Nelson Jackson Posted November 11, 2014 Author Share Posted November 11, 2014 Hello Everyone, Just settling in after a great exhibition, it was a brilliant show and I think everyone really did enjoy themselves. A video of the show is still being edited and will hopefully be up sometime this week, my spoil wagons joined others on bleach green and together they recreated a classic 20 rake spoil train from the late 60s double headed by 2 Jeeps, what a sight it was, stay tuned for the vid of this. The exhibition also provided me the chance to give the milk van that I made to my friend and he was very happy with it, here it is on his layout (his pics) I have a number of examinations in the upcoming weeks so I'm not going to start any new projects until mid December, so until then I shall be finishing off current projects such as the seaplane and tank, just small military models, exams come first! But what is does give me the chance to do is go through everything I have and start ordering stuff ready for the new year, I've already ordered a lining pen and about to order stuff to help me with my wagon building. Thanks Nelson 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Nelson, The Milk van looks superb, really looking forward to seeing the completed wagon Regards the planks in the wagon they look about 4x1mm which would equate out at tweleve inch wide planks 3 inch thick which is not an unreasonable size for heavy timber, length of circra 20foot. I suspect coffee stiring sticks from well known outlets? If its the width that worries you then they will trim down with a sharp knife blade, but remember in those days heavy timbers were common for buildings, wagon planking was a good few inches high by a couple deep so its not out of place David There were things called 'deals' as well; semi-finished big chunks of timber which would be sold on to merchants or industry for further processing. The finish on these would vary from a trunk that had been 'squared-off', but retained rounded corners, to almost-finished timber. This would be the state in which wood would be delivered to carriage and wagon works, for example. May I echo the comments about the Milk Van? It's a cracking piece of work. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted November 11, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 11, 2014 Hi, Nelson. The milk van looks superb now that it is painted and finished. Well done. All the best, Market65. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson Jackson Posted December 9, 2014 Author Share Posted December 9, 2014 Hello everyone, Quite amazed at how long I've been going for without modelling mainly because of school and exams but hey that's life this 1/72nd scale elefant tank is my first model I've done since the last update and I wanted to try out a couple of things on it, such as the winter camo, which was my first attempt at doing and I think it's turned out fairly well, what do you guys think? Now that this is done I have another U2 to do and more spoil wagons so that should keep me busy over Christmas. That's all for now folks, Thanks Nelson 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted December 9, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 9, 2014 Hi, Nelson. Great modelling work on the elefant tank. The winter cameo looks good to me. Well done. All the best, Market65. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibateg Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 The Elefant tank is quite a beast, who's kit is it Nelson? Is the weathering taken from a photo? Nice work anyway. Regards Tony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson Jackson Posted December 10, 2014 Author Share Posted December 10, 2014 Thank you market and dibateg for your comments, the kit is an italeri one, fairly old as its an ex esci kit, but goes together nicely and the weathering is kinda taken from a series of photos that I've seen to recreate a generic look. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson Jackson Posted January 4, 2015 Author Share Posted January 4, 2015 Hello everyone. Well it's been weeks since I've done any modelling, Christmas came and went, new year came and went and now I'm back to school so yeah, oh and did I mention exams are coming up lol, so I've been revising and just overall very busy so literally no modelling has been done except this wee thing that took ages to do, but it's now done and I thought Id show you guys. I won't be doing anything until the exams are done and I have a few railway projects planned for then, so until then. Happy new year. Nelson 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
knobhead Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Happy New Year, Nelson! I'm looking forward to your modelling in 2015. Regards, Stefan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson Jackson Posted January 4, 2015 Author Share Posted January 4, 2015 Thank you Stefan, same to you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted January 4, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 4, 2015 Hi, Nelson. A Happy New Year to you, and I hope that the exams will go well. Also like that tank, and look forward to seeing the railway projects in due course. All the best, Market65. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson Jackson Posted January 4, 2015 Author Share Posted January 4, 2015 Thanks market, happy new year to yourself sir. