Squirrel Rail - Workbench

[Squirrel Rail]

Few completions from the workbench so starting with a before and after. Factory weathered 47625…

has now become 567 Red Star and completely re-weathered 

Another banger blue is 33111, a renumber and removal of the cant rail to give an earlier period than the Heljan original 

1st generation DMUs are always nice to work on - funny how I used to hate them back in the days they were running! The 117 re numbered & weathered

Followed by a pair of bubble cars- NSE

And Silverlink,

Last up decaling  the first of the South African Logic locos. The artwork was done by my son and a cracking print by Steve @railtec-models really sets the livery off. 

 

[Mr Grumpy]

Just got the 33/1 and 47 back today 

The photos really don’t do them justice. It takes a while to take in all the subtleties  Jerry incorporates that make these models to be proud of.

Thanks for a cracking job Jerry, next loco landing with you soon 

 

Richard

Edited January 27, 2022 by Mr Grumpy

[Squirrel Rail]

20 hours ago, Mr Grumpy said:

Just got the 33/1 and 47 back today 

The photos really don’t do them justice. It takes a while to take in all the subtitles Jerry incorporates that make these models to be proud of.

Thanks for a cracking job Jerry, next loco landing with you soon 

 

Richard

Glad they get the Mr Grumpy seal of approval and that you’re happy with them- bring on the BR blue

[Squirrel Rail]

 Not much exciting going on here as very little workbench time this week so tackling easier jobs such  bc as getting stuff prepped and into primer including a gronk to go in Arriva blues and a 50 H&H Thunderer 

and a 56 which will become Colas 090

Another 90019 Penny Black is getting there, this was the ex Virgin loco on the previous page

New umber and cream on a Pullman,

and lastly still tinkering with the Logics!

 

[Ragtag]

90 looks cracking, presumably a Bachmann respray?

 

Edited January 30, 2022 by Ragtag

[Squirrel Rail]

10 hours ago, Ragtag said:

90 looks cracking, presumably a Bachmann respray?

 

Thanks - yes it is the Bachmann one - think it’s about the 6th or 7th RES one I’ve done with another in the queue. It’s a great scheme and really suits the Skoda. Cheers Jerry

[Ragtag]

On 31/01/2022 at 02:52, Squirrel Rail said:

Thanks - yes it is the Bachmann one - think it’s about the 6th or 7th RES one I’ve done with another in the queue. It’s a great scheme and really suits the Skoda. Cheers Jerry

I keep hoping they'll release one, I could do with a few for the RMT layout

[Ncarter2]

15 hours ago, Ragtag said:

I keep hoping they'll release one, I could do with a few for the RMT layout

Who needs Bachmann, we have Jerry! 

[Squirrel Rail]

Not much activity this week as one of our old guys passed away so been busy with all that goes with that. So for a bit of light relief have got the following done over the week:)

Bit of retro two tone green which will become 851…

Then primer and grey onto the HH 50008

My workbench light messes with the colours in pics but it is the right shade-

colas yellow next onto what will be 56090

Started decals on the Pullman coach

before Arriva blue on the gronk 

and lastly 90019 is all named and just needs a final check over before it’s finished

Hopefully a better week coming up!

[MRC_Jacob]

90 is looking top notch! Sorry to hear of your loss though! 

[Squirrel Rail]

Very little rail time this week but have managed two completions. The Arriva gronk makes a colourful addition to the gallery..

A much longer project was a pair of South African Logic locos. These started out as 3D prints and required a lot of work to smooth them out from their original print

and the bodysides

The shells came with what you see so I have had to make all the glazing and fittings. Decals were drawn up by my son and printed by Steve @railtec-models and finally they look like this….

side on,

and from the other side

certainly a challenge but I think they look really cool and nice to do something out of the ordinary. 

[Ncarter2]

Amazing work as always Jerry. 

[JackB95]

Chorrr. That 08 looks gorgeous! And I'm quite impressed to say the least about that African engine. That's quite some work gone in to it!

[Squirrel Rail]

10 hours ago, JackB95 said:

Chorrr. That 08 looks gorgeous! And I'm quite impressed to say the least about that African engine. That's quite some work gone in to it!

Gronk are always nice to do but the South African pair ( I only had one chassis so only one in the pics ) were a real challenge so we’ll pleased with them! 

[Squirrel Rail]

Very little time again due to other commitments but the Hanson & Hall 50 is now done! 

 

[sb67]

Fantastic work there! Can I ask what lighting do you use to take your photo's? I'd love to get better shots of my stock and need a better lighting set up.

