Tony Teague
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If you are ever short of Land Rovers I have at least 3 surplus to requirements after somebody told me they were too late to be seen on my airfield......
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15 hours ago, Mick Bonwick said:
I think that this type of product can be weathered, but it's necessary to think carefully about how you might need to tackle each aspect.
Thinking about this, whilst there might be other approaches, could it be that this would just be a case of "lipstick on a pig"?
(Viz. it's still a pig!).
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That roof effect is seriously wierd!
Overall, a bit of a sorry tale, from which one might reach the conclusion that models produced this way simply don't lend themselves to being weathered.
A shame that your efforts to find a solution were not better rewarded.
Tony
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Tend to agree; the shade of brown that these arrive in is already a bit light for my liking, when compared to standard "SR Wagon Brown" and is really only acceptable as a very faded livery, so anything that could darken it must be an improvement.
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Hmmm...... really not looking great, so I empathise with your concerns.
I've been out and had a look at my example and frankly, I still can't see the vertical stripes on the ends (or sides) with the naked eye, although that might change with weathering.
I'm reaching two (personal) conclusions:
1. that quality from whatever 3D printing process is being used is inconsistent - some prints are significantly better than others, and
2. that as mooted in the post on my own layout thread, it is still not near to approaching the finish achieved through injection moulding
On this basis, the additional cost can only be justified (for me!) if there are no other available models of the protoype and it is one that I just 'must have'.
Tony
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I am glad that weathering is improving things Mick, but as I observed on the previous post, I do think that there are manufacturing variations and these may be significant. You can still see striations at 6' after weathering, whereas I can't see any close up!
Perhaps consistency of the printing process is a bigger issue than has been realised?
Tony
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Mick
After seeing the striations on your axle boxes I went and had a very close look at mine - and I can't see any. The only place where these marks are really obvious is along the top of the brake handle as I showed in the image on my thread. So I'm not sure whether you were just unlucky, or indeed how much variation there is between individual prints.
In either case I suspect that our conclusions may be the same in that I am not sure tht the technology has quite come far enough for me to justify the cost of these models, even where unusual prototypes are involved.
Tony
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Look good to me, and I entirely agree, that whilst Pullman livery in particular often shows white roofs, these can only be ex-works, because every other picture of them in traffic shows a uniform grey!
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I am not a GWR afficionado but for me, you have absolutely captured the look and feel of the area in which the line is situated - particularly stunning scenery!
Tony
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Looks good to me!
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Sounds like you're going to dim the National Grid if your Christmas lights take a couple of days to go up!
I shall have to park down the road and sell tickets.....
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Mick
This has been a textbook exercise in weathering and the result speaks for itself!
Great work, and I suspect that in the world of weathering you have now moved up from demi-god to god!
Anyway, all good practice before you start on the 'Arrow!
Tony
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Looking good Mick!
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Mick
Would you still use this to knock back the silver colour if you were intending to add some shiny "grease" (dirty water or similar) to the coupling rods?
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I looked back and couldn't find a Colas class 60 in my pics either!
What I do have in Colas livery are track machines and the main thing that stands out there, rather than dirt, is how much this livery fades.
Tony
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I have now sat through the complete podcast and very useful it was too!
Thanks Mick.
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Mick
Sorry I couldn't join you 'live' but as you know I could not have attended Missenden anyway this year.
I have started to watch the recording and I see that all the 'usual suspects' were present!
I shall watch the whole thing as a suitable refresher - despite attending your excellent course twice already, I know that there is always room to learn more and to improve.Thanks for sharing this and I hope that we can all get back to face to face sessions at Missenden in the not too distant future.
Tony
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Very nice Pete!
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Very nice Mick - all a bit modern for me!
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Lorks & lummy ! (or words to that effect)
A layout emerges....
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Intriguing!
What else could possibly rank higher in priority than weathering I wonder?
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Excellent job Mick, and a useful tutorial, or reminder, for those of us wanting to do more weathering ourselves.
Tony
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5 hours ago, Mick Bonwick said:
I suggest trying them all and then making your own, much more informed, decision.
I'm on it!
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Could you advise whether the dish from one flavour of Gu dessert works better than any other? Just curious
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