rob D2 Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 (edited) Very nice ! I never noticed half those differences . lima 37057 was the first loco I brought when I got back into modelling , from the Toton open day in 1998 Edited December 1, 2019 by rob D2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37403 Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 Lovely, or should I say grimey excellence! Is the pipework on the front that supplied by Bachmann or do you make your own? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 Superb work James! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium James Makin Posted December 2, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 2, 2019 14 hours ago, The Fatadder said: Very nice 37s wad the roof airbrushes? Very good effect. Thanks Rich, for the roof on each one I’ve painted on & wiped off dark grey, followed by the airbrushing with “roof dirt”, the “dirty black” and then finally just around the exhaust port was the dark blue shade, other than that in places I’ve drybrushed a little gunmetal and polished, so a bit of a combo! 13 hours ago, rob D2 said: Very nice ! I never noticed half those differences . lima 37057 was the first loco I brought when I got back into modelling , from the Toton open day in 1998 Haha, I didn’t realise there were so many differences either until I got into the project, you know when you get committed and suddenly you realise..! I never did get a Lima 37057, I think I circled it in a magazine for Christmas one year but alas it didn’t arrive..! I think their 47785 or Transrail 60063 were my among my first Lima models, can’t quite recall! 12 hours ago, 37403 said: Lovely, or should I say grimey excellence! Is the pipework on the front that supplied by Bachmann or do you make your own? Thanks very much, I do like a filthy one! The pipework is a mixture of what comes in the box and my spares, either Replica Railways air pipes or Roco bufferbeam detailing bits, with screw couplings either from Bachmann or Smiths depending on the donor model! I use a lot of pictures to try and get the pipes to match the prototype, plus allowing valuable space for the wire coupling hoop at one end too! Some of my other 37s coming were like £30 specials from mates and had no box, let alone detailing parts, so the old spares bin did get looted frequently! Cheers, James 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post James Makin Posted December 4, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted December 4, 2019 Next up is a colourful Welsh favourite, '414! 37414 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr For me, Regional Railways has got to be up there in the ranking of most attractive liveries to grace a Class 37, so it was only a matter of time before one made its way into the fleet! 37414 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Like many others, I bought the original Bachmann Class 37/4 release of 2003, the classic 37429 in Regional Railways - only problem was the body being the wrong shape! So I waited for many more years until buying a later release, the 37422 'Robert F Fairlie', which came out a couple of years back. The challenge here however, Bachmann had covered it in their awful factory brown weathering and it looks nothing like the generally-clean RR livery I remember! 37414 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr So I set to work with the enamel thinners, gradually wiping off the weathering, which lifts pretty easily - just be careful to only expose the printed lettering to a second's worth of thinners at the most, otherwise it'll peel straight off! The difference is pretty stark however - 37414 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Which Regional Railways-liveried loco to choose? It had to be 37414 'Cathays C&W Works 1846-1993' - I saw it just once at Didcot but it was the loco that seemed to feature in RAIL Magazine a lot at the time, so kind of a celebrity in my own mind, and what a looker it was! Fox Transfers number decals and etched plates were added, before coating with Railmatch matt varnish, before my own layers of more subtle weathering would begin... 37414 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr A small range of browns and dark greys were applied neat to the bodysides, before being wiped off with a thinners-soaked cotton bud to just leave dirt in the recesses and lower bodyside that would typically avoid the washing plant brushes, while the rest of the body is generally clean, with the odd rust mark as per the real 37414. 37414 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Finally, the lower bodysides and roof was coated in dirt shades, including the bonnet which has the classic dirt accumulation on the top! 37414 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr 37414 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr As with many Class 37s, the real 37414 has unfortunately fallen by the wayside - it was withdrawn all the way back in 2000 and after flirting with potential preservation efforts, it was finally scrapped in 2009. At least this way it will live on for the future on my new Didcot layout! 