dj_crisp Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 What a great set of projects! I really like your 158s and agree the new tooling is excellent. One thought is will the GWR bodyshell have different light clusters to the RR one you have? I'm debating on renumbering my RR one and whether I can get the lettering off without damaging the front glazing. Keep up to good work? Will 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EWS60065 Posted February 25 Author Share Posted February 25 @dj_crisp Thank you, all the actual LEDs are part of the chassis so the body clips on without any electrical attachment. Given both bodies are identical in shape/layout the LEDs should shine through in the correct places. The only slight concern is that the RR lights are a warmer yellow rather than cool white but a bit of thinned paint or coloured tape may be able to tone down the yellow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj_crisp Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Sounds a plan. It was quite nice to see Bachmann using warmer white LEDs for this model. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearwood West Yard Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 19 minutes ago, EWS60065 said: @Bearwood West Yard Cheers, £46 each. Didn't think that was too crazy given the detail and finishing on them. Especially given the sound fitted GWR units are rare and very expensive on their own! I also got some of the correct air dams to go on but they are Scotrail blue so will need repainting. Not a bad price at all. Think I paid £49 for the SWR shells at Kernows. I used Rainbow Railways to source my SWR Blue paint for the air dams, they should do any specialist paints that you may need. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EWS60065 Posted February 25 Author Share Posted February 25 @Bearwood West Yard I'll probably mix my own up as it's such a small area (plus it'll be weathered down there anyway). Yeah it's nice to have the body shells available separately, would be good to see some of the SWT ones appear. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearwood West Yard Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 6 minutes ago, EWS60065 said: @Bearwood West Yard I'll probably mix my own up as it's such a small area (plus it'll be weathered down there anyway). Yeah it's nice to have the body shells available separately, would be good to see some of the SWT ones appear. Thats what I'm waiting for, and can then put my existing EMT bodies into Ex-SWT with SWR vinyls. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EWS60065 Posted February 25 Author Share Posted February 25 @Bearwood West Yard Nice thought, although depending how fussed you are be aware that the SWT livery Bachmann produced is not exactly the same one that SWR took over. The door colour and stripe position is the main difference. As I said though, as long as you're happy with the compromise cause I probably would be too! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun66 Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 7 hours ago, EWS60065 said: @Shaun66 Thank you, let us know how you get on with the RRAs, I'd be happy to provide any assistance or photos too if you need it. if you could PM over some photos, materials needed for now that would be great. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearwood West Yard Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 @EWS60065 Glad you picked up on the stripe! I’d rather run the unit as per prototype so safe to say picking up on the stripe has saved me a lot of work! And money too! 😅 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EWS60065 Posted February 25 Author Share Posted February 25 @Bearwood West Yard If you did want to do it you could make it into a 159 since they did carry that livery into the SWR period...you'd need an extra coach though 😆 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearwood West Yard Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 15 hours ago, EWS60065 said: @Bearwood West Yard If you did want to do it you could make it into a 159 since they did carry that livery into the SWR period...you'd need an extra coach though 😆 This is very true! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EWS60065 Posted March 8 Author Share Posted March 8 OCA Wagons 112259 + 112181 I've got some more stuff to come for my March update but in the meantime I've been weathering this pair of Bachmann OCA wagons. These started off in Railfreight flame red and have been heavily weathered to the point that I'm not sure if any of the original paint shows through! These will be my last red OCAs for a while as I now have 5 in this livery and only 2 in grey/yellow and 2 in EWS. It's nice to return to familiar territory every now and then and as I've said you can never have enough OCAs. 112181 is at the front here and has been finished to a faded orange in comparison to 112259 which is darker and redder. This demonstrates the huge variation in weathering that can be seen on these wagons. You'll notice the replacement/repainted doors on number 181 too. It's now standard practice to add some old rubbish inside these wagons even if modelled empty! These are quite possibly my favourite bass wagons to date and will look right at home with my others. To give a little fleet update, this brings the OCA wagons to 9, OBA wagons are at 6, and OAAs at 2 meaning in total there are 17 'bass' wagons. 