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My first commission! Well proud I am!


Sylvian Tennant

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So a friend of mine saw my work and though, "By jove that's good" I don't know why though, I always seem to find something I could have done better. Well anyway a brief conversation ensued followed by delivery of the package.

 

The package turned out to be a second hand Wachy Bachy 87xx Pannier in post war GWR livery. The task was To give it a worked in look ,noot too dirty but must have looked like an engine in use. So I set about ruining his poor model.

 

Here are the results.

 

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All the work was done using Humbrol paints, metalcote and gloss cote. I've described bits elsewhere in my other blog so I'd be generally going over what I've done before. Only I've given the engine a novie fireman who needs to learn how to use a water crane!

 

Unfortunatly I didn't take a photograph of the represenation of the inner frame which I had painted red (humbrol 60) and washed with black & leather mixed together.

 

The fireirons (which you can get for tank engines...and I didn;t use in my wisdom!) are from springside (and provided by the client) and painted the leather and black mix followed by a dabing of almost driend leather from a cotton bud. Wooden bits such as handles and most of the broom are painted revell 87 (I tell a lie I used a revell painted too!) and washed in the said mix. :) the cab wasn't provided nor was a crew :( but the client knows best.

 

If you have any specific questions please don't hestate to ask.

 

Now back to job searching :)

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You've done a very nice job there.I don't recognise the number so are they etched cabsides ? Don't forget to fit the rear vacuum pipe. ;)

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lol, that's for the clients, I've just worked with what I've got. But yeah the numbers are the printed ones on the cab.

 

Thank you very much.

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Can whatever is in the cab be moved so that it is behind the doors rather than in plain view. It is the only thing that is really offputting.

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That's the DCC chip, it's a shame that the cab bulkhead was around at the time, I would like to have had a crack at a cab interior.

 

I can relate to off putting remark, but I'm not a massive fan of DCC and it's the owners discression to have what they want on their locomotive.

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Very Impressive!

 

You have done a fantastic job with the detailing and weathering. I would be proud of that one too...

 

Missy :yes:

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Danke missy, I just did some touch ups afterward off to show it my friend soon. By the way the my oil tankers are almost done, just a bit of reworking to make them run better and couple better is needed.

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erm a thousands pounds... no sorry just been watching some Blackadder.

 

Yeah, I'll think of some quotes, since it'll be a little while before I'm considered fully professional (if at all!) the price won't be too bad.

 

Is there any legal implcations in any of this. A BTEC in Business Studies never really saw me through this!

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