37414 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr All in all, a great fun project and so satisfying to salvage Bachmann's ruined 37422 and strip back the 'distressed' finish to find a gem underneath!! Cheers, James 28 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 Great stuff as usual James. For me, the dirt on the top of the bonnet defines a class 37, that's how I remember seeing them and you've captured that look perfectly. Was that effect airbrushed along with the roof? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium James Makin Posted December 6, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 6, 2019 On 05/12/2019 at 05:28, sb67 said: Great stuff as usual James. For me, the dirt on the top of the bonnet defines a class 37, that's how I remember seeing them and you've captured that look perfectly. Was that effect airbrushed along with the roof? Thanks very much mate! I know what you mean about the trademark dirty bonnet, they look quite ‘unfinished’ until it’s a bit dirty! I spray down from directly above with the airbrush, I’ve got a thick lolly stick that I use to briefly shield the windscreen glazing, the only thing to watch for is varying the angle of spray occasionally to stop getting a clean ‘shadow’ around the nose-mounted aerial! Cheers, James 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Very cool .Never saw a RR one, but by the time I visited didcot it was mainly 60s and 66s 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1722 Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 That Mainline 37... giggidy, giggidy, giggidy! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium James Makin Posted December 8, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 8, 2019 19 hours ago, rob D2 said: Very cool .Never saw a RR one, but by the time I visited didcot it was mainly 60s and 66s Thanks Rob! Didcot seemed to morph so much over the years, crazy to think how it used to be only just a few years ago! My earliest memories are what would've been rows of RfD 37s and 47s, it was the 37s that stuck out as those 'ugly-nose-ones from the Hornby catalogue' My grandparents lived in East Hagbourne and would take me to the GWS to educate me on 'Gods Wonderful Railway' but I was always more interested in the smelly diesels next door..! Somewhere in my relatives' photo collection there is a great pic of a very young me proudly posing next to an Intercity Executive liveried HST power car in what must've been 1990/91, need to get hold of a copy for here! Things went up a gear when my uncle bought a house in the (then-new) Ladygrove Estate a short walk behind the station, I was allowed to take solo trips out during Sunday afternoon visits, by then it seemed to be dominated by triple grey Mainline 58s and 60s, later to be followed by some super shiny new box fresh 66s laying over in the stabling sidings...and one day, a space-age Class 67! I used to love the clanky old '08' in the yard, it'd change every now and then from faded BR Blue ones to RES to EWS versions, and the amazing sight of the new-era 66s handling the GWS coal deliveries in their vintage GWR-branded wagons! Alas later years seemed to see less and less action and you'd go and see no locos stabled at all, and funny how times change as a trainspotter that you'd now look at your phone to keep you occupied between trains rather than how one would be checking out the detail differences of the locos stabled! Good times haha!! Cheers, James 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 ‘‘Twas an interesting place. When I got back into railways I had to rely on rail magazine to tell me the unusual workings, absolutely hoovered up those pages. I was too busy with “ life “ to actually go there....funny really as I was born and bred about 25 miles away . 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post James Makin Posted December 8, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted December 8, 2019 It's time for some more! 37073 and 37194 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Joining us today are two big-plate classics, 37073 Fort William/An Gearasdan and 37194 British International Freight Association in their respective Transrail and Mainline grey liveries. 37073 and 37194 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Again, another pair following my late '90s trainspotting theme, these combine my love of vulnerable locos and those with hefty nameplates! The starting point was a pair of Bachmann 37239 releases, of 2007 vintage - 37073 and 37194 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr They would of course be in the gorgeous Coal sector livery! It seems almost a crime defacing these beauties, but it had to be done! Luckily, these locos were cheap-as-chips bargains bought years back from mates, and the one that became 37073 was sold in non-running condition and rebuilt using spares from the collection - more of a restoration project than a rebranding one! 37073 and 37194 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr The Bachmann printing and logos were removed using Humbrol enamel thinners and a curve-bladed scalpel to remove the last stubborn parts, before going in for gloss varnishing to apply the new branding on top. Small detail changes were made at this stage to match to 37073 & 37194, including roof changes and cantrail grille divider bars being added from styrene strip. With nameplates and transfers added, the bodies were weathered, matt varnished and left to harden for a few weeks before the weathering stages started. 