly looks the part.

 

I'm intrigued by the autoballaster, more info on that would be interesting - in particular where did you get the "carillion" transfers for it?

 

Cheers,

 

Dave

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Hi Dave,

The transfers are home made, printed on inkjet decal paper. I'll tidy the models up, then do a proper "they're finished" entry.

I may be able to sort something transfer wise for you...

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Hi Jo, I shall look forward to that, they look very good.

 

Many thanks,

 

Cheers,

 

Dave

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Very nice work Jo.

 

I shall not comment on the track though :blink:

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