Squirrel Rail - Workbench

[Squirrel Rail]

8 hours ago, MRC_Jacob said:

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

looking really good!
J

Hi Jacob, I used some dabs of masking fluid over the primer before spraying the EWS red then peeled it off when dry leaving the primer to show through, cheers Jerry

[JackB95]

That 156 glazing looks awful! I sometimes see second hand stuff listed on eBay/Hattons etc that have literally been yeeted off a cliff, or actually dunked into a pot of paint. I appreciate people's skills are varied from good to bad, and we all have to start somewhere, but sometimes I think a simple research exercise into doing something would save a lot of hassle.

[Squirrel Rail]

8 hours ago, JackB95 said:

That 156 glazing looks awful! I sometimes see second hand stuff listed on eBay/Hattons etc that have literally been yeeted off a cliff, or actually dunked into a pot of paint. I appreciate people's skills are varied from good to bad, and we all have to start somewhere, but sometimes I think a simple research exercise into doing something would save a lot of hassle.

Being fair to my customer he wouldn’t have seen the muppetry inside, it didn’t help that the previous owner had also glued the bodies on!! There are so many good products available for glazing there’s is no need to use superglue with all the associated problems - there’s one poster on here who actually advocated it when I posted a reply to someone asking for suggestions what to use- I pointed out the pitfalls but was “politely” informed he’d never had a problem😗

[JackB95]

Deary me. Never had a problem? Must've been lucky as hell! I discovered early on the limitations of superglue, and how the likes of Glue n Glaze are far superior in things like this.

[rob D2]

Glue n glaze is great stuff . i use it foranything near glazing , putting Bachmann glazing back , nameplates as well 

[Squirrel Rail]

Class 60 now finished and collected today- respray from 3TG into faded EWS and a “what if” naming….,

nicely worn this one

Another respray is this 101 from blue and grey into regional railways

Continuing with units two 156s have had their Norther Spirit blue

and the doors done in a Western scud

Lastly Heljan 33 had a black roof from the factory like so ……

but should be grey so resprayed prior to weathering 

I’ll post the weathering as my next update when I get round to it….

 

 

[Ncarter2]

Fantastic work there Jerry. Especially like the 101, by far one of my fav liveries these units wore. 

[Squirrel Rail]

Few updates from the back of last week with a class 70 going into primer:

and the 153 having the bodysides painted,

A batch job for Matt - thanks for your patience- renumbering one of his many 57s, weathering on the 66, 37 and 33 with the Heljan white cab and bodyside bands being redone in cream, I will do individual pics as I finish them,

and last up rail wise adding additional black window surrounds on a pendalino for 390004 in its Alsthom scheme..

lastly something a bit different, haven’t touched the Porsche kit for a couple of years as it’s been sat in its box waiting for me to finish- as was my sons GTR which I had completely forgotten about - but so had he!!! 

[Barclay]

12 hours ago, Squirrel Rail said:

Few updates from the back of last week with a class 70 going into primer:

and the 153 having the bodysides painted,

A batch job for Matt - thanks for your patience- renumbering one of his many 57s, weathering on the 66, 37 and 33 with the Heljan white cab and bodyside bands being redone in cream, I will do individual pics as I finish them,

and last up rail wise adding additional black window surrounds on a pendalino for 390004 in its Alsthom scheme..

lastly something a bit different, haven’t touched the Porsche kit for a couple of years as it’s been sat in its box waiting for me to finish- as was my sons GTR which I had completely forgotten about - but so had he!!! 

That Pennzoil GTR takes me back to playing Gran Turismo far too much when I was younger !

[Squirrel Rail]

Managed a bit of progress this week. The local lines 153 has had its top fade sprayed,

and really pleased with the result

Yet another RES 90 has begun…..

and passengers into a pullman

Last up some completions, all nice easy jobs, weathering and re numbers 

 

 

 

[Andy7]

Cracking work as always Jerry. Do tell where the most excellent looking passengers came from (lovely painting of them if you did it btw).

[Squirrel Rail]

2 hours ago, Andy7 said:

Cracking work as always Jerry. Do tell where the most excellent looking passengers came from (lovely painting of them if you did it btw).

Hi Andy, they were supplied by my customer all preprinted - I’ll ask where he got them and post his reply, cheers Jerry

[Owens Model Railways]

12 hours ago, Squirrel Rail said:

Managed a bit of progress this week. The local lines 153 has had its top fade sprayed,

and really pleased with the result

Yet another RES 90 has begun…..

and passengers into a pullman

Last up some completions, all nice easy jobs, weathering and re numbers 

 

 

 

Cor, looking fantastic, got my eyes peeled on that 153!