37073 and 37194 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Layers of browns and dark greys were overlaid onto the bodyside and removed with thinners, leaving dirt in the recesses out of reach of the washing plants, and some pleasing rainwater streaking in certain areas. Following photographs of the time, rust patches and damages were added on the bodysides and ends. 37073 and 37194 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Bufferbeam detailing, ploughs and couplings came mainly from the scrapbox for these - the drawback of buying cast-off abused examples often mean Bachmann's little plastic goodybags have long since gone! Each one follows the prototype pictures, Replica Railways pipes, Roco bits, some Craftsmen parts and spares from other Bachmann '37s' all make up the full complement of dangly bits at each end! 37194 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr 37194 has long been on the grand 'hit list' of locos, aside from the great nameplates, the ploughs really set off the livery! This loco was notable as after about 15 years, I have finally exhausted my go-to supply of Heljan Class 47 snowploughs, and had to look around at other versions. Heljan ploughs are sought after and go for a reasonable price on eBay these days, so I took the plunge and fitted some Bachmann Class 47 ploughs, which have been modified and fitted directly to the chassis using plastic blocks to secure - the original lugs and much of the rear has been removed to allow the bogie to swing without hitting the plough! 37194 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr As before, Shawplan Extreme Etchings roof grilles are fitted, and I've also hacked away at the bogies to bodge up the effect of the cast bogie frames fitted to '194 too. If you were really going for it, you could modify some Class 50 bogie frames, but this is me and any excuse for a bodge! 37194 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Eagle-eyed viewers will notice the numbers on 37194 on this side above are in a different place & alignment to the other side! I've modelled 37194 in early 1998 condition, but it was notable for later becoming heavily faded during storage - it'd be a fun task to do that model too! Next up is 37073... 37073 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr This loco appealed to me just from the pure ordinary vulnerability perspective, a 37/0 on it's last legs, and pretty filthy at that! 37073 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr There was a lot of rust evident on the loco, bubbling through the top paintwork in a number of areas, including the No.1 end in particular - bit of a loveable heap! 37073 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Applying the famous 'big T' was a standard pain - anyone familiar with the Fox Transfers product may be aware, three layers, white circle backing, clear red circle and blue 'T' circle on top - to get the various layers correctly positioned and lined up is a nightmare! You can apply the white and red elements and all looks fine, but only once you come to add the Blue 'T' layer do you notice the positioning over the grey is off! Fortunately, Railtec have just announced one-piece Transrail logos so they will be getting used on my planned 2020 loco batch (hint: 'Grids'!)... 37073 and 37194 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Again, this is a tale of two locos with mixed fortunes! The real 37073 was selected as part of the batch of 40 Class 37s that EWS sent to work in France from 1999 - however it was damaged in a collision and returned to the UK, being scrapped in 2003. Meanwhile, 37194 got a stay of execution beyond EWS service - after withdrawal in 1999 it was reactivated by Harry Needle Railroad Company and wore their yellow & white livery briefly before being moved over to blue team DRS to serve out the rest of its career on nuclear traffic, finally meeting the scrapman's torch in 2017. 37073 and 37194 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Cheers, James 24 9 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37403 Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Absolutely superb stuff James. I think the fact these tractors were very much bog standard workhorse s in their day, they actually are more interesting than the celebrity fleet so often modelled How many more are in the workshop? Looking forward to the next pair 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Brilliant, loftus road and didcot will be spoilt for choice ! