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1 hour ago, Alister_G said:

I finally plucked up the courage to weather the Peckett. I know that sounds stupid, but it almost feels like sacrilege to dirty up a brand new model.

 

I didn't want to overdo it, either, it's not going to be as dirty as a Cromford and High Peak loco, but it wants to look used.

 

So here we are:

 

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We've done a lot of looking at scenery and buildings, but there hasn't been much railway action on this thread for a while, so let's address that, shall we?

 

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Thanks for looking,

 

Al.

Used,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,and Abused.:good:

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On 08/12/2019 at 08:36, Enterprisingwestern said:

 

An early morning trip to Sainsbury's car park for a photoshoot beckons?

 

Mike.

 

It's a shame, but there's so much stuff in Sainsbury's that you can't get a feel of the quarry anymore, but I do know a couple of old quarries where that might be an option.

 

Al.

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I did a quick and dirty weathering of the Hornby Tar wagon. It's not really very good, but it will only ever be in the background:

 

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At least it doesn't look so plasticky and toy like.

 

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This evening though, I concentrated on filling in the tracks in the yard. I used strips of 60thou styrene sheet, sprayed with grey primer, and then stone dust rubbed in as I did with the rest of the yard.  I wasn't sure that it would work, but actually I'm quite pleased with the result:

 

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The curved rear siding is going to be a bit more of a challenge, and I'm not sure whether to use the same technique, or try something else.

 

Finally, a couple of experimental shots from a different viewpoint:

 

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Thanks for looking,

 

Al.

 

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On 05/12/2019 at 21:52, Alister_G said:

I haven't had a lot of time for modelling this week, but tonight, I've attacked a new purchase.

 

 

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I managed to buy a Corgi Trackside Ruston-Bucyrus shovel secondhand for under a tenner, and then instead of keeping in clean and pristine in it's box, I proceeded to dismantle it

 

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and scrape off the "LMS" lettering on the sides...

 

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And then I attacked it with paint and weathering powders.

 

I'm sure model collectors will all be having the vapours now... :D

 

Anyway, this is going to work for its living, and here it is, working:

 

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Looks much better all dirty :)

 

Al.

Hi Al

 

That looks very nice, it is certainly an attractive model and weathers very well. The prototype would have had a cabled a bit differently though with cables going around the wheels on the sides of the jib.

 

David

 

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8 hours ago, Fen End Pit said:

Hi Al

 

That looks very nice, it is certainly an attractive model and weathers very well. The prototype would have had a cabled a bit differently though with cables going around the wheels on the sides of the jib.

 

David

 

 

 

That's great, thanks David, I'll try to rearrange the cables to match.

 

Al

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3 hours ago, sb67 said:

I know what you mean about dirtying a new model but to me they just don't look right clean! 

 

Thanks Steve, no I agree, they just look wrong in the out-of-the-box state.

 

Al

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5 minutes ago, Andrew P said:

Won't you get arrested for that?:no:

 

Only if one gets caught..

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By your command, Mr Rob sir.

 

I have been getting down and dirty, grubbing about in the soil, planting some grassage.

 

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And then I thought I would try for some atmosphere:

 

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Still a bit too shiny in places.

 

Al.

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