brian daniels Posted April 6, 2011 Author Share Posted April 6, 2011 Very nice pics CME, wish I had a depot like that Varnished the Fruit D today. Looks a bit bright until we get some dirt on it. It was fun, not!, doing the wagon number and Max Speed from Fox single letters/numbers I did the ENPARTS from an old Letraset sheet I had that I cut each letter off one at a time and rubed them on. It was the only way to get them in-between those raised doors and ribs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Siddall Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 Very nice yet again Brian, Will we be seeing this one on Sunday? Cheers Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmrspaul Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 Hi Adam I will admit these vans are way out of my comfort zone. I have one picture in a book of one as an ENPARTS van but you can't see the underneath very well. Since Paul Bartletts fotopics site went belly up I'm lost on these old vans. So it got built as per what's in the box. If the vans have internal lights, which the large pull rod switch on the end would intimate then there would be a batterybox and dynamo to charge it. They would not use a shore supply to charge batteries as they were not dotted around the railway network willy-nilly. Were there Fruit D's built without lights and some with? As I said earlier the kit does not have the end pull switch. Anyway it's in the paintshops now and will end up in olive green with ENPARTS stencilled on the side as per the pic in the book I have. The photographs are back - see http://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/fruitd Enparts van collection http://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/enparts Paul Bartlett 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CME and Bottlewasher Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 Very nice pics CME, wish I had a depot like that Varnished the Fruit D today. Looks a bit bright until we get some dirt on it. It was fun, not!, doing the wagon number and Max Speed from Fox single letters/numbers I did the ENPARTS from an old Letraset sheet I had that I cut each letter off one at a time and rubed them on. It was the only way to get them in-between those raised doors and ribs. Hi Brian, Thanks. That depot layout has got me thinking too - yet I cant really justify such Really great work on the Fruit D. Letraset arnt they NLA now - I think that I might have found an alternative - sounds like hard work, I always find transfers etc. a challenge. You seem to have got the whole model finished in superquick time.B) Life seems to be getting in the way of modelmaking at the mo - I am still on a steep learning curve and that takes one longer to build a model...... ATB CME Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor H Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 amongst other interesting layouts there was a layout called Diesel Depot B) which was, so I believe, a second-hand layout going through some changes with it's new owners. CME Some distant memories of that layout and the locos Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazza Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Very nice pics CME, wish I had a depot like that Varnished the Fruit D today. Looks a bit bright until we get some dirt on it. It was fun, not!, doing the wagon number and Max Speed from Fox single letters/numbers I did the ENPARTS from an old Letraset sheet I had that I cut each letter off one at a time and rubed them on. It was the only way to get them in-between those raised doors and ribs. Hi Brian, realy like the fruit D even better in blue, top job, the couplings on the fruit D who`s are they? Garry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CME and Bottlewasher Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Some distant memories of that layout and the locos Hi Trevor Would you like to elaborate? ATVB CME Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian daniels Posted April 8, 2011 Author Share Posted April 8, 2011 The couplings are from Appleby, if you can get them. These were on my Warflats originally hence why they are green! The weathering will hide that. It will be running round the Bourne End running session on Sunday. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian daniels Posted April 10, 2011 Author Share Posted April 10, 2011 Had a nice day at Bourne End today giving the Fruit D a run in a parcels train. I also took the blue 56075 for it's first run in blue and it's first run in over 2 years I wouldn't be surprised. Thankfully no one noticed an air braked 56 on a vac braked parcels rake was a bit out of the ordinary When I weather the grid I will put some black felt behind the grill so they are not see through. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 47107 Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Had a nice day at Bourne End today. Thankfully no one noticed an air braked 56 on a vac braked parcels rake was a bit out of the ordinary. As discussed this afternoon, Modellers Licence! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallows Close Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 That is just how a Grid should be Brian. Very nice indeed. Best wishes, Chris. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CME and Bottlewasher Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Hi Brian, Lovely work as always! CME Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard carr Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Brian The 56 looks great, how do you mask off the yellow to get the curved corner ? Thanks Richard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian daniels Posted April 12, 2011 Author Share Posted April 12, 2011 To do the curved yellow I use the 2 inch wide Tamiya masking tape. Put it on a piece of glass and use a plasticard former that I filed a nice 90degree curve on. I go round it with a nice new scalpel blade and hay presto a nice straight, curve, straight piece of masking tape Just sprayed some dirt on my 128 so will get the brushes out later and finish that weathering off. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian daniels Posted April 12, 2011 Author Share Posted April 12, 2011 Did a bit of airbrush weathering on the 128 this afternoon. I will try a little rust colours with the dry brush later. Will look good with a couple of vans in tow. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hal Nail Posted April 12, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 12, 2011 128 looks tremendous - albeit ugly! Going back to a topic several pages ago, I've just spotted a photo on page 13 of Modern Railways Illustrated No. 184, of a preserved 33/2 with one large and one small buffer. Quite a marked difference - although of course no way of knowing if both were actually from a class 33 originally... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard carr Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 To do the curved yellow I use the 2 inch wide Tamiya masking tape. Put it on a piece of glass and use a plasticard former that I filed a nice 90degree curve on. I go round it with a nice new scalpel blade and hay presto a nice straight, curve, straight piece of masking tape Just sprayed some dirt on my 128 so will get the brushes out later and finish that weathering off. Thanks Brian, I just need to get some 2inch Tamiya masking tape, where do you get it from ? Richard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian daniels Posted April 13, 2011 Author Share Posted April 13, 2011 I get my Tamiya tape from Howes. It's good stuff for making odd shape masks like the ones for a 47/56 yellow end. There is a lot on a roll and I use it for general masking say down the side of a loco. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted April 13, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 13, 2011 Brian, I swear I can smell the diesel fuel hanging around that 128......lovely job. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian daniels Posted April 13, 2011 Author Share Posted April 13, 2011 Brian, I swear I can smell the diesel fuel hanging around that 128......lovely job. Now there's a thought, smellyvision for models. Should I put a piece of rag soaked in diesel inside it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ressaldar Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Hi Brian, 128 looks good, are you sending any photos to Dick Taylor? regards Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian daniels Posted April 13, 2011 Author Share Posted April 13, 2011 I would email one to him but computers are foreign to him. I will have it at the ALSRM show in May in Reading, think he attends that. Now I have done this I must get and strip my green 121 and re-paint that into blue or blue/grey to go with it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted April 13, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 13, 2011 Now there's a thought, smellyvision for models. Should I put a piece of rag soaked in diesel inside it? Why not, the real thing always has greasy rag on the desk somewhere! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard carr Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 I get my Tamiya tape from Howes. It's good stuff for making odd shape masks like the ones for a 47/56 yellow end. There is a lot on a roll and I use it for general masking say down the side of a loco. Thanks Brian, ordered and on its way to me. Richard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian daniels Posted April 21, 2011 Author Share Posted April 21, 2011 Getting round to painting my JLTRT RMB at last. As the interior is already painted I have masked off the window holes with Tamiya 40mm masking tape and screwed the roof on. I will paint the blue first and then the grey as it's easier to mask it this way I find. The black underframe will be done last. I usually do one colour a day so as to let it dry fully before masking over it. So I should have this done over the weekend. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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