Railfreight1998's workbench - 70s wagonload

[Railfreight1998]

I've decided to start a workbench thread to keep these projects separate from my Redfield layout thread.

 

To start things off here's a quick weathering exercise started today of an oxford BR crew bus. 

 

The condition it is being depicted in is post BR use, having been sold to the private railway company. The logos have been (roughly) painted out and the exterior is in quite a sorry state.

All the weathering was done with my usual method of light washes of watercolour, this then being buffed with a soft brush to tone it down.

Detail such as light rusting on the corners and edges, and the marking on the rear door were added with a fine brush and fairly dry watercolour.

The chassis of the bus - I think glue used in the making of it has caused the windows to frost up, but as the layout is set in winter, I may apply some varnish to the windows to frost them further and place it in a parked position.

 

More to follow soon.

Thanks for looking, Evan

Edited February 21, 2021 by Railfreight1998

[saxokid]

11 hours ago, Railfreight1998 said:

I've decided to start a workbench thread to keep these projects separate from my Redfield layout thread.

 

To start things off here's a quick weathering exercise started today of an oxford BR crew bus. 

 

The condition it is being depicted in is post BR use, having been sold to the private railway company. The logos have been (roughly) painted out and the exterior is in quite a sorry state.

All the weathering was done with my usual method of light washes of watercolour, this then being buffed with a soft brush to tone it down.

Detail such as light rusting on the corners and edges, and the marking on the rear door were added with a fine brush and fairly dry watercolour.

The chassis of the bus - I think glue used in the making of it has caused the windows to frost up, but as the layout is set in winter, I may apply some varnish to the windows to frost them further and place it in a parked position.

 

More to follow soon.

Thanks for looking, Evan

Nice work here Evan,im following now budd..

[Railfreight1998]

Evening everyone

 

A few pictures of some containers that have been recently painted and weathered.

 

Rusting was applied on the extremities of the containers, along with various patch repaints and the remnants of hazchem diamonds.

The white container is not actually painted, the colour being the bare plastic it was supplied in. With the weathering I don't think it looks too bad - what does everybody think?

 

More to follow soon

 

Cheers

Evan

[Departmental203]

On 06/04/2020 at 21:17, Railfreight1998 said:

Evening everyone

 

A few pictures of some containers that have been recently painted and weathered.

 

Rusting was applied on the extremities of the containers, along with various patch repaints and the remnants of hazchem diamonds.

The white container is not actually painted, the colour being the bare plastic it was supplied in. With the weathering I don't think it looks too bad - what does everybody think?

 

More to follow soon

 

Cheers

Evan

 

Your weathering effects are top notch mate but if I had one critism, to my eyes the white container still looks a bit 'plasticy' a repaint will solve the problem.

 

Otherwise, nice job!

 

Jules

[Railfreight1998]

Haven't posted here for a while, mainly because there aren't many finished projects to show.

I have however completed a few items of internal user stock.

 

First up is a Hornby 7 plank open. Not based on any particular prototype, this has had its Aberdeen gasworks livery patched over, and a good overall coating of grime, together with a few replacement planks. The door has been left fairly clean, to represent a replacement added later.

Next is another open, this time a scratchbuilt body on a Hornby tanker chassis. This has had a heavy coat of weathering added, and has had the brake equipment removed. This too doesn't represent a specific prototype.

Lastly is a Dapol cattle van with a new deck fitted. It is supposed to be a fairly recent acquisition for the railway, so the weathering is confined to some light discolouration of the wooden floor. It is loosely based on some similar wagons from Purfleet dock, seen here on Paul Bartlett's site https://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/purfleetwharf/h65bc4755 (the solebar is green on the model, it's just quite hard to see).

 

Thanks for looking

Evan

[Railfreight1998]

Some recent progress on upgrading a pair of Hornby OAA wagons. 

 

The underframe had been tackled first, with the 'bogies' having been chopped about and refitted in a lower position on the chassis, cut down peco sleepers being the material of choice as spacers between the suspension units and the underframe.

Side on shot showing the height difference with a yet to be modified example on the right. The conversion is by no means to scale, but helps give a better overall impression of the prototype. 

A cruel close-up showing the small gap still visible between the solebars and the suspension, less prominent in reality. Next will be new buffers and some work on the brake gear, plus some fading of the livery as the grey is way too dark at present.

 

As an aside, does anyone have any photos of OAAs on the cumbrian coast line? I have yet to find any photos of them, OBA wagons seem to have been more popular, particularly on timber traffic.

 

Cheers,

Evan

[Railfreight1998]

Few more small projects recently completed.

 

 

This previously built ground frame, based on one at Small heath, has finally been painted and weathered.

 

 

The Hornby railroad brake van has been repainted into 2 tone grey for use on the industrial line. The warning chevrons at one end are simply yellow paper with markings added using pen. Windows have also had glazing put in and, as with nearly all my stock, it has been heavily weathered using watercolour.

 

The huge couplings will be replaced with a simple homemade type in future.

 

 

Finally, this fictitious liveried and already weathered Bachmann grain hopper has been made even less authentic with the addition of some very battered ICI signage. This was more of a test piece to try out some different weathering effects and the wagon may end up being sold minus the sign.

 

Thanks for looking everyone.

The layout thread might actually be updated soon.

[Railfreight1998]

In the several months since the last post, I have become more and more interested in short wheelbase wagons from the 1970s. 

 

Ben Alder's thread here in particular is a great source of inspiration, and will probably lead to many more projects.

 

To start things off (and to distract from advanced higher chemistry) we have a parkside 5 plank highfit ready for painting.

 

A very well designed kit, the only difficult part being adding the cross shafts between the v hangers.

I've chosen to represent a wagon with the sheet rail removed, but with the guide still in position, as here on Paul Bartlett's site.

https://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/bropenmerchandiseowvcorrugated/h504bc47

 

Shades of a clayliner pool wagon here.

 

More of a similar theme will follow soon.

Cheers

[Ben Alder]

Glad you have found the thread of interest - just wish I could have afforded more film, but other priorities trumped that than....

 

[Railfreight1998]

The next project to be started is a single bolster wagon using a Hornby chassis, and representing a wagon from the BSC Moss bay fleet. 

 

The chassis was previously under a freelance open as further up the page.

 

The bolster is removable to allow the wagon to also portray a flat used as a runner between other bolsters carrying rail. 

 

Also progressed is a Parkside vanwide kit, only requiring the roof and painting now. This will be part of a pool of vans carrying paper products.

 

Thanks for looking

[Railfreight1998]

2 more vans, both of western origin, have seen progress made with weathering complete on the bodies, only requiring transfers now.

 

First a Hornby V23 ventilated van, in a clean but worn condition. This will be lettered as a van just prior to being taken out of revenue service.

 

Crewe and Ely seemed appropriately distant from the north west coast.

 

A Dapol cattle van has been finished in a similar condition.

 

Both will need tiebars and vacuum equipment added before the chassis can be painted, and the cattle wagon will get a one journey only card to represent a van being moved to it's new home in internal use.

 

Cheers

[ess1uk]

Nice work