11 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WCML100 Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 These look the dogs dangly bits mate! Top job! That reminds me to finish off my first OCA rework… 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EWS60065 Posted April 6 Author Share Posted April 6 Rapido OAA 100023 I was planning on doing a larger update but workbench progress has been slow so thought I'd share this on its own. This is the Rapido OAA wagon I purchased back in December and I've got round to giving it a full weathering treatment. Representing number 100023, the wagon has been captured in all it's filth and grime which brings out the incredible detailing on the model. The real 100023 was one of the few OAAs not to receive mesh doors and was eventually scrapped in 2016. As per usual, the interior has not been ignored - various pieces of straps, timber, and ballast can be seen discarded in the wagon. Other things I'm working on include a pair of Bachmann MXAs and some more Accurascale MHAs. 7 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WCML100 Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 That looks ace mate! I too have also bagged a Rapido OAA, lovely model! Your rendition looks fantastic. Debating whether to do mine with mesh doors or not! Certainly less hassle without the conversion for sure! Do you know if there were any other examples that made it as far as the mid 2010’s with their original wooden sides still in tact? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EWS60065 Posted April 7 Author Share Posted April 7 @WCML100 Thanks very much, unfortunately I'm not aware of any others - even this one is a bit tenuous for the mid 2010s as it was mostly stored. There may have a been a few around 2011 in the Mendip stone trains though. You could either go for it and have a wooden OAA even if not prototypical or have a try at the mesh. But be warned, working with mesh sided wagons will quite likely drive you insane from my experience 😅 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Departmental203 Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 (edited) On 06/04/2024 at 23:32, WCML100 said: That looks ace mate! I too have also bagged a Rapido OAA, lovely model! Your rendition looks fantastic. Debating whether to do mine with mesh doors or not! Certainly less hassle without the conversion for sure! Do you know if there were any other examples that made it as far as the mid 2010’s with their original wooden sides still in tact? From what I heard, wooden bodied 100048 with Redland extended height ends made it to the very end of OAA operations on the network last year, apparently outsting all of the mesh examples! Sadly, this one had the extended ends and cutouts in the lower body to accept ratchet strap mounting points so will need to be added to accurately represent it. Photo from Martyn Read's excellent website although beware that a lot of his pictures are dated around the mid 2000s so bear that in mind. From what I'm aware, I'm not sure about the fate of any of the other wooden bodied ones so I recommend typing in your desired wagon number into Flickr search, chances are, one or two photos will pop up which isn't ideal but better than nothing! OAAs worth looking up are 100033, 100088, 100098 and 100099 as they seemed to escape mesh conversion but could have been withdrawn by your modelling time. I did the same one as EWS60065's model of 100023 in it's final years and that OAA research has still stuck around! Jules Edited April 11 by Departmental203 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EWS60065 Posted April 11 Author Share Posted April 11 @Departmental203 Unfortunately 100048 received mesh sides and while it was the last one running, it had been running without wooden doors for a while I think. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Departmental203 Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 1 hour ago, EWS60065 said: @Departmental203 Unfortunately 100048 received mesh sides and while it was the last one running, it had been running without wooden doors for a while I think. Ah I see, never mind then! To be honest I made this assumption based on the photos on Martyn Read's website while I was doing research for my own OAA based of the much older Hornby model, which incidentally turned out to be the same one as yours 100023! I did find a pic of this one dated 2016 just before scrapping and doing the planking in different colours was quite an interesting exercise. And that's cracking work on your one, need to pick mine up and finish it off haha 😄 P.S. since I model the 2015-2018ish era, the real example only made it into this time bracket and was in storage, so now I have the little guilt of having a model that didn't operate in that time in real life.......well Rule 1 applies! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EWS60065 Posted April 11 Author Share Posted April 11 @Departmental203 Yeah I can appreciate that frustration of finding out a wagon was fitted with new doors before the desired modelling period! My first OAA was 100098 (I purposely saved 100023 for when the Rapido ones came out) however 098 was fitted with mesh sides early on so it doesn't sit quite right with me now. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 A very nice wagon there! The interior looks superb, the colours are spot on for old weathered wood. Great stuff 👍 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EWS60065 Posted April 12 Author Share Posted April 12 @sb67 Thanks very much! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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