A Nod To Brent - a friendly thread, filled with frivolity, cream teas and pasties. Longing for the happy days in the South Hams 1947.

[Siberian Snooper]

There ought to be a couple of siphons attached to that train.

 

 

[gwrrob]

12 minutes ago, Siberian Snooper said:

There ought to be a couple of siphons attached to that train.

 

 

 

There is but you just can’t see them yet in the photos.

[St Enodoc]

7 hours ago, gwrrob said:

 

There is but you just can’t see them yet in the photos.

Perhaps a 40ft PBV too?

[SR Chris]

On 28/08/2019 at 10:52, gwrrob said:

 

How did you do the weathering on that please Chris.

Hi Rob, I painted that Starfish four years ago and unfortunately can't remember the details. I brush paint Humbrol enamels (or Pheonix for railway colours) well thinned to avoid brush marks, several thin coats being preferable to one thick one.

 

By the looks of it I painted that one all over brick red first, then added gloss black panels where the ModelMaster transfers were to go and in places that hadn't rusted. Then it looks like I stippled on the other colours using a knackered brush (or it would have been by the time I'd finished!). I can see rust, leather, dark earth, mid stone, desert yellow and chocolate at least, possibly with a smidge of mid green. The colours would be well thinned and built up over several days with lots of drying time in between. I try to paint wagons in batches so I'm not tempted to rush individual wagons. Painting always takes 2 -3 times as long as building the thing.

 

Once finished I'd apply the transfers and protect them with two or three coats of Klear, then weather them with watercolours. Using watercolours if I don't like the result I can just wipe it off and try again.

 

Wherever possible I work from a photo of the wagon, or at least a similar one. I have many (can't have too many) wagon books for reference and nowadays the web will always turn up something. As DB987002 was built by BR in 1949 it should only be 9 - 10 years old so I may have overdone the rust a little!

 

Here's the other side ...

 

 

[Clive Mortimore]

32 minutes ago, SR Chris said:

Hi Rob, I painted that Starfish four years ago and unfortunately can't remember the details. I brush paint Humbrol enamels (or Pheonix for railway colours) well thinned to avoid brush marks, several thin coats being preferable to one thick one.

 

By the looks of it I painted that one all over brick red first, then added gloss black panels where the ModelMaster transfers were to go and in places that hadn't rusted. Then it looks like I stippled on the other colours using a knackered brush (or it would have been by the time I'd finished!). I can see rust, leather, dark earth, mid stone, desert yellow and chocolate at least, possibly with a smidge of mid green. The colours would be well thinned and built up over several days with lots of drying time in between. I try to paint wagons in batches so I'm not tempted to rush individual wagons. Painting always takes 2 -3 times as long as building the thing.

 

Once finished I'd apply the transfers and protect them with two or three coats of Klear, then weather them with watercolours. Using watercolours if I don't like the result I can just wipe it off and try again.

 

Wherever possible I work from a photo of the wagon, or at least a similar one. I have many (can't have too many) wagon books for reference and nowadays the web will always turn up something. As DB987002 was built by BR in 1949 it should only be 9 - 10 years old so I may have overdone the rust a little!

 

Here's the other side ...

 

 

Hi Chris

 

It wasn't until I looked at the track that I realised it was a model.

[colin penfold]

I know Rob and others here are fans of Sherton Abbas so here's a little treat from Telford

 

 

 

 

[toboldlygo]

All the mention's of Cambrian Kits - here's one I built yesterday 

 

 

 

[gwrrob]

1 hour ago, colin penfold said:

so here's a little treat from Telford

 

 

Don't talk to me about Telford as I was supposed to be going and meeting young Spams.

[Captain Kernow]

I wasn't supposed to be going to Telford and indeed, I didn't go, having other items to attend to, but it would still have been nice to go, had this somehow have been possible. A friend of mine was supposed to be going. I also wasn't supposed to be meeting Spams, either at Telford or elsewhere, not that I wouldn't want to bump into the fellow on a dark (or well-illuminated) night, whether down some dark alley or on a broad, neon-lit High Street, but either way, it wasn't to be and I'll just have to wait for another occasion for that pint I'm sure he's keen to purchase for me.

 

[gwrrob]

On ‎30‎/‎08‎/‎2019 at 19:25, Siberian Snooper said:

There ought to be a couple of siphons attached to that train.

 

 

 

A follow up to this post by SS sees a bit more of my parcels. The siphons had some work done since they last run in that I've managed to fit Kadee's to the old Airfix/Mainline chassis. I do like the mixture of liveries in this train. Although this train has a SR bogie van at the rear here , it could easily be a GWR PBV instead.

 

[2ManySpams]

4 hours ago, gwrrob said:

 

Don't talk to me about Telford as I was supposed to be going and meeting young Spams.

 

On the plus side I had nobody nagging me to buy pannier tanks.

[colin penfold]

If I'd known you were there I could have obliged....

[Oldddudders]

19 minutes ago, colin penfold said:

If I'd known you were there I could have obliged....

How helpful!

[2ManySpams]

21 minutes ago, colin penfold said:

If I'd known you were there I could have obliged....

 

I did look for you after you posted the photo above.

[colin penfold]

I was there yesterday chum. Hope you enjoyed it?

[gwrrob]

A week is a long time in politics and it seems like a lifetime since anyone posted on here.

 

Heavy tank 72xx class 7220 is seen on a mixed freight heading for Devonport.

 

[gwrrob]

7220 meets a pannier, 9717, which is leaving on a Kingsbridge bound branch train.

 

[toboldlygo]

10 minutes ago, gwrrob said:

7220 meets a pannier, 9717, which is leaving on a Kingsbridge bound branch train.

 

 

I didn't realise you owned a Coal Merchants, Robin  

[toboldlygo]

A few finished views of the Dia. N14 40T LOCO Coal Wagon. Will be starting another (the longer wheelbase Dia. N15 which builds from the same kit) shortly..

 

 

[gwrrob]

54 minutes ago, toboldlygo said:

 

I didn't realise you owned a Coal Merchants, Robin  

 

Fictional, homemade transfers and a kind gift a while back from @Trains&armour

[gwrrob]

[bgman]

5 hours ago, gwrrob said:

and it seems like a lifetime since anyone posted on here

 

I can only apologise as I've been riding in a forest and stopped for a cup of tea.

[gwrrob]

[Trains&armour]

7 hours ago, toboldlygo said:

 

I didn't realise you owned a Coal Merchants, Robin  

I build this a while back (Well, three years back, practically yesterday  . Maybe it's time for some more modelling...)
 

 

[Mallard60022]

I think there was a record called In a Forest? Was it The Cure? On phone so CBA to do a search. Love the wagons Rob.