steve fay Posted March 13, 2021 Author Share Posted March 13, 2021 Adding some more bushes whilst awaiting a delivery from polak and MBR, unfortunately deliveries from Europe are taking a lot longer these days 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Gold Adrian Stevenson Posted March 13, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 13, 2021 The tree trunks look great. Are they completely natural or did you add the green to the side of the trunk in the post before last? Cheers, Ade. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve fay Posted March 13, 2021 Author Share Posted March 13, 2021 1 hour ago, Adrian Stevenson said: The tree trunks look great. Are they completely natural or did you add the green to the side of the trunk in the post before last? Cheers, Ade. Completely natural just dried out and clear coated 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgman Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 15 hours ago, steve fay said: Completely natural just dried out and clear coated Sounds a bit like me then ! Nice use of natural materials Steve. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve fay Posted March 20, 2021 Author Share Posted March 20, 2021 A bit more wagon weathering whilst waiting on more scenic supplies 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve fay Posted March 20, 2021 Author Share Posted March 20, 2021 Another two trees underway, first one needs more sea foam added then trimmed and shaped, second one has had the first application of flock added, the more that’s added the more it will thicken it up 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve fay Posted March 20, 2021 Author Share Posted March 20, 2021 Not forgetting the Minerva Mink 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve fay Posted March 21, 2021 Author Share Posted March 21, 2021 Dapol salt van, Limited model from Tower stunk up over the past few days 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hal Nail Posted March 22, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 22, 2021 (edited) On 20/03/2021 at 12:05, steve fay said: A bit more wagon weathering whilst waiting on more scenic supplies Nicely done. I do like the crimson variation on the meat van. I had a total brain fade and when I had some left over bauxite mixed, grabbed my finished kit and painted it. I'd got as far as the transfers and my only pair of "meat"s before I remembered I had meant to do it red! Edited March 22, 2021 by Hal Nail 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshall5 Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 5 hours ago, Hal Nail said: Nicely done. I do like the crimson variation on the meat van. I had a total brain fade and when I had some left over bauxite mixed, grabbed my finished kit and painted it. I'd got as far as the transfers and my only pair of "meat"s before I remembered I had meant to do it red! ....but it's correct for a meat van post 1956 when they started to be repainted bauxite. FWIW I was surprised to see that Dapol used white lettering on their crimson meat vans and containers as I thought that yellow was correct. When I did my Slater's BD container in crimson I only had white decals so, after application, I went over the letters with a yellow fine point OHP pen. Once varnished you couldn't tell. Cheers, Ray. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hal Nail Posted March 22, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 22, 2021 6 hours ago, Marshall5 said: ....but it's correct for a meat van post 1956 when they started to be repainted bauxite. FWIW I was surprised to see that Dapol used white lettering on their crimson meat vans and containers as I thought that yellow was correct. When I did my Slater's BD container in crimson I only had white decals so, after application, I went over the letters with a yellow fine point OHP pen. Once varnished you couldn't tell. Cheers, Ray. I'm 1957/58 so can get away with either/both! I did look for yellow transfers and although admittedly I didn't try very hard, it seemed like it might involve getting a lot more than one wagon was worth. I'd wondered if colouring them was feasible - good tip! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve fay Posted March 24, 2021 Author Share Posted March 24, 2021 Polak bushes being added today to build up the scrub areas 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve fay Posted March 24, 2021 Author Share Posted March 24, 2021 Blackberry bushes, some flowering white and plain Green 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Andrew P Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Looking excellent Steve. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve fay Posted March 26, 2021 Author Share Posted March 26, 2021 Back on with some ballasting today! Spot the difference ? the Dapol ballast darkens down a lot once it’s been glued and the new stuff doesn’t at all! Still looking at prototype pictures the track work was very dirty along with the ballast so I’ll hopefully blend it in with a good dose of dirt. Also adding in some draining 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve fay Posted March 28, 2021 Author Share Posted March 28, 2021 Back on to the trees today, I’ve wanted to do an Ivey covered dead tree for a while and the superb Ivey from mininatur is perfect for the job, I also added some more sea foam to the last two trees I was working on cut and shaped it a bit more and covered in foliage, which I’ve promptly ran out of again the one needs another going over. 10 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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steve fay Posted March 30, 2021 Author Share Posted March 30, 2021 First pair of Dapol / Lionheart MK1’s behind a castle and also paired with a hattons Gresley which were very often used as a strengthening coach on South Wales services. I’ve ordered a Haywood diagram H57 dining coach for this set. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium lankyandy Posted March 30, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 30, 2021 It’s looking great. The dead tree with ivy is particularly effective. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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