well filled baps The Sheep Chronicles : These are the adventures of a Sheep, the Works Forecat and Naughty George,

[NHY 581]

Morning all. 

 

Not much to report this morning. Off to work shortly and that will be me done until about 8 this evening. 

 

However, I managed to weather the windows and fit them to the station building. 

 

Notice boards to sort out and fit. Other sticky out stuff can wait until I'm ready to plonk on the layout. 

 

And thats it just about done for now. I will write up a start to notice board stage by stage.....ish....probably tomorrow. 

 

 

Rob. 

[Dunsignalling]

A pair of "Before and After" photos would be interesting when it's fully finished, Rob.

 

John

[chuffinghell]

1 hour ago, NHY 581 said:

Morning all. 

 

Not much to report this morning. Off to work shortly and that will be me done until about 8 this evening. 

 

However, I managed to weather the windows and fit them to the station building. 

 

Notice boards to sort out and fit. Other sticky out stuff can wait until I'm ready to plonk on the layout. 

 

And thats it just about done for now. I will write up a start to notice board stage by stage.....ish....probably tomorrow. 

 

 

Rob. 

Magnificent! 

[Captain Kernow]

4 hours ago, NHY 581 said:

Morning all. 

 

Not much to report this morning. Off to work shortly and that will be me done until about 8 this evening. 

 

However, I managed to weather the windows and fit them to the station building. 

 

Notice boards to sort out and fit. Other sticky out stuff can wait until I'm ready to plonk on the layout. 

 

And thats it just about done for now. I will write up a start to notice board stage by stage.....ish....probably tomorrow. 

 

 

Rob. 

Fab.

 

And I'm glad you're well enough to return to work!

 

[Porcy Mane]

 

Not sure if attention has been given to this eBay view previously. Jo looks a little subdued and in need of refreshment.

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/B9-British-Railway-Photograph65521-Benwick-Goods-31-5-1951/363304906633?hash=item5496a8ef89:g:w7QAAOSwUp1gOAEu

 

 

[2ManySpams]

On 25/02/2021 at 18:08, NHY 581 said:

 

 

 

Well......my normal M.O is to use DAS to provide the ground cover and bed the buildings in. 

I'm pretty certain I can lower the building by slicing off the bottom 5mm or so. 

 

Food for thought......

 

 

Rob. 

 

I have a suitable array of tools for building slicing. Hope that helps.

[NHY 581]

Morning all. 

 

A more comprehensive update will follow but for now I can confirm that the notice boards are done and ready to go on. 

 

Rob. 

[Winslow Boy]

3 hours ago, NHY 581 said:

Morning all. 

 

A more comprehensive update will follow but for now I can confirm that the notice boards are done and ready to go on. 

 

Rob. 

Excellent job Rob. You've even managed to get that sheen/bloom that you see old boards.

[NHY 581]

Afternoon all.

 

What I will describe below has been carried out over the course of every evening this week and has proved to be quite good fun. 

 

The subject of all of this palarva is a bog standard Hornby Skaledale Butterley waiting room.

 

 

My example was acquired s/h from Rowsley17D of the parish. 

The platform side had been repainted in Midland Railway colours whilst the back of  the building was as per factory finish. 

 

 

 

Proceedings commenced with popping out the windows and cleaning up any webbing on the inside of the apertures which could be seen through the windows. 

The windows were set to one side to be weathered separately once the rest of the building was finished bar any tweaks. 

 

First up was a removal of the Midland Railway colours. Pretty certain its called Midland chrome yellow but I could be wrong. I dug out my tub of Modelstrip. It was solid and utterly unserviceable. 

 

Plan B then. A 2mm glass fibre brush was employed on a plank by plank basis to scrub away the paint on the walls. The roof and chimneys were fine and left alone. I wasn't too worried about the finish as I wanted a bit of a rough finish anyway. 

This removal took quite a while and I acquired more than a few splinters along the way. It did however do the job. 

 

 

Next, I deepened the grooves between the planks using a couple of pointy pokey  probe jobbies. These were also used to add a bit of distress to the planks. There were a couple of slip ups which I hope are not too noticeable. However, I did take a couple of chunks out of the window sills at the back of the building. I didn't want to risk filling them so have left them for now. I have a plan to suggest a bit of rot and moss but I have left it for now. 

 

 

The walls were repainted with Humbrol 103 enamel cream . I wasn't too precious about the finish as the below image shows. 

 

 

The lowers, doors, frames and uprights were then painted in Tamiya XF64 Red Brown though to me it looked very choclatey.

 

 

I painted each plank individually and some were repainted to provide a bit of tonal variation. Bits were however missed and I decided to leave it. It suggested to me that the brown paint had flaked off here and there. Once dry, the paint was sealed with Humbrol matt acrylic varnish. I then moved onto the weathering using the usual powders. 

Smoke was brushed into the grooves between the planks to pick them out.  

 

Iron oxide was then added, working on each plank individually. Rust was used to 'taper' the colour. Some planks were coloured using Sand weathering powders, other lightened using white. Some were toned down using dark earth or smoke. I just made it up as I went along, blending until it looked right.  Once happy the powders were sealed using Humbrol matt acrylic varnish.

Some of this was the removed using our 2mm fibre brush on a plank by plank basis.  I did over do this on a few planks which required repainting and further weathering. The perils of listening to Planet Rock radio!!

 

The brown lowers simply had Iron oxide and rust powders applied here and there. This was toned down using smoke  powder to blend it all in. Uprights had a bit of iron oxide added as did the doors in the midst of the panels. Some Smoke powder was added to the tops and bottoms. 

 

Once again, all was sealed using Humbrol matt varnish.  

