Squirrel Rail Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 1 hour ago, atom3624 said: That's a lovely job - well done. I guess it's not going to get weathered anytime soon .... !! Al. Unfortunately not - irony is this is becoming 030 so it was going to be fairly clean!! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
letterspider Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 If you damage it up a lot more and add faded numbers I would be interested to buy the shell as is 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrel Rail Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 6 minutes ago, letterspider said: If you damage it up a lot more and add faded numbers I would be interested to buy the shell as is There will be faded EWS 90s with intentional damage coming up in the next few months!! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
letterspider Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 just trying to save you extra trouble on that shell..! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrel Rail Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 2 hours ago, letterspider said: just trying to save you extra trouble on that shell..! Sorted! 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrel Rail Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 and it's definitely going to be 030 3 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnson Street IEMD Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 15 minutes ago, Squirrel Rail said: and it's definitely going to be 030 I wanted to put a double heart on this ... 90030 Crewe Locomotive works, great choice Jerry. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrel Rail Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 Bit more 90 work today 90005 has been weathered. Managed to find a pic of it in it's intercity livery with OHLE flashes above the doors but not on the cab fronts so they have been added and a general view of the roof; Meanwhile 90030 has had the black grills tidied after the weekends cock up with the gold band and the numbers are on now - looking good! On the side above the numbers sit directly under the plate. On this side, for some reason the number is offset, I guess they numbered it before putting the plates on. I checked it out with a number of photos and however tempted I am to centralise them this is accurate 8 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrel Rail Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 Quick pic of 90005 at Squirrels End waiting to head off home..... 5 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BelsteadLane Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 My model of 90128 has now become 90028 so it can now pull anything rather than just be restricted to freight only. All prototypically weathered along with being modernised a little with OHLE warning panels. The TMD sockets were wrongly painted orange before and are now yellow as per the real thing. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnson Street IEMD Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 (edited) That's looking good there @WrattingRoad, isnt it ? Edited October 10, 2020 by DBC90024 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrel Rail Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Bit of progress today with 90030. Yellow bands on, cab handrails painted and nose numbers added, should be finished tomorrow ready for a light weathering. Few little jobs including paint touch ups, detail pack and OHLE flashes to do first. 12 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom3624 Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Nice job with the painting, of course, but aren't the handrails separate wires? Wouldn't have thought it was necessary to paint them. Just a thought. Al. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted October 11, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 11, 2020 1 hour ago, atom3624 said: Nice job with the painting, of course, but aren't the handrails separate wires? Wouldn't have thought it was necessary to paint them. Just a thought. Al. Both Bachmann and Hornbys class 90 handrails are moulded on. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrel Rail Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 7 hours ago, atom3624 said: Nice job with the painting, of course, but aren't the handrails separate wires? Wouldn't have thought it was necessary to paint them. Just a thought. Al. As Adb968000 says Unfortunately they are moulded! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrel Rail Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 3 minutes ago, Squirrel Rail said: As Adb968000 says Unfortunately they are moulded! Sorry I should have quoted adb968008! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom3624 Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 That was the logical reason, obviously, that the handrails are moulded in. I just thought it unusual with a 'new tooling' locomotive to have moulded handrails. Paint job looks great. Al. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steadfast Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 Due to how the handrails mount on a 90, moulded probably leads to a better result. They're not the traditional 'staple' shape most locos have, but are vertical with a mounting plate at each end. It's possible Bachmann could have added holes at the top and bottom of the recess but the surrounding material would be crazy thin and not sure you could even drill it at that angle. Separate detail isn't the be all and end all, sometimes a well moulded handrail or grill can trump wire or an etch, it's about using the most appropriate technique in each application. Jo 2 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cravensdmufan Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 8 minutes ago, Steadfast said: Separate detail isn't the be all and end all, sometimes a well moulded handrail or grill can trump wire or an etch, it's about using the most appropriate technique in each application. Jo Very much agree with that. I've often thought that separate detail - particularly handrails, which are sometimes overscale - can spoil the look of a model. 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrel Rail Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 30 minutes ago, cravensdmufan said: Very much agree with that. I've often thought that separate detail - particularly handrails, which are sometimes overscale - can spoil the look of a model. Yep, some handrails would scale up as scaffold poles! Steadfast is spot on with the manufacturing challenge and the 90 handrails do look fine, the downside with moulded handrails is that they are such a pain to mask around for liveries with stripes - soooo much easier when you can swap them out! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
letterspider Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 I don't mind saving £5 on moulded handrails to have a good pantograph 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted October 11, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 11, 2020 5 hours ago, letterspider said: I don't mind saving £5 on moulded handrails to have a good pantograph I wouldnt mind if someone made a supply of decent pantographs. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
classy52 Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 (edited) I wouldn't mind if Bachmann got off their butts and delivered more than 3 liveries after more than 6 years!...excluding that other one from the Bachmann Club. Edited October 11, 2020 by classy52 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnson Street IEMD Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 Well, thats given those in the creative repainting department lots of work to do, like Ben @cambo74 and Jerry @Squirrel Rail ... lol - and a good job of it they are doing :-) 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
classy52 Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 3 minutes ago, DBC90024 said: Well, thats given those in the creative repainting department lots of work to do, like Ben @cambo74 and Jerry @Squirrel Rail ... lol - and a good job of it they are doing :-) Yes and they are fantastic and love the work they're doing but I find it tragic the only new stuff we see with the Bachmann 90's are repaints and nothing from Bachmann themselves. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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