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium James Makin Posted December 10, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 10, 2019 On 08/12/2019 at 20:26, 37403 said: Absolutely superb stuff James. I think the fact these tractors were very much bog standard workhorse s in their day, they actually are more interesting than the celebrity fleet so often modelled How many more are in the workshop? Looking forward to the next pair Thanks very much! It’s nice to try and recreate the machines that we actually saw on the network rather than the fancy ones! I do also seem to have a knack of seeing celebrities when out so it makes it a harder choosing modelling subjects!! There was a batch of 11 new Class 37s in this current load, plus some additional stock being done for a mate, so quite a few more updates to come! There’s more 37s which will follow in next years’ weathering batch too. Currently on the workbench now though is a load of wagons and leftover projects that I’m determined to finish before the end of the year and give a fresh start to some exciting projects in 2020! Cheers, James 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pantrogla Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 Great work as always James - love the way you have captured the rust lines on the lower body 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post James Makin Posted December 14, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted December 14, 2019 Next out of the blocks is a pair of maroon beauties! EWS 37401 and 37411 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr The revised EWS livery, complete with 'Zoo' beasties, made the ageing Class 37 look very smart, and became an increasingly common sight as the 90s drew to a close, so had to appear in my collection! Choosing the identities of the initial two lucky locos was in some ways hard, and in others, quite easy! There are many 37/4s and 37/5s in EWS livery, but 37401 Mary Queen of Scots stuck out, having been seen at Didcot with a lovely set of snowploughs to set off the bright red colour scheme - a fine sight! EWS 37401 and 37411 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr The other loco was an easy choice, and very special to me indeed! 37411 Ty Hafen was the very first loco I noted down when I officially started actual trainspotting - the moment from moving from a casual viewer to then going equipped with a notebook and pen! EWS 37401 and 37411 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr What was more special was that it seemed to be 'always the bridesmaid' - in that it never really featured much in the railway magazines of the time, it wasn't a celebrity and, except to me, it was 'just another' class 37, so it was always going to be in my modelling collection - one day. Unbeknown to the young me of the time, Lima modelled 37411, but I never did see it in on sale until many years after the much-improved Bachmann model was released. I've always liked to renumber my stock and make something different, so you can imagine my mixture of happiness and annoyance when, in 2007, Bachmann chose, of all locos, to release 37411! That meant from that day forward, nearly every modern layout with an EWS '37' would have a box-fresh 37411 racing around it, doh! I bought some models and filed them away for a rainy day, which happened to be earlier this year... EWS 37401 and 37411 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Here it is, and ready for the work to begin! Interestingly (and sorry to break the news!) but Bachmann actually made a few silly errors so the 37411 as released, is wrong. EWS 37401 and 37411 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr The first thing to correct is to remove the roof boiler plating, as 37411 (and 37401 for that matter) both have flat roof styles at the No.2 end. EWS 37401 and 37411 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr The real 37411 was involved in a collision with 37669 back during its Cornish china clay days in 1994, leaving it with rebuilt noses and the plain nose grilles without bars, so Shawplan etches were added to the ends, along with the usual roof grilles, which are a masterpiece! Next up, is the EWS lettering and numbers, which need replacing as the Bachmann printed versions aren't in the correct font - being too narrow and not representing the Gill Sans typeface, as can be seen with the comparison to Fox Transfers' pack here. EWS 37401 and 37411 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr The Bachmann printing was removed using enamel thinners, and the loco given a coat of gloss varnish prior to transfer application, however, another spanner in the works! EWS 37401 and 37411 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Fox's EWS decal packs have always suffered from being too light in appearance, and back in the old days we'd just kind of accept it, given that no one else really did anything for modern modelling, and Modelmaster's EWS decals were only sporadically obtainable. However, now in the days of new entrants like Railtec turning the decal market on its head - a quick mail to Steve and within a few weeks, a new bulk pack of EWS letters and numbers was released - meaning that finally the decals could do justice to my favourite locos! EWS 37401 and 37411 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr The bodyshells were finished with Railmatch Matt Varnish and set aside for