[Swifty11]

More brilliant work as always!

[Squirrel Rail]

On 22/04/2022 at 10:27, Andy7 said:

Cracking work as always Jerry. Do tell where the most excellent looking passengers came from (lovely painting of them if you did it btw).

Hi Andy, the passengers were a mix of Noch and other random ones picked up from a certain online web site! Sorry can’t help much more Cheers Jerry

[Johnson Street IEMD]

What's happening to the Shed Jerry ?

 

Kat :-)

[Squirrel Rail]

3 hours ago, Johnson Street IEMD said:

What's happening to the Shed Jerry ?

 

Kat :-)

Which one?!!!

[Squirrel Rail]

Interrupted railway time due to other commitments and finally getting my jaw sorted so with a mouth full of stitches haven’t been over productive.. so a roundup of the last week-general view of what’s going on, all WIP….

The two IWAs have been something I have been looking forward to. First on these was a series of washes, a before and after;

before starting with the airbrush. Five different shades have gone on so far so they’re getting there…

The 153 that was in my last update has had the large bodyside decals applied, good job these like Microset as all those rivets on a 153……

Last project started is a tadpole to finish off for the owner who had done the yellow ends and BR grey on the two outer cars. The inner car is already in Bachmann blue/grey so I have gone with matching the blue first - here the centre car has had the yellow end overpainted and a coat on the other cars. This is a base coat and after this photo I gave all the blue another coat to get a match.

Last one - can any one help me out with the Pendalino I’m doing. I am looking to get decals made for the coach letter, seat number block and then door buttons underneath but can’t find a decent image- can anyone help me out please? Cheers Jerry

[adb968008]

57 minutes ago, Squirrel Rail said:

Last one - can any one help me out with the Pendalino I’m doing. I am looking to get decals made for the coach letter, seat number block and then door buttons underneath but can’t find a decent image- can anyone help me out please? Cheers Jerry

Like this…

 

This is the door LED too if you need it..

 

its not the sort of thing I usually take a picture of, but theres a few clues as to what makes this train special.

 

Formation is A-B-C-D-E-F-U-G-H-J-K-L

Edited May 4, 2022 by adb968008

[Squirrel Rail]

1 hour ago, adb968008 said:

Like this…

 

This is the door LED too if you need it..

 

its not the sort of thing I usually take a picture of, but theres a few clues as to what makes this train special.

 

Formation is A-B-C-D-E-F-U-G-H-J-K-L

That’s brilliant cheers - as for the train was it one of the last Virgin services. Thanks Jerry

[Squirrel Rail]

The Revolution IWAs are now finished, thought it would be good to show a couple of pics from start to finish:-

1)washes

2)First airbrush passes

3) Cleaned off data panels then more airbrush and Tamiya weathering shades

4) more tinkering and flat varnish and finished …

Another completion are the 156s -my workbench light throws the colours off in photos making the blue look a lot darker so here they are in daylight-

Then finished,

Added the two bodyside vents to the 70 - thank you to the guys at @rainbowrailways for these

and lastly a very rare sight at Squirrel Rail a bit of steam as this little fellow has gone in to wartime black…

Hopefully another update soon!

[Squirrel Rail]

On 04/05/2022 at 20:32, adb968008 said:

Like this…

 

This is the door LED too if you need it..

 

its not the sort of thing I usually take a picture of, but theres a few clues as to what makes this train special.

 

Formation is A-B-C-D-E-F-U-G-H-J-K-L

John at Precision Decals has done these for me- thanks to everyone for their help…..

 

[Squirrel Rail]

Couple of completions done with the Pendalino coaches in the previous post all finished

Next up very long term resident is this 159 which was wrecked by a not to be named “professional resprayer”. I have sourced replacement driving cars but have had to work as best as I can with the broken centre car- I’ve got it back together so now for some primer to show what needs filling-

and all 3…

Two resprays completed were a Colas 70 from the old Freightliner model;

and the other side..

And the other respray was this RES 90 which I had started before the Bachmann announcement- be glad when theirs arrives as it’s less work for me! This one has quite a few fades and paintwork tweeks as well as the replacement buffers as per the original.

[JackB95]

Shame to see another modeller victim of some poor "professional" excuses.

 

Not sure if it's of any interest, but you can buy the middle car bodies as a spare on Bachmann's spares site here 

[Squirrel Rail]

On 17/05/2022 at 13:06, JackB95 said:

Shame to see another modeller victim of some poor "professional" excuses.

 

Not sure if it's of any interest, but you can buy the middle car bodies as a spare on Bachmann's spares site here 

Thanks, I think these are for the new tooling (please excuse me ifI’m wrong) so the old one will do after its repairs! Cheers Jerry