Popular Post Locksley Posted June 3, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 3, 2019 (edited) Hi guys, I posted this over in my boxfile topic but thought I'd post it here for anyone interested who may otherwise have missed it. This is the first loco I've bought for yonks, I've been fancying one for a while and when I spotted one second hand at Rails fairly cheap I snapped it up. It was originally Balfour Beatty livery but I intended to respray from the beginning so wasn't really bothered. It was plagued by the usual Sentinel issues, mainly over greasing which meant it didn't run particularly well. A strip down and white spirit bath sorted this no problem. I decided to make a few improvements to the loco while I was respraying, so I filled in the valance gap, drilled out the lifting eyes and replaced the side boards with hand rails. The parts were primed with Mr Color black before an overall spray with RLM yellow to represent a fairly generic semi-fictional British Steel-esque livery on the body, followed by a post shade with a lighter mix to simulate sun fading. The chassis was painted in the same way but I masked off the wasp stripes beforehand with Tamiya flexible tape. This ended up needing a bit of touching up as the diecast chassis really didn't like being masked. I'd probably hit it with an etch primer next time to give it something to grip to. The decals are Railtec and they went on beautifully. Weathering started by dabbing on Humbrol 173 with a torn sponge to get a random selection of chips and scuffs, and then I further refined the effect with a very fine brush. Finally, I really went to town with various oil paints to simulate rainstreaking, general dust, grime and rust streaks. The windows were largely untouched except for a slathering of Flory Models Dark Dirt wash, a clay based formula which makes really nice grimy windows once wiped off with a cotton bud. The few final touches were a Springside BR headlamp with a blob of Mr Color clear red to turn it into a tail lamp (which actually gives a better effect than their actual tail lamps!) plus some 3 link chain. At some point I may add a tool box or something too but for now, I think she's done! Edited June 3, 2019 by Locksley 25 4 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 Looks good and not far off the Lackenby livery used on their rod drive ones, just needs some real iu wagons to accompany it! Mark Saunders 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barclay Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 Fantastic paint job, love it. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
col_kilgore Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 Fantastic job , I'm going to presume you have done a lot of " armour " modelling ? I have always liked the stylised weathering of the armour modellers , although like most things it has its detractors , personally I think it looks great ! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted June 4, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 4, 2019 (edited) I don’t think that looks stylised at all, just very well done to create a very realistic finish. (Just like your own weathering on your skip.) Edited June 4, 2019 by Regularity Add link to photo. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 (edited) That loco looks fantastic Locksley, you've got a real talent for weathering. Like to see some more of your work and know about the techniques you've used. Steve. Edited June 4, 2019 by sb67 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruston Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 There are some excellent rust effects there; very well done! My only critcism would be that the plug for the tension lock coupler ought to have been glued, filled and filed back before painting the stripes on the buffer beam. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locksley Posted June 5, 2019 Author Share Posted June 5, 2019 12 hours ago, col_kilgore said: Fantastic job , I'm going to presume you have done a lot of " armour " modelling ? I have always liked the stylised weathering of the armour modellers , although like most things it has its detractors , personally I think it looks great ! Thanks! Yep, I do a bit of armour modelling, though more aircraft generally. However a lot of the techniques are interchangable, even for car modelling. 11 hours ago, sb67 said: That loco looks fantastic Locksley, you've got a real talent for weathering. Like to see some more of your work and know about the techniques you've used. Steve. Thank you Steve! The techniques are nothing out of the ordinary, all of the weathering was done with off the shelf Winsor & Newton oil paints, plus Humbrol Track Colour and a few dabs of Tamiya Red Brown. I've only recently really got the hang of oil weathering myself, finding the best way is to use a a decent very fine brush and avoid going too heavy with anything. As long as you're working on a satin surface the oil paints can be easily moved around for a good few hours with white spirit before they are anything like permanent, this Sentinel was mostly done over the course of a Saturday, on and off. 10 hours ago, Ruston said: There are some excellent rust effects there; very well done! My only critcism would be that the plug for the tension lock coupler ought to have been glued, filled and filed back before painting the stripes on the buffer beam. Thanks Ruston! Ideally I would have filled in the buffer beam blanks as they do look a bit rubbish but I wanted to retain the option of popping the tension locks back on as it's fairly likely I'll be running it on our club layout at somepoint. 3 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 Thanks Loxley, I've dabbled using oils and in many ways found them easier to work than enamels, do you use general white spirit or anything specific? Sometimes I've had stuff dry glossy and wondered of it was the white spirit I used. Steve. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locksley Posted June 5, 2019 Author Share Posted June 5, 2019 4 minutes ago, sb67 said: Thanks Loxley, I've dabbled using oils and in many ways found them easier to work than enamels, do you use general white spirit or anything specific? Sometimes I've had stuff dry glossy and wondered of it was the white spirit I used. Steve. Just bog standard white spirit. I always varnish afterwards anyway so I haven't really noticed how it affects the finish. I think squeezing out a blob of the oil paint onto either a piece of card or paper towel and leaving it for an hour or so for some of the excess oil to leach out will make them dry more matt. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruston Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 I love the Jag. It looks as if it's just been dumped by armed blaggers, who are being chased through London's docklands by Regan and Carter. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locksley Posted June 6, 2019 Author Share Posted June 6, 2019 21 hours ago, Ruston said: I love the Jag. It looks as if it's just been dumped by armed blaggers, who are being chased through London's docklands by Regan and Carter. it's actually based on the MkII from Withnail & I, although I think i got the colour slightly too dark. 7 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
calvin Streeting Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 48 minutes ago, Locksley said: Withnail & I, although Good film 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1722 Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 Cor! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stentor Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 Inspirational weathering but you do need to remove that driver’s side windscreen wiper on the jag, if you are “making time”. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locksley Posted June 18, 2019 Author Share Posted June 18, 2019 On 13/06/2019 at 14:16, Stentor said: Inspirational weathering but you do need to remove that driver’s side windscreen wiper on the jag, if you are “making time”. I'm embarassed to admit as a Withnail & I fan that I forgot to leave it off lol. It was removed pretty sharpish once I realised! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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