leopardml2341 Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 8 hours ago, Enterprisingwestern said: Looks more like an all in one kit for a branch line. Mike. Michael! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted December 4, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 4, 2020 2 hours ago, leopardml2341 said: Michael! Is it Sunday??!! Mike. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Gilbert Posted December 4, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 4, 2020 11 hours ago, Enterprisingwestern said: Looks more like an all in one kit for a branch line. Mike. Yellow card.... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold lezz01 Posted December 4, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 4, 2020 18 minutes ago, Gilbert said: Yellow card.... Rugby or soccer? Regards Lez. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Gilbert Posted December 4, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 4, 2020 2 minutes ago, lezz01 said: Rugby or soccer? Regards Lez. The choice is yours....... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurscoughCurves Posted December 4, 2020 Author Share Posted December 4, 2020 22 minutes ago, lezz01 said: Rugby or soccer? Regards Lez. 20 minutes ago, Gilbert said: The choice is yours....... No egg chasing please... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurscoughCurves Posted December 26, 2020 Author Share Posted December 26, 2020 Hi folks, season’s greetings. Managed to finish the tree house play set for my niece, and I must admit I did enjoy making it. I used a product called Sculptamold for the landform and I quite liked it. I got the idea from the excellent Luke Towan on YouTube; I may well use this on future scenic work. She seemed to love it thankfully, so once I’ve had a clean of the layout room (mainly removing all the dust formed) I can get back to my modelling! I consciously kept the colours brighter than I would for my own dreary modelling, especially the stream! Hope you are all staying safe, Pete 9 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted December 26, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 26, 2020 9 minutes ago, BurscoughCurves said: I consciously kept the colours brighter than I would for my own dreary modelling, especially the stream! I did wonder which part of Halifax, nay, Yorkshire you got them from!! Mike. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurscoughCurves Posted December 26, 2020 Author Share Posted December 26, 2020 I wanted to put a shopping trolley in the stream! Very magical...! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve45 Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 I think that Model Railroaders use Sculpturemold in North America to make scenery, I didn't know it was available in the UK Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold lezz01 Posted December 27, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 27, 2020 Nice job Pete. Merry Christmas as well. Regards Lez. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BurscoughCurves Posted December 28, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 28, 2020 20 hours ago, steve45 said: I think that Model Railroaders use Sculpturemold in North America to make scenery, I didn't know it was available in the UK Hi Steve, I bought a bag on Amazon. It was reasonably priced and sets very hard. The main reason I used it for the toy is because it is tougher than my usual PVA/filler mix and is non-toxic. 19 hours ago, lezz01 said: Nice job Pete. Merry Christmas as well. Regards Lez. Thanks Lez. Merry Christmas and all the best for 2021. Time to get the airbrush out I think. A couple of pre-Christmas shots below to finish. Pete 26 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold teaky Posted December 28, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 28, 2020 On 26/12/2020 at 20:50, Enterprisingwestern said: I did wonder which part of Halifax, nay, Yorkshire you got them from!! Mike. Just down stream from the dye works? 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ianathompson Posted December 29, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 29, 2020 On 28/12/2020 at 11:51, teaky said: Just down stream from the dye works? On the walk to the Grammar School at Batley it used to be a source of speculation as to what colour the beck would be. The bridge was downstream from a local mill and environmental considerations were not quite so important in those days. (And that's not taking account what came out of the chimneys.) I've certainly seen it bright blue before now. Ian T 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold john new Posted December 29, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 29, 2020 Rather like the foam filled river I recall seeing on boyhood trips to Yorkshire when visiting grandparents. It was probably from the Calder weir at Wakefield as the old bridge was still the main road back then. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium figworthy Posted December 29, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 29, 2020 7 hours ago, john new said: Rather like the foam filled river I recall seeing on boyhood trips to Yorkshire when visiting grandparents. It was probably from the Calder weir at Wakefield as the old bridge was still the main road back then. On several occasions, the Aire at Castleford was solid with foam between the weir and the road bridge. I think I've seen pictures of where it had invaded the town. Adrian 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold john new Posted December 29, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 29, 2020 Could well have been Castleford, detergent from washing wool upstream I expect. