Tom Foster Weathering - Bespoke Service

[Davidjsmith]

Happy Christmas Tom & a very prosperous new year There’s a few SLW 24/1 & 25’s coming in 2024  that you can use your artistic skills to make them look even more real!Plus some wagons of course.

[Tom F]

Currently working on commissions with a North Eastern flavour. 

It has been nice to work on one of the new Bachmann G5's, a loco close to my heart. 70+ years ago I would have been able to see them pass by from my bedroom window heading up the valley.

 

 

Followed by an Oxford Rail J27

 

Both locos were weathered using photos supplied by the client as reference. My client wanted them depicted towards the end of their working lives.

Edited January 21 by Tom F

[Tom F]

Another week, and another two items of rolling stock through the workbench.
 

 

The K1 was really fun to work on, with my client requesting something similar to this photo from flickr.

 

The Brake Tender was weathered to a photo on Paul Bartlett's site.

 

Both very enjoyable models to work on.

Edited January 29 by Tom F

[John Besley]

Hello Tom, how did you do the motion?

[Tom F]

2 hours ago, John Besley said:

Hello Tom, how did you do the motion?

Hi John

 

My usual method of a mixture airbursh, powder and drybrushing.

[Tom F]

Something a bit different on the workbench today.
 

Heljan/Rails Of Sheffield North Eastern ES1 for my client. I worked from two colour photographs of the ES1 which have certainly helped with trying to represent the more subtle areas.

 

[Tom F]

Two very different locomotives to work on recently.

North Eastern Electric Auto Railcar. Worked from period photos, where it was fairly clean.

Accurascale Deltic, in a bit more of a grubby state, again working from photos supplied by the client.

[Tom F]

The last of the recent back of commissions for my client. This Bachmann Class 24.

 

Moving on to something a bit more from the art deco era....

Edited March 4 by Tom F

[PaulRhB]

On 04/09/2023 at 22:39, Tom F said:

prototype photographs to work with.

 

 

Absolutely beautiful, (grottily ironic 😆 ), job you did on this. 👍

[57xx]

On 25/04/2022 at 14:06, Tom F said:

 

 

 

Catching up on this thread and loving the content. One pointer on wagon construction - the top two planks on a seven plank wagon as shown would be one piece running the full length, so when replaced, the unpainted plank would be all the way across. Getting very picky, the lower left plank should also be unpainted to the left of the ironwork. Hopefully useful pointers to lift things up that final notch.

[Tom F]

After a fairly rubbish throat infection, and a course of antibiotics, I'm now back on the workbench.
 

The first of several commissions passed through the workbench today. Hornby Model Railways LNER A4 'SILVER LINK'.

The was particular interesting to work on, as the client was quite specific on the condition they wanted her depicting in. I also worked from this fairly well know shot of her at Grantham in the mid to late 1930s.

More LNER Pacifics to follow...

 

[Tom F]

A sneak peak at the latest two LNER commissions to come off the workbench.

 

Edited March 25 by Tom F

[Tom F]

First up of the recent commissions. A Hornby A4, which the client had renumbered to 4467 'WILD SWAN'.

I was tasked with weathering to a condition familiar to the A4s in the late 1930s. Sheen on the streamline casing, but the build of oil around panel joins (in particular the cylinder casing).
 

Edited March 26 by Tom F

[Tom F]

The final locomotive of this commission, was this Hornby Gresley A1 4475 Flying Fox.

I've always enjoyed weathering apple green locomotives, there is just the wonderful contrast of the slight grubbiness and the glorious colour.

At one time as some of you may remember, this was my primary interest, so it's been lovely to revisit these engines of the art deco period once again.

[PaulRhB]

They all look great Tom, I’m not sure I could bring myself to ask for that weathering to a blue A4 regardless of accuracy, only in dark green days 😆 It comes from being overawed by Mallard looking so clean back in 88. 

The green A1’s and Sliver Link would be exactly what I’d want, majestic but hard working. 
 

[Chilly]

How do you make them look like they are made of metal 🤔Astounding 🤷‍♂️

[Tom F]

A little something different. This DJ Models Austerity 0-6-0 for @Sir Hadyn of this parish.

Weathered to photos provided by the client.

Probably the most vibrant coloured livery on anything I've weathered before!

 

 

[Tom F]

This week's commissions involved something a bit bigger than I'm used to.

Two Dapol 7mm/O gauge ex GWR tank engines.

64XX

 

14XX

These were both a real joy to work on, and great to get to get the opportunity to go to town on them. Best of all the client is happy.

[John Besley]

Stunning work Tom, love to see them on a photo plank to promote your work...

[Miss Prism]

Lovely work, Tom. You need a photoplank to show them off, in the style of Adrian Marks.

[NHY 581]

As one who enjoys doing a bit of weathering, that is truly first class and something to aspire to. 

 

Rob. 

 

 

[Enterprisingwestern]

 

As someone without an artistic bone in his body, this is weathering of the highest echelon, I couldn't even aspire to it!

 

Mike.

[Tom F]

11 hours ago, NHY 581 said:

As one who enjoys doing a bit of weathering, that is truly first class and something to aspire to. 

 

Rob. 

 

 

 

11 hours ago, Enterprisingwestern said:

 

As someone without an artistic bone in his body, this is weathering of the highest echelon, I couldn't even aspire to it!

 

Mike.

Thank you both for such lovely comments.

The weathering business has very much become 'a business' in the last few months, to the point I'm wanting to cut down my peripatetic violin teaching work. 4 days driving for over two hours each day for the past 10 years has taken it's toll. I'm enjoying the varied clientele work that is now passing my way, as well as working on my 40+ft 009 layout (I'm also stating a 009 exhibition layout too).

Thank you so much for the support, it is greatly appreciated as I take these bigger steps into making 'Tom Foster Weathering' a more full time employment.