RMweb Premium James Makin Posted May 18, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted May 18, 2014 (edited) A couple more OBA's for the fleet! OBA wagons by James Makin by jamesmakin2002, on Flickr Today's subjects include ex-works EWS OBA 110237 and faded ex-'Satlink' OBA 110058. Both started life as the standard Bachmann 2006 release in EWS livery, but you might be surprised to learn that both have been repainted! OBA wagons by James Makin by jamesmakin2002, on Flickr For the sake of 'balance' I had to model a good EWS example to complement the rake of utterly disgusting OBA's I'm building, and here it is! The prototype wagon was 110237, which I'd found exhibited quite a large number of differences to the Bachmann EWS example, so I ended up just repainting the entire thing and starting again! The detail differences include a brighter maroon shade, solid unbroken EWS gold stripe, gold chainwork, taller EWS logo, a full TOPS panel and solebar-mounted data panels. But the fun didn't end there...following the red theme, I set about creating the ex-'Satlink' 110058... OBA wagons by James Makin by jamesmakin2002, on Flickr A collection of faded mixed reds, yellows were added to the planks, along with a cheeky flirt with orange for one set of doors! Sophie Ellis-Bextor's 2002 debut solo album 'Read My Lips' is essential listening for anyone tackling this type of Satlink wagon. After a bit of work, it ended up looking like this: OBA wagons by James Makin by jamesmakin2002, on Flickr This was quite a fun one to tackle, amongst the faded reds and yellows is a few sections of replaced planks in grey, EWS maroon and some bare wood. At some point, 110058 has also been involved in some kind of side-swipe or grabber incident, with the second door here being subjected to some deep gouging exposing bare wood and undercoat beneath the red and yellow upper layers. OBA wagons by James Makin by jamesmakin2002, on Flickr TOPS panels were again made up in CorelDraw on the PC, added to the model and blended into the weathering. 110058 has yellow-painted ends, but sadly much like the rest of the OBA fleet is losing the battle with rust! This was replicated by the paint-on-wipe-off method using many shades of Humbrol browns applied over a number of days to build up the different rust layers and colourings. OBA wagons by James Makin by jamesmakin2002, on Flickr And there we go, 9 open wagons down, 7 more to go - until I see some more swapmeet bargains at least! Edited August 6, 2016 by James Makin 12 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beacon Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 How's the HST coming along? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swifty11 Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 Very nice job on those OBAs! If you need anything from the freightliner wagon list let me know! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium James Makin Posted May 18, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted May 18, 2014 How's the HST coming along? It's not at the moment sadly!! I'm patiently waiting for Railtec Transfers to run off some of my home-designed transfers in metallic gold-print but the chap seems to have a lot on producing all these brand new liveries at the moment! Fingers crossed it'll be sorted soon though, the power cars will be entering the paintshop for their base colours in readiness soon though! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beacon Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 Looking forward to it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobster Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 More nice wagons James Cheers, Bob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngryMeerkat Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 I've said it before and I'll say it again, damn you for being so talented!! Brilliant work, and thanks for sharing your methods. Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium James Makin Posted June 12, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted June 12, 2014 (edited) Despite barbeques, touring cars and gorgeous weather making modelling a no-go at the weekends, I've slowly managed to add another couple of OBAs to the fleet, in the form of this dirty maroon pairing! OBA wagons by James Makin by jamesmakin2002, on Flickr OBA 110106 and OBA 110266 join the lengthening trainload, both being copied from prototype pics swiped from the wonderful archive that is Flickr. First up is 110106, featuring a hybrid of former BR 'Dutch' colours, mostly overpainted with maroon and red planking. OBA wagons by James Makin by jamesmakin2002, on Flickr The wagon was stripped of its former Railfreight livery and coated in Halfords primer, before receiving faded yellow stripes across the top of the ends. The sides were coated in a large number of maroons to build up the required effect. The second door in from the left took many coats of varying reds to find the right shade, it is almost verging on garish in real life! Other planks are picked out in bare wood (a combo of greys) and some black replacement planks around the right hand side. OBA wagons by James Makin by jamesmakin2002, on Flickr Data panels were printed off the PC along with various handpainted engineering daubings (they might mean something to railwaymen!) and oodles of rust running down from the chains securing the doors. Despite the filth of the rest of the wagon, I love how the door bump strips are picked out in pristine white! OBA wagons by James Makin by jamesmakin2002, on Flickr Next up is OBA 110266, another maroon 'EWS' imposter with the freight firm's branding applied over the remnants of BR grey livery on the ends and solebar. Individual planks were