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ianathompson Posted December 30, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 30, 2020 3 hours ago, john new said: Could well have been Castleford, Well, like you, i remember the foam by the chantry chapel, just round the corner from Belle Vue. Ian T Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlebah Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Haven’t caught up with this thread for a while, but it’s looking great! A lot of atmosphere created. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandhole Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 The Irwell in Manchester used to turn some lovely colours, with or without foam, when I was a boy in the 60's. Look at it now, you can fish in it these days. Everything about this layout is superb. It's very atmospheric and brings back memories of my youth. Have a Happy and Peaceful New Year. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurscoughCurves Posted January 3, 2021 Author Share Posted January 3, 2021 Hi all, A little late but Happy New Year! As I've previously mentioned, I have cleared my modelling/home working bench over Christmas and set up my extractor and spray booth (a cardboard box) to continue weathering locos and stock with the airbrush. I feel I've made decent progress over the last few days and have weathered almost all of my locos. The only pristine one left is the SLW class 24. I haven't got the courage to do this yet! For all of my steam locos I have used a limited range of enamel paints (shown below), primarily from a set by AK Interactive. Once dry I finish with rust and ash powders and metal coat to boot polished steps etc. They all tend to end up looking rather similar though! A Bachmann Crab, early crest changed to late. The reference images I worked from showed a very prominent rust colour primarily on the cylinders but I think it looks a little odd being so isolated on my version. A Hornby B1. Re-crested again and more heavily weathered: A Hornby Black 5. Again, re-crested and more lightly weathered. The coal for all of my steam locos came from a lump taken (with permission) direct from the tender of a 1:1 Black 5 on a visit to the ELR several years ago. I have photos stored from this somewhere from an old phone but can't seem to find them right now. I asked the very friendly crew if I could take a piece, and was told 'take a bigger lump than that lad!' after picking a palm sized piece! I have enough for my future steam fleet for certain! From previous experiments I have had very little success with acrylics. I did want to revisit them so weathered my class 20 using a Lifecolor Rail Weathering set. I got on a lot better this time so have started to use this range for my coaching stock. The Bachmann class 20 has been renumbered. My usual method of very fine emery and cotton buds with T cut was taking an age so I (stupidly) decided to try an automated version. I dipped a polishing bobbin in T cut and used a multitool on low revs. Well, it sort of worked but the line between removing the decal and melting the plastic was extremely small so I made a real mess to be honest. I was going to give it a light weathering, but this increased to a medium/heavy to try to cover up my dressed back melted patches. It sort of worked but I am really annoyed with my stupidity. As it turns out, D8056 should have a grey cab roof (I think) and the number in a lower position. We live and learn... Coaches and wagons to follow. All the best, Pete 14 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopardml2341 Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Just thinking about your statement about the cylinders, Pete, to my eye the colour looks too 'tan' rather than rust and also has a bit of a sheen, but not an oily sheen - maybe that's why it looks stark? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted January 3, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 3, 2021 (edited) Nice work. It isn't rust but road muck. Generally thrown up off the bogie wheels onto the cylinders. May need to be lighter than the colour used. A brief experiment undertaken by LNER4479 with Tornado revealed all. Baz Edited January 3, 2021 by Barry O 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted January 4, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 4, 2021 8 hours ago, BurscoughCurves said: As it turns out, D8056 should have a grey cab roof (I think) and the number in a lower position. We live and learn... Trying to be helpful, honest, it should have the coaching stock roundel not the winged version, unless of course there's a picture of it like that, in which case I unreservedly aplologise! Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurscoughCurves Posted January 4, 2021 Author Share Posted January 4, 2021 3 hours ago, Enterprisingwestern said: Trying to be helpful, honest, it should have the coaching stock roundel not the winged version, unless of course there's a picture of it like that, in which case I unreservedly aplologise! Mike. Hi Mike, You are correct. I have royally messed up on that one! She’ll have to rejoin the back of the weathering queue. 11 hours ago, Barry O said: Nice work. It isn't rust but road muck. Generally thrown up off the bogie wheels onto the cylinders. May need to be lighter than the colour used. A brief experiment undertaken by LNER4479 with Tornado revealed all. Baz Thanks Baz. I’ll blend them in a little and see how they look. My airbrush is the original cheap one that came in a set with a compressor. Although I strip and clean it after use, I haven’t removed the seal between the paint cup and the trigger assembly yet. I’m going to have to do this as I suspect it might have perished as I keep getting paint in the trigger area after about half an hour of use. I’m guessing finding the correct replacements may be trickier to find for an unbranded airbrush? Pete 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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