 

The brown lowers were then lightly buffed using a large soft brush flicked over as were the doors. Doors and uprights were also buffed. It seems to deepen the colours and highlight and raised details. Door handles were picked out using a soft pencil. 

 

At this stage I left the gutters and barge boards as I was handling the building so much and probably have rubbed the paint off. 

 

I then moved onto the ridge tiles and painted them using Humbrol 70  Enamel. Not sure of the name but it looks Brick Red. I then moved onto the roof and began picking out individual tiles. A variety of greys , all Humbrol enamels, were used including Feld Grau, Extra Dark Sea Grey, a light grey seemingly something to do with Israeli aircraft and a couple of others. By the time I had finished, I had painted every tile. The roof was then varnished. Black weathering powder was applied beneath the ridge tiles before the entire roof was dusted with Smoke powder. You have to be careful to avoid daubs or streaks ( and finger prints...) but the powder did settle into the grooves and serve to blend the various grey paints used on the roof. Ridge tiles were also toned down using Smoke powder. 

 

The brink plinth was painted using Humbrol 70 enamel. Again I painted each brick, leaving the grey base colour of the mortar clear. I then looked and saw I had the same colour but in Humbrol acrylic. It looked lighter and I picked out a couple of bricks here and there and it did indeed dry lighter and provided contrast. A few other bricks were picked out in Humbrol 173 Track Colour.

 

 

The chimneys were done at the same time but just few bricks were picked out as they were already factory painted in brick. I was a tad troubled that the mortar was white instead of grey as per the plinth but decided to let it go. Smoke powder was then applied and this served to tone down the mortar.

 

I was less troubled. 

 

 

 

Last to be painted were the gutters and barge boards. The only weathering powder added to the barge boards was Iron Oxide, daubed here and there as per the gutters. Again, once varnished a spot of buffing was conducted using a large soft brush. 

 

The windows then were simply varnished to act as a key, dusted with dark earth powder, revarnished to seal and replaced. 

 

 

The pre-printed notice boards had the white printed highlights coloured in using a 0.5 black Sharpie. I pressed quite hard and the the resulting indent happily seems to suggest a frame.

They were the varnished before Black  powder was applied to hide the posters etc. A bit of iron oxide and dark earth was tried to suggest wear. White weathering powder was daubed here and there to try and suggest the residue left by posters that had been removed. Two boards were then added to the building. The third I will hang onto for now. I will probably leave them as is but if I see some posters I like, then we could see something applied thereon. Just not sure what yet. 

 

 

And there we have it. I shall add fire buckets and a few other bits and bobs just before I plant it on the layout but I will leave them off to prevent damage. 

 

That then is my station building. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next up will be the engine shed but I need to give that a bit of thought. However, I do anticipate it will be a tad more distressed that the station building

 

 

Rob. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited February 28, 2021 by NHY 581
More photos added

[Mikkel]

One of your best transformations yet.

[Captain Kernow]

The building is distressed. I am not!

 

Superb.

 

[Stubby47]

Quite a remarkable transformation, very impressed.

[MrWolf]

33 minutes ago, Stubby47 said:

Quite a remarkable transformation, very impressed.

 

There's really nothing that I can add to that, so I'll just second it!

[Mick Bonwick]

46 minutes ago, Stubby47 said:

Quite a remarkable transformation, very impressed.

 

Good to see your name on here again.

[chuffinghell]

Great explanation Rob and a fantastic end result.

 

It appears that the mistake I’ve been making is not sealing with varnish before adding the powders

 

I need to have a practice on a scrap piece

[JustinDean]

Superb!

[KNP]

Looks great, lovely descriptive write up and just needs a layout to stand on.

[Alister_G]

Absolutely cracking job mate, and a brilliant write-up, great stuff.

 

Al.

[St Enodoc]

15 hours ago, Stubby47 said:

Quite a remarkable transformation, very impressed.

Welcome back, sir.

[marc smith]

Nice work on that building Rob  

[chuffinghell]

Rob

 

Do you used the humbrol matt acrylic aerosol, hand brushed or airbrush?

 

Hope you don’t mind me asking you to reveal your trade secrets 

 

Chris

[NHY 581]

11 minutes ago, chuffinghell said:

Rob

 

Do you used the humbrol matt acrylic aerosol, hand brushed or airbrush?

 

Hope you don’t mind me asking you to reveal your trade secrets 

 

Chris

 

 

Evening Chris. 

 

Not in the slightest. I use the Humbrol Matt varnish in aerosol form. I don't have an airbrush. Brush painted, if used over powders would dilute and disturb them. 

 

Light coat only, either over painted surface or over powders. 

 

Too thick a coat on powders will dilute them. I therefore spray almost  at arms length. This means the varnish is all but dry when it lands. 

 

 

Rob. 

[Ighten]

Im guessing your doing this indoors (the spraying from aerosol) - there's only so many times I can get away with saying the Rayburns juts been serviced...

[NHY 581]

1 minute ago, Ighten said:

Im guessing your doing this indoors (the spraying from aerosol) - there's only so many times I can get away with saying the Rayburns juts been serviced...

 

Quite. I choose my spraying times carefully. 

[chuffinghell]

16 minutes ago, NHY 581 said:

 

Quite. I choose my spraying times carefully. 

I use Vallejo varnish in the airbrush but I wondered if the humbrol matt gave a tougher finish as I imagine the Vallejo stuff wouldn’t stand up to much abuse (especially with a fibreglass pencil)

 

I only bought an airbrush because the smell from spraying aerosols in the house can be unpleasant for others and tends to linger  and it’s too cold in the shed