picked out as per the prototype pics, I quite like the faded black patch-painting, itself becoming a background colour with the passage of time and the OHLE stickers applied over the top. This OBA has the solebar style of data panel printed using a US Army Stencil font of all things, quite a bit different to the usual stencilling! OBA wagons by James Makin by jamesmakin2002, on Flickr And there we go, the train is now lengthened to 11 finished open wagons! I've recently bought another load more, but I've got a few more interesting (very different!) projects coming up over the Summer which are going ahead in the queue! Cheers, James Edited August 6, 2016 by James Makin 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomstaf Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 You've captured the look spot on James. Get a nice mucky 73 104 upfront Cheers Tom Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swifty11 Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 They certainly look the part! Something adequately filthy will have to take those! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobster Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Top work as usual James. Cheers, Bob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post James Makin Posted July 19, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted July 19, 2014 (edited) I've been looking to close off some older projects of late, and this has included the BP petroleum train formed for Worthing MRC's Loftus Road. Joining the fleet today are the three remaining TEA tankers for the train, BP-liveried 80561, 87260 and 87781. TEA wagons by James Makin by jamesmakin2002, on Flickr Based on the Bachmann model in the same livery, they have been renumbered and some additional branding where necessary including older Hazchem codes for my late 90s period, and a good fun messy weathering session! TEA wagons by James Makin by jamesmakin2002, on Flickr Layers of whites and greys brought down the bright green colour to a muted shade of green, whilst the tank panel sections were masked up and painted in Humbrol No.186 Brown and No. 32 Dark Grey, whilst the underframes were dolloped with varying shades of Humbrol No.1, 32, 34, 62, 63 and 186 until the desired underframe colour was achieved! TEA wagons by James Makin by jamesmakin2002, on Flickr Oodles of cotton buds and kitchen rolls were used up in the paint-on/wipe-off process of streaking the tank barrels, using prototype pics grabbed from Flickr to see where the stains seemed to most occur, and not just around the top filling caps it seems! TEA wagons by James Makin by jamesmakin2002, on Flickr TEA wagons by James Makin by jamesmakin2002, on Flickr End numbers were made up in CorelDraw and printed off, I used a squashed version of the UK car numberplate font to get a close match to what I'd seen on the prototype pics. With a spot of varnishing, they are ready to join the train! I'm most excited now that the train has its full selection of tankers weathered, it's been about three years since I weathered the very first one so it's good to draw a line under this fun project and move forward to some other freight for Loftus Road! Here's a pic of the full dirty consist, with booked traction in the form of former Wells Green heavyweight stalwart 56033 Shotton Paper Mill, a detailed Hornby model repainted into tatty Transrail colours. TEA wagons by James Makin by jamesmakin2002, on Flickr The full running order is as follows: 56033, 87791, 80561, 87984, 87669, 87467, 87469, 87260, 87781 and 87887 bringing up the rear. TEA wagons by James Makin by jamesmakin2002, on Flickr 56033 is based on the newer Hornby model which I'd slopped on the Transrail colours back in 2008, gave it some cab detailing, bunged in some sound and set it to work shunting on Wells Green TMD, but it's now got a much harder task ahead pulling loads on Loftus! 56033 by James Makin by jamesmakin2002, on Flickr And there we go! I've got one more rolling stock project in the works for a fellow club member but other than that, it's now back to back work focusing on the scenic boards for Loftus Road ready for our upcoming Worthing MRC show on the weekend of September 27th & 28th. Cheers, James Edited August 6, 2016 by James Makin 22 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobster Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 Top class weathering James, superb. Cheers, Bob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdw7300 Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 Wow, that weathering is stunning! Well done James Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d winpenny Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 Looking superb great weathering David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.C.M Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 Great job James, those tanks look stunning. Nice touch of spare tail lamps in the cab of the Grid too. Cheers Peter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