weathering, using the paint-on/wipe-off style, to give a clean, yet in-service look, typical of the late 1990s. EWS 37401 and 37411 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr With a recommended soundtrack of the wonderful Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Humbrol 32 grey was applied and wiped off vertically down the bodyside using kitchen towel and cotton buds dunked in enamel thinners. EWS 37401 and 37411 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Both locos were reassembled, and work began to add the usual bufferbeam detailing - Roco parts and Bachmann Class 47 ETS components were added to the bufferbeams to replicate the extra few boxes on the 37/4s compared to some of the 37/0s featured previously. One of the interesting features of both locos is the additional end numbers at one end only, being black Fox decals taken from conventional BR loco numbering packs. EWS 37401 and 37411 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr EWS 37401 and 37411 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Underframe weathering comprises an overall painting in dark grey by hand, followed by layers of airbrush weathering using Phoenix frame dirt, track dirt and brake dust. Footsteps were dry brushed in silver to highlight wear. EWS 37401 and 37411 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr EWS 37401 and 37411 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr I'm really happy with how 37401 turned out too, this loco turned up at Didcot from time to time between tours of duty on the Welsh coast before gravitating back up North to continue life in Scotland. EWS 37401 and 37411 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr As is always the way of my nostalgic modelling projects, the real life locos have had mixed fortunes since their glory days in the late '90s - today 37401 can be seen up and down the country working for DRS, but in British Rail Large Logo blue colours, who'dve thought that livery would be back with such a bang in 2019! 37411 meanwhile lead an interesting life...the dull bridesmaid became a celebrity bride! In 2005, the loco gained a smart coat of BR Green and was bestowed with the Caerphilly Castle/Castell Caerffili nameplates as D6990, serving on railtours, being followed around the country by photographers and featuring in numerous magazines of the time. The good times had to come to an end however, with scrapping sadly coming in 2013 - however one of the cabs lives on as a feature of a pub garden in Derbyshire! EWS 37401 and 37411 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr It's good to recreate the pair as I remember them however, and there will be many more to follow! Cheers, James 25 1 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDG Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 (edited) Very, very nice James. Thanks for sharing your techniques with us. Have you started cutting timber for the Didcot layout yet? Edited December 15, 2019 by KDG Smelling pistake 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 Wow, you are pumping those beauties out ! strange stuff appears to have turned up on the avonmout - rugby coal which recessed at didcot I think, including 37/4s. ill have to revisit my 37669 which I renumbered from 411, I never noticed the EWS logo and dint bother changing it ... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Fatadder Posted December 15, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 15, 2019 Very nice once again James. You are making me edge ever nearer to a mass weathering job on my 37s... whos paint did you use to touch up the new grills? speaking of colour, the colour of the EWS red looks a lot richer on the final photos post weathering. Very nice! i think I am going to have to get some of those Railtec transfers and redo my model of 521. Seeing how close you got the replacement grills, I think they should be done while I’m at it... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack374 Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 12 hours ago, James Makin said: ...one of the cabs lives on as a feature of a pub garden in Derbyshire! It does indeed, I went to pay my respects recently... Superb work as ever James, I too had 37411 delivered by Father C one year, and it had to be made into the only EWS 37/4 I ever saw (nearly being a millennium baby), 37406 'The Saltire Society'. Jack. 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium James Makin Posted December 15, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 15, 2019 23 hours ago, KDG said: Very, very nice James. Thanks for sharing your techniques with us. Have you started cutting timber for the Didcot layout yet? Thanks very much! Timber has been cut, but not by me, by Tim Horn! I've got a few of his superb board kits awaiting assembly, which should start taking place soon, to fit on the legs from an old Cornish layout I started some years back! 23 hours ago, rob D2 said: Wow, you are pumping those beauties out ! strange stuff appears to have turned up on the avonmout - rugby coal which recessed at didcot I think, including 37/4s. ill have to revisit my 37669 which I renumbered from 411, I never noticed the EWS logo and dint bother changing it ... There's some fun stuff still to come as well Rob! Next year I'd also like to get the teeth into some '56's too... I look forward to seeing your 37669 coming along, that was a beast back in the day! I've got a few more '411s and a '521 to build into something, too many good ones to choose from! Plus, the recent Bachmann EW&S 37704 release opens up some easy rebrandings to recreate some rateable red 'Heavyweights'! 