 

Many thanks.

Steve.

[Squirrel Rail]

1 hour ago, sb67 said:

Fantastic work there! Can I ask what lighting do you use to take your photo's? I'd love to get better shots of my stock and need a better lighting set up.

 

Many thanks.

Steve.

Hi Steve,

there isn’t a great deal of science behind my photos! The light is the one on my workbench I use for spraying - a round LED desk lamp which is above and to the right of the loco and then the pic is taken with my iPhone. I should try and do something better but it it all comes down to time! Cheers Jerry

[Squirrel Rail]

Finally an update - very little modelling time and what I have had has been putting 50008 back together as Royal Mail used it as a football….

Have managed to finish Colas 56090 which started life as 059 in EWS

last up my old gronk which has been lying around for ages and is being sorted in my “spare” time to become the depot pilot for Squirrels End stabling point.

[rob D2]

3 minutes ago, Squirrel Rail said:

Finally an update - very little modelling time and what I have had has been putting 50008 back together as Royal Mail used it as a football….

Have managed to finish Colas 56090 which started life as 059 in EWS

last up my old gronk which has been lying around for ages and is being sorted in my “spare” time to become the depot pilot for Squirrels End stabling point.

Oh dear ! I’ve only had one lost and one damaged  model in 20 years with rm. Do like a grimy gronk - so mundane but so sexy !

[Squirrel Rail]

31 minutes ago, rob D2 said:

Oh dear ! I’ve only had one lost and one damaged  model in 20 years with rm. Do like a grimy gronk - so mundane but so sexy !

I’d had about 3 in 10 years then they did two on different days last week - fuming!!!

[Squirrel Rail]

For the first tim in ages I’ve managed to get some rail time so here’s what’s coming up, all boring at the mo but hopefully it will get better! First up is a 101 going from blue and grey into Regional Railways. I liked how the roof had been weathered so masked this out

and then a coat of white primer

Project two is four Mk1s going into West Coast Railways, here they are stripped down

One of the coaches had a different colour roof so all four refinished

The final project is a 60 going from 3 tone grey into faded EWS. First up preshading,

Then various shades of EWS to build a faded colour..

Hopefully can get on with these over the next week or so! Cheers Jerry

 

[JackB95]

Really interesting how you've done the pre-shading. Never seen the technique before... Be interesting to see how that turns out! Knowing your previous work, it'll be bloody gorgeous.

[Squirrel Rail]

Welcome back RM Web! It’s funny but this week I have been home all week and managed to get some stuff done so without making it too long here’s an update….long term resident GWR 166 finally finished

likewise WM 150 in debranded scheme

carrying on with DMUs the 101 respray into Regional Railways has had its yellow ends

47376 is also finished 

and a rework of Heljan 86609 with lots of little details added…

and again….

hopefully will get another update over the weekend with the WCR mk1s and EWS 60, cheers Jerry

 

Edited April 1, 2022 by Squirrel Rail
Pictures in wrong order

[Squirrel Rail]

Few things ticking along on the work bench with the WCR Mk1s finished- here they are being varnished,

And a couple of finished ones, they’re sitting a bit funny as resting on a spare set of bogies as they are having a bogie change by their owner

Got the shed plates for 47851 so they’ve gone on-

and started decals on the 60, bit of a what if nameplate on this one…..

and with its decals all done the weathering has started….

Last up nightmare for the week/month. Got two Railtrack 156s to respray. My customer got them of a certain web based auction site. The previous owner, in their infinite wisdom, has decided to superglue all the windows in as you can see frames m the fingerprints- whoever you are I can’t call you what I want on here but for flips (polite version) sake try another hobby!

[MRC_Jacob]

4 hours ago, Squirrel Rail said:

Few things ticking along on the work bench with the WCR Mk1s finished- here they are being varnished,

And a couple of finished ones, they’re sitting a bit funny as resting on a spare set of bogies as they are having a bogie change by their owner

Got the shed plates for 47851 so they’ve gone on-

and started decals on the 60, bit of a what if nameplate on this one…..

and with its decals all done the weathering has started….

Last up nightmare for the week/month. Got two Railtrack 156s to respray. My customer got them of a certain web based auction site. The previous owner, in their infinite wisdom, has decided to superglue all the windows in as you can see frames m the fingerprints- whoever you are I can’t call you what I want on here but for flips (polite version) sake try another hobby!

Hi Jerry! How did you do the chipped paint effect on the 60s roof? 

looking really good!
J