keith73 Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 Great weathering, excellent. I live near a BP petrol depot with rail access & your tankers look the same as the real ones. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WCML100 Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 fantastic job as always! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium James Makin Posted August 8, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 8, 2014 (edited) Time for something a little different... 66113 by James Makin by jamesmakin2002, on Flickr A while ago, fellow Worthing MRC Loftus Road gangmember Mark Butcher came to me with some horrendous photographs he'd found online of EWS's 66113 that had befell a graffiti attack during an engineering possession one night in 2011... "how do you fancy modelling this for me?" 66113 inspiration by jamesmakin2002, on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/jps_train_images/5513137196/in/photolist-8TxPuf-8TxPyS-bzDPur-bzDPEt-a1JpRG-63XNnc-9hMuV5-4t8kuQ-aMRP46-grAbE4-joGmrD-mGSEyZ-mJQ6Bi-gPyjoG-ecys69-kt6j2a-fAgpdR-nGraYR-9pbgBA-hWhn8G-dewmtQ-chKF6b-awi8qj-fAAb5M-mGdYv4-mGfDv7-hP5oYm-gLfjRt-aULdUD-mVHLsw-hjtxYn-dKeqRo-5HJ7Sf-eMaS1K-aiQVF2-8mfkby-cntXB7-fiotT2-9yCoEQ-oecRxM-9Y4iZR-8mc7Na-8DbSms-dLgGWh-fgvF24-f2p5EM-aiCsbM-dddmXx-8XozYf-eMcfwF (image reproduced courtesy of 'JPs Shots' on Flickr, well worth a look) Using a number of images from several different photographers, I volunteered to completely ruin Mark's shiny clean Bachmann class 66! Mark only asked me to do the re-number and the graffiti but I decided I'd go the whole hog and match this to ones I've tackled before, so the lifting eyes were drilled out, bufferbeam parts detailed, handrails painted, exhaust silencer weathered, and the whole loco toned-down. Starting with the numbers, the gold band was completely repainted, varnished and new transfers added from Modelmaster - 66113 by James Makin by jamesmakin2002, on Flickr I used Microscale's Microsol and Microset to get the transfers to sit right in the corrugated sides - big hats off to Modelmaster for such thin (and accurately coloured) transfers compared to the old Fox ones I used to use in the old days - damn impressed with the results here! 66113 by James Makin by jamesmakin2002, on Flickr The exhaust silencer was removed from the loco and painted separately, notice how the metal parts weather differently to each other. The main parts were treated to a cocktail of light browns including Humbrol 62 and 186 and some 32, with a few dollops of talcum powder added to increase texture. Next up was the varnishing, using Humbrol's Matt aerosols, and when dry, I started on the graffiti - 66113 by James Makin by jamesmakin2002, on Flickr As with my previous graffiti projects it is all handpainted using 00000 paintbrushes, building up the colour layers from light to dark - the most challenging part here being the scaling of the graffiti from angled photographs of the loco - it has to be 100% accurate so it took ages to scale and make sure each letter was in the correct place on the body, using the numbers and EWS lettering as a known marker. 66113 by James Makin by jamesmakin2002, on Flickr There's some quite interesting activity that's taken place on the loco during the fateful night it received its new colours... we have smaller tagging on the cabsides and fuel tank, contrasting with the three major 'mural's on the engine room sides and 2nd cabside. Then there's the white marks on the bogie and No2 end grille - I suspect here this was to be a background for another piece of artwork but the surface didn't suit continuing! 66113 by James Makin by jamesmakin2002, on Flickr The No.2 end was obliterated - original Flickr photographs show the entire cab front windows painted over in the morning after, as well as the buffers with 'A' and 'I' - these windows were soon replaced and buffers covered in grime shortly afterwards, when the loco was back in service. 66113 by James Makin by jamesmakin2002, on Flickr 'CHEESE' and 'AEON' are the two main tags, along with a second 'Cheese' on the cabside and a front end 'Cheez'! 66113 by James Makin by jamesmakin2002, on Flickr The front end lashing eyes were drilled out, other 'extras' include painting the handrails and door handles, beyond that this wears the standard much-loved (by me) EWS colour scheme. 66113 by James Makin by jamesmakin2002, on Flickr With a final varnishing, 66113 is now ready for action on Loftus Road... 66113 by James Makin by jamesmakin2002, on Flickr 66113 by James Makin by jamesmakin2002, on Flickr 66113's now gone back to Mark and will venture out on Loftus Road, I'm pretty pleased with how the transfers came out so this has spurred me on to take a second look at re-doing my own motley fleet of 66006/008/010/042/076/241, and of course another shiny new EWS 66 that Mark handed over to me last night! Cheers, James Edited August 6, 2016 by James Makin 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WCML100 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 great work - very interesting! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium njee20 Posted August 8, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 8, 2014 Superb. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swifty11 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Fan.Tas.Tic. Amazing! Here's another one for you to do, 66057! There's a tagged 60 I've seen, 60054? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium James Makin Posted August 9, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 9, 2014 Nice one Tom, loving 66057! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhys Underwood Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 66019 also got tagged in 2011. It had it the right side of the loco. I have found a link but the white edition would have to missed out due to the language. As they say on SkySports sorry for language that may offend if you click on the link. https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/brianews/5926947055/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Nice modelling James. Probably partly explains why I model 30 years ago with rose tinted glasses, before the rise of the underclass who think this sort of thing is acceptable . It's not even artistic is it ? At least in places like Spain some of the graffiti is artistic to some extent ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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