22 hours ago, The Fatadder said: Very nice once again James. You are making me edge ever nearer to a mass weathering job on my 37s... whos paint did you use to touch up the new grills? speaking of colour, the colour of the EWS red looks a lot richer on the final photos post weathering. Very nice! i think I am going to have to get some of those Railtec transfers and redo my model of 521. Seeing how close you got the replacement grills, I think they should be done while I’m at it... Haha nice one Rich! The touch up paint was just Phoenix's EWS red, at first it looks too deep a red against the Bachmann red plastic but once varnished and then the paint on/wipe off weathering is applied, it really blends it in so you can't tell the difference! It's mainly the varnish that hides a multitude of sins! 11 hours ago, Jack374 said: It does indeed, I went to pay my respects recently... Superb work as ever James, I too had 37411 delivered by Father C one year, and it had to be made into the only EWS 37/4 I ever saw (nearly being a millennium baby), 37406 'The Saltire Society'. Jack. Wow Jack, lovely shot! That's got to be the best way to enjoy a pint, either that or ideal as a hobby room for the back garden! 37406 was a great looker in immaculate EWS red, on a sunny day it really did pop! Ha, I remember the whole buzz on TV about who'd have the first 'Millennium Baby'...really doesn't feel like 20yrs...it's crazy how time flies, well, the last decade at least..! Cheers, James 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium James Makin Posted December 15, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 15, 2019 During some research for 37411 I thought I'd dig through my old Didcot photo collection, and found some blurry childhood pics to show a flavour of what I'm looking to create in due course...! Because these are blurry film photos I've tended to ignore them but I thought just for fun to transfer a few into a digital format to share here. 37411 at Didcot Yard January 1999 by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr 37411, the star itself! The photo is from my old kids snappy camera with zero zoom ability, so yields no modelling usefulness beyond the surrounding areas, which ironically are far more useful to me now than the loco which appears in everyone else's pics! I found a few more of my pics from 1999 and 2000, the prints been stored in a box for over 20 years and so finding these again was a most interesting journey back to my youth, and fascinating to see the old cars that you suddenly realise you don't see about anymore! Didcot Parkway January 1999 by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr The main station frontage at Didcot Parkway has changed a lot in recent years with the new taxi and bus drop zones compared to how it looked in 1999. Expensive chemist camera film developing costs meant film roll used to be rationed by my parents when I was younger, so it was a decent occasion when I could take the camera with me on a trip to the station! My uncle and auntie 'photobomb' 60022 on an Avonmouth - Didcot PS MGR coal run... 60022 at Didcot Parkway June 2000 by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr 60022 at Didcot Parkway June 2000 by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Some interesting shunting scrape damage caught on the yellow ends on the side of 60022 above, the pic was taken with modelling inspiration in mind, I will have to make a point of completing the circle and actually modelling 60022 one day! 37375 at Didcot Yard June 2000 by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr A pair of blue 37s are stabled in the yard too, one of them is 37375, another is an unidentified Mainline blue example...as an aside, you don't see many 'D'-registered Ford Fiestas about these days either! 37375 at Didcot Yard June 2000 by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr 37375 then moves off further down the yard, with again a lovely selection of period motor vehicles in the railway staff parking area in the middle. Things went up a gear from late 2000 onwards, my father purchased a new-fangled Olympus digital camera with zoom, and I was allowed to use it under supervision, party time, and no more blurry pics! Cheers, James 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1722 Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 More top notch modeling James. How long does it take you to work on each loco? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Usual fantastic weathering James, I love the effects on the nose tops and the roof! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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