Squirrel Rail Posted September 24, 2020 Author Share Posted September 24, 2020 It's definitely RES not DBS for this one! Other little jobs on the 33, black cab steps, speedo drive and white pipework - I know it looks weird but on the pics of the real thing only a couple of bits of the pipe were picked out in white?!! The masking tape square is where the works plate will go so it's not a left over from earlier on! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrel Rail Posted September 25, 2020 Author Share Posted September 25, 2020 Painting and weathering this morning. 90019 has had the parcels grey painted so getting there.. Concrete Bob has had the first bit of weathering started on one side and will move onto the other side this afternoon:- Also made a start on weathering down the 87s, 006 George Reynolds has had some more work on its faded scheme and beginning to tone down some of the others 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrel Rail Posted September 25, 2020 Author Share Posted September 25, 2020 Bit more progress this afternoon. On Concrete Bob I added the MU gear to the front ready for weathering and on the rear I used these resin copies. The reason is they do not foul the coupling that is fitted to this end and it saves hacking up a new one. When they are painted and weathered they blend in quite nicely. Other progress this afternoon is on the 87s where the roofs have all had a wash to tone things down a bit. I have removed the pantographs before they remove themselves they are sooo flimsy - surely Hornby could make these a bit more robust even within the challenge of staying in scale? 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrel Rail Posted September 25, 2020 Author Share Posted September 25, 2020 Airbrush work started on Concrete Bob - frame dirt and brake dust around the bogies and assorted mixtures of exhaust, roof dirt and dirty black to the roof. This all needs to harden off for a day or so before more detail touches. It's getting there! 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrel Rail Posted September 26, 2020 Author Share Posted September 26, 2020 Concrete Bob is now finished. Over the course of this thread it has gone from starting life as 422, received new blue, grey and yellow ends, been renumbered and renamed and then fully weathered. Here's a couple of pics and stabled at Squirrels End It is now looking for a new home so will be appearing on a certain on line auction site tomorrow or if interested then please DM me. Cheers Jerry 11 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrel Rail Posted September 27, 2020 Author Share Posted September 27, 2020 With 37425 finished it was time to get back onto the RES 90 - decided to do Penny Black as I had the plates. First up was tidying a few bits of paint work (and I have still got some more to do) and sorting out the droopy front buffers and rubbing plate. I cut back the rubbing plate to the retracted position, fitted a buckeye and the air pipes and tidied up the cant rail around the cab. Still got to sort the door handles and the red black demarcation by the door which like a clown I missed First few parts of weathering going on now, here's the buckeye and first passes of weathering and back to the clean room to dry off for a day or so before tidying up and a few more details 13 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrel Rail Posted September 28, 2020 Author Share Posted September 28, 2020 90019 Penny Black now finished. Last details included underframe weathering a few tidy ups, buffer grease and a general check over - dodgy line by door resolved in later pictures ( I know what I mean). Here's a couple of side views and a couple of 3/4 shots Last up on Squirrels end SP Really pleased with how its ended up - it will be looking for a new home so DM me if interested. Cheers Jerry 15 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrel Rail Posted September 29, 2020 Author Share Posted September 29, 2020 Virgin 87s back on the workbench this afternoon. Spent a long time going square eyed looking at reference pics on the interweb and managed to find a few little details between them ranging from chipped windscreen surrounds, replacement buffers, lemon yellow headlights scrapes and dings etc. When you put the three together these little difference stand out Here they are for anyone with nothing better to do than play spot the difference! 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrel Rail Posted September 30, 2020 Author Share Posted September 30, 2020 More work on the 87s today with the start of the weathering to the underframes and developing the roof work: Here's 024 and 023 and 029 Work has started on the latest 90 which will be going into EWS colours . Here's a couple of pics from de-branding through to first coats of EWS maroon Haven't decided on the identity as yet but 030 with its lovely big Crewe works plates is taking my fancy...... 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrel Rail Posted October 2, 2020 Author Share Posted October 2, 2020 End of the week at Squirrel Rail and a bit of progress and some completions. The next 90 has had it's gold bands so that's its lot for today: The 33 is now finished. Although it doesn't look it there is quite a lot of work on this including the renumber, HG depot decals, works plates, front steps repainted into black, axle box covers in yellow, bogie pipe work and a light weathering as it is kept tidy in preservation. The first pic is adding the works plates which I realised were upside down................ and the next two parked on Squirrels End - I will try and get some more work done on the stabling point at the weekend. 9 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrel Rail Posted October 2, 2020 Author Share Posted October 2, 2020 Three of the first four 87s are also finished. These loco's have dual identities so there is only 3! This is a really great model (IMO) apart from the pantograph attachment. Also at the price I think Hornby should supply a 3 link coupling in the detail pack not just a hook on the cab front, anyway moan over here they are:- 10 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold cambo74 Posted October 2, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 2, 2020 Great work as always ,,,,,, Ben 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richmond Park Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 Superb job with the Class 33 Jerry, I'm really looking forward to running it on the layout in the future. 33035 will be partnering up with 50026 and one of my GBRF 66 stable. What a great excuse for running some heritage traction on a modern image layout I didn't realise that the small depot allocation stickers were available. I bet Pioneer Diesels, the owners of 33035, would be impressed to see their pet represented so well in model form. Keep up the great work on this thread, I'm following with great interest. Cheers Matt 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrel Rail Posted October 3, 2020 Author Share Posted October 3, 2020 2 hours ago, Richmond Park said: Superb job with the Class 33 Jerry, I'm really looking forward to running it on the layout in the future. 