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Would this be acceptable on a model?


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Whenever I'm filling in windows, chopping off moulded grilles etc, I'm always trying to get the smoothest finish I can.

However - this is one of the latest rebuilt Class 73's.

If I tried that on a model, it would look awful.

 

Can anyone add any more examples of prototypical wobbly sides?

 

Cheers,

Mick

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Whenever I'm filling in windows, chopping off moulded grilles etc, I'm always trying to get the smoothest finish I can.

However - this is one of the latest rebuilt Class 73's.

If I tried that on a model, it would look awful.

 

Can anyone add any more examples of prototypical wobbly sides?

 

Cheers,

Mick

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Sincerely, Phil

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Have a look at almost any diesel or electric locomotive or any Mk1 coach taken at an oblique angle, and you'll see the same effect. Here are some examples:-

a Class 33 https://www.flickr.com/photos/robertcwp/22626322751/in/dateposted/

A Peak https://www.flickr.com/photos/robertcwp/22596038601/in/dateposted/

A Brush Type 4 https://www.flickr.com/photos/robertcwp/22583880735/in/dateposted/

A trawl through the various photo sites will show myriad examples. The rippling is more evident on high-gloss finishes, and ddoesn't depend on the age of the machine, as the photo of the virtually brand-new Brush Type 4 shows.

I have seen people replicate the effect on models by judicious use of gloss/matt varnish and fine abrasives.

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I always remember the Hastings DEMU units (6S, 6B, 6L, or classes 201/2/3) in glossy green in the early to mid 1960s had the ripples along their slab sides. The semi-gloss blue and  grey tended to disguise them better.

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Though there are some surface undulations, the Warships and Westerns seem to suffer a lot less from these irregularities, presumably because of their 'stressed skin' construction.

It was the crew/fitters that had stressed skin with those beasts (well maybe not so much the Westerns).

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Whenever I'm filling in windows, chopping off moulded grilles etc, I'm always trying to get the smoothest finish I can.

However - this is one of the latest rebuilt Class 73's.

If I tried that on a model, it would look awful.

 

Can anyone add any more examples of prototypical wobbly sides?

 

Cheers,

Mick

Much the same applies to track. Uneven track in yards etc, works on the prototype, but doesn't on a model as it will cause poor running.

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Whenever I'm filling in windows, chopping off moulded grilles etc, I'm always trying to get the smoothest finish I can.

However - this is one of the latest rebuilt Class 73's.

If I tried that on a model, it would look awful.

 

Can anyone add any more examples of prototypical wobbly sides?

 

Cheers,

Mick

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