RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted August 30, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 30, 2019 Latest project, inspired by a photo in the brilliant book “British Railways in Unseen Colour” - a repaint of the Hornby GWR parcels railcar. The model is the Hornby DCC ready version in GWR livery - hence the initial coat of grey primer. Cheers Darius 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted August 31, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 31, 2019 Roof masked and re-sprayed. Cheers Darius 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted August 31, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 31, 2019 First coat of crimson airbrushed on. Cheers Darius 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted September 1, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 1, 2019 (edited) Some more masking and painting. Cheers Darius Edited September 17, 2022 by Darius43 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hal Nail Posted September 6, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 6, 2019 That cream/straw/gold stripe is something different I think. The all crimson coaches were unlined? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisf Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 When crimson was introduced in 1949 there was a line at waist level. From about 1951 that line was abolished but it took a long tine for that instruction to be implemented. As I recall, W34W kept it till the end. Chris 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted September 6, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 6, 2019 57 minutes ago, chrisf said: As I recall, W34W kept it till the end. There is a picture in the RCTS Archive site of W34W with the line when awaiting to be scrapped. Conversely W17W lost its lining sometime in the 1950s. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePipersSon Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 Agree with the above posts. There is a picture in the book 'Paddington to Weymouth' showing W17W entering Paddington in April 1952, still in GWR livery. So the assumption is that it got repainted after the rules had been clarified. Tom 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted September 8, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 8, 2019 (edited) Lining, lettering and numbering completed. Cheers Darius Edited September 17, 2022 by Darius43 10 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Tomlinson Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 That looks splendid. I never fail to be amazed at what a difference a quality paint job makes to these old Lima moulds. John. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted September 8, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 8, 2019 (edited) Had a go at some weathering. Cheers Darius Edited September 17, 2022 by Darius43 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Richard_A Posted September 9, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 9, 2019 That does look very good indeed. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted September 9, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 9, 2019 (edited) Body reunited with chassis. A bit more weathering added along with couplings etc. Cheers Darius Edited September 17, 2022 by Darius43 14 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cypherman Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 Very nice job. Well done 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted September 14, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 14, 2019 (edited) Replaced the dreaded traction tyred wheels with non-tyred wheels from a Hornby spares set. Also added a driver. Cheers Darius Edited September 17, 2022 by Darius43 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Prism Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 (edited) Why is the sloping surface (at each nose) in black? Or is this intended to reflect the grimy crimson surface? Edited September 14, 2019 by Miss Prism 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted September 14, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 14, 2019 (edited) On 14/09/2019 at 11:38, Miss Prism said: Why is the sloping surface (at each nose) in black? Or is this intended to reflect the grimy crimson surface? If you look at my earlier posts it was painted crimson and then had the grime etc. added as part of the weathering process to try and match the prototype in the photo shown in my first post. Cheers Darius Edited September 17, 2022 by Darius43 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Prism Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 Yes, I had seen that. There are other pics of the Express Railcars with the non-vertical surfaces left uncleaned. Which is a bit odd. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted September 14, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 14, 2019 1 minute ago, Miss Prism said: Yes, I had seen that. There are other pics of the Express Railcars with the non-vertical surfaces left uncleaned. Which is a bit odd. Wouldn’t those surfaces tend to get dirtier compared to the vertical ones? Furthermore their remaining service life was considered sufficiently short to warrant a less intensive cleaning policy - as was the case with steam locomotives at the time. Darius 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Prism Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Darius43 said: Wouldn’t those surfaces tend to get dirtier compared to the vertical ones? Indeed, so one might assume they would have been given a bit more attention from cleaners, rather than less. Or maybe they got ignored because they had less of a 'passenger' connection. Presumably they disappeared when the Gloucester 128s started to appear in 1959? Edited September 14, 2019 by Miss Prism 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCB Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 (edited) It would not have been easy to get at the sloping bits to clean them from ground level, presumably it was based at a steam shed, Southall? and wouldn't have had shed days for boiler wash outs etc like the steam locos so the opportunities for cleaning were limited. That said the prototype photo has red toward the cab windows tapering to grime towards the ground where the model appears to be black, I believe the parcels car did a Southall - Paddington shuttle which would have been a real pain to operate with a loco and stock if it was out of service, another incentive to keep it moving. A Parcels Autotrailer with or without an Auto fitted Condensing Metro Tank would be a good model to bamboozle the know it alls with. Just a wicked thought. Edited September 14, 2019 by DavidCBroad 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted September 14, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 14, 2019 For the record, I would point out that I did not just paint the sloping front ends black. I used a mixture of diluted dark grey and brown washes plus some weathering powders - as demonstrated in some BRM dvd video tutorials that I watched - to replicate the lightning effect noted by Mr CBroad in his post above. These were sealed in with a sprayed coat of matt varnish, which tended to darken the overall effect - something that seems to be accentuated in the photos compared to the model itself. I make no claims to be a pro-weatherer, in fact I am quite the neophyte in this area. As they say, practice makes perfect, so I would hope to improve in this area over the next 20 or 30 years. Cheers Darius 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Prism Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 And it does look very effective, Darius. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmart2908 Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 I have just recently brought a Lima GWR railcar express parcels number 34 railcar in dark green livery and dark grey roof with lettering lining and numbering in gold can anyone please tell me if GWR number 34 ever saw service in this livery colour and if it did when and where and what line did it run on ? I cannot find any reference anywhere on the internet about number 34 seeing service in this colour or any reference of Lima making a model in this colour - they are either all coffee and cream or red in colour !! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 I've got the 1963 RCTS stock book and in that there's a monochrome picture of no.34 soon after withdrawal still in lined crimson livery and a colour picture in their archive pictures, so I think we can safely assume that green livery version is fictitious, though many of the similar passenger railcars did get the DMU green. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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