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson Jackson Posted January 24, 2015 Author Share Posted January 24, 2015 Hello Gentlemen, Mock exams are over and I have about a month of freedom now until the next exams are up, but for the past few slow months I've been working on this, it's a 2P conversion into a NCC U2 class, one of the early ones with extended cab roof, and she is in UTA experimental olive Green livery, I've used railmatch paints and lining transfers for the lining, even tho I did buy a lining pen it wasn't very successful so I'll need more practise with it, but until then it's transfers for now. Only 1 U2 class was painted in this livery and it was very short lived, the other 2 locos that received experimental green were a mogul and jeep, all 3 locos done in differnt shades of green. The loco is now ready to go back to it's original owner. Sorry for the poor quality of pics, dunno what's up with the camera. Many thanks Nelson 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twright Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Absolutely amazing, you should be very proud Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire2865 Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Wow...thats..really good. Shame about the tender lining though. Though with the dark colour, is hardly noticeable. Those fire irons look perfect as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted January 25, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 25, 2015 Hi, Nelson. Excellent work on the LMS NCC U2. The lining is good to me, and paintwork is a quality finish as well. Do keep up the good work. All the best, Market65. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson Jackson Posted February 4, 2015 Author Share Posted February 4, 2015 Hello fellow modellers, Just a real short update, I think this is my first parkside dundas kit and I'm already lovin them haha, this one went together superb and having the bearings/wheels included makes life alot easier Thanks Nelson Disclaimer: yes the colour is wrong and yes the lettering is incorrect but rule 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted February 4, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 4, 2015 Hi, Nelson. You've made a great job of that Parkside wagon kit. I like the weathering, and the replacement planks effects as well. All the best, Market65. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornbyandbf3fan Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Parkside kits are great to build, the wagon looks great as well Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire2865 Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Very nice, properly dirty too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl Bathurst Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Hi just found this topic and read it from start, your work is fantastic and goes to prove that youngsters can model. Look forward to seeing more updates of your work. Scott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson Jackson Posted February 5, 2015 Author Share Posted February 5, 2015 Thank you everyone for your taking your time to comment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrg1 Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Just discovered this-very impressed. Could we have an extended description of your weathering and painting techniques, please? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire2865 Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 I secomd jrg1. Is that powders or drybrush? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson Jackson Posted February 5, 2015 Author Share Posted February 5, 2015 (edited) Thank you Jrg1 and Spitfire, Cor, I don't know where to start, I'll attempt to describe my weathering techniques but they really do vary widely. For the above wagon, I painted it in the base colours which in this case were red, light brown and black I then added a dirty brown wash to the body, and when dry took that wash off, after that I apply a dirty black wash which darkens the red and brown creating a grimy feel in the corners of the strapping, once I'm happy with the colour that the body is, I then move onto the chassis and to do this I apply again a dirty black wash to the black and when that is drying add rust weathering powders, and a touch of rust coloured paint in some places, then once that is dry I add a dry brushing of track dirt brown and on top of that some smoke weathering powders to pull it all together and dull it all down, I also add the tack dirt colour to the lower areas of the body and then dry brush a black enamel paint and powders to simulate coal dust etc, once I'm happy with the outside I move onto the inside of the wagon and I've done something different this time, instead of applying a wash I've just applied black weathering powders to a nearly dry base coat and I personally think this gives a far better textured result, when that is done I then use a fine brush and pick out all the straps on the inside and out with some rust paint. I also add the replacement planks at this stage to give a more realistic look and I do this by using a light wood colour and with some powders to stimulate light dirt on them. Now we are nearly finished, the only thing to do is add rust powders to the buffers followed by satin black paint on the axle boxes and buffer centres. I really hope the above makes sense as I'm pretty rubbish when it comes to describing things, if you really want I can make a YouTube video putting everything above into effect. Thanks Nelson Edit: I forgot to mention that I paint the lettering after the base coat of red dries Edited February 5, 2015 by Nelson Jackson 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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