33035 will be partnering up with 50026 and one of my GBRF 66 stable. What a great excuse for running some heritage traction on a modern image layout I didn't realise that the small depot allocation stickers were available. I bet Pioneer Diesels, the owners of 33035, would be impressed to see their pet represented so well in model form. Keep up the great work on this thread, I'm following with great interest. Cheers Matt Thanks Matt, yes Steve does the depot symbols and there is also a good sheet by Replica, being honest I couldn't remember what I had (or didn't have) as it's ages since I've had something BR blue to do, perhaps I will dig out some of my stockpile! Cheers Jerry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrel Rail Posted October 3, 2020 Author Share Posted October 3, 2020 Roof on the EWS 90 today, pretty pleased with it all so far. Few bits of masking to come off but that can wait. The addition of the black grills will certainly sharpen up the look but needs a bit of time to harden up before they can be masked and sprayed. As usual it's a work in progress so be kind to any tidy ups needed! 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrel Rail Posted October 3, 2020 Author Share Posted October 3, 2020 Fancied a bit of variety so started on an 87 and a 90 These two are both in IC livery and are keeping their original identities. Work list includes detail painting, naming - including replacing the Hornby plates and last up weathering. Here are the two before any work commences The roof mounted cabling is grey on the 90 and orange on the 87 - this has been repainted a brick red/plum colour, likewise pantograph ends in red. The white pipework to the bogie sides has been painted down to black and the ETH boxes fitted on the 87 and buckeye on the 90; The Bachmann supplied name and works plates have been fitted but good old Hornby have managed to oversize the printed plate (yet again) seen here under the Fox replacements: The printed detail has been removed and the right size replacement looks so much better.... That's it for the time being - next up on these two will be the start of the weathering so will post some pics as I go along. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMS_LNER_SR_GWR_fan2004 Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 13 minutes ago, Squirrel Rail said: Fancied a bit of variety so started on an 87 and a 90 These two are both in IC livery and are keeping their original identities. Work list includes detail painting, naming - including replacing the Hornby plates and last up weathering. Here are the two before any work commences The roof mounted cabling is grey on the 90 and orange on the 87 - this has been repainted a brick red/plum colour, likewise pantograph ends in red. The white pipework to the bogie sides has been painted down to black and the ETH boxes fitted on the 87 and buckeye on the 90; The Bachmann supplied name and works plates have been fitted but good old Hornby have managed to oversize the printed plate (yet again) seen here under the Fox replacements: The printed detail has been removed and the right size replacement looks so much better.... That's it for the time being - next up on these two will be the start of the weathering so will post some pics as I go along. Looking amazing as always Jerry! Definitely excited to see them weathered! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrel Rail Posted October 4, 2020 Author Share Posted October 4, 2020 Side grills on the EWS 90 this morning, bit of a mixed result as when masking it up I manged to damage the gold stripe.... silly squirrel After the initial cursing and muttering had subsided I have decided that I'm not overly bothered as I wasn't 100% happy with the edge to the band and it has now made my mind up to refinish it. Anyhow here's a few pics of the black grills being sprayed and the offending stripe... Masking coming off - the black extends to the frames not just the grills and fully unmasked... The demarcation between the red and gold will be polished before decaling to reduce the step between the paints, one of the reasons I wasn't happy with the other side.. and lastly the offending side ..grrrrr This will now have to sit and fester for a couple of days before the next update! 7 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrel Rail Posted October 4, 2020 Author Share Posted October 4, 2020 8 hours ago, Squirrel Rail said: Side grills on the EWS 90 this morning, bit of a mixed result as when masking it up I manged to damage the gold stripe.... silly squirrel After the initial cursing and muttering had subsided I have decided that I'm not overly bothered as I wasn't 100% happy with the edge to the band and it has now made my mind up to refinish it. Anyhow here's a few pics of the black grills being sprayed and the offending stripe... Masking coming off - the black extends to the frames not just the grills and fully unmasked... The demarcation between the red and gold will be polished before decaling to reduce the step between the paints, one of the reasons I wasn't happy with the other side.. and lastly the offending side ..grrrrr This will now have to sit and fester for a couple of days before the next update! It was bugging me so old stripe off - new stripe on - will need to do the grills again... 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BelsteadLane Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 Hi Jerry. Penny Black looks superb! Whoever ends up buying it will be in for a treat. Another 90 I’ll want for when my layout starts seeing Anglia and One stock. Looking forward to see the EWS one too! Cheers. jack. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrel Rail Posted October 5, 2020 Author Share Posted October 5, 2020 This morning has seen a bit more progress on the Intercity pair. First up on 87010 an electrical box needed repainting - here it is on the right handside of the battery box in orange But the reference pics I have show it in grey so first coat of paint on it, a bit anal I know but like to get thing right .. Next job up was to start a few washes and detail painting to bring out the details and dull of the factory finish, exactly the same as on the virgin ones. First up the 87, the roof and pantograph are getting there. The plate has had the red showing through added and a small patch of chips above it. Build ups of grime around the panels, sand boxes, door steps and around the light clusters round off this mornings work Similar with the 90 Last up here's a view of the pair showing how everything is starting to tone down and blend together. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrel Rail Posted October 6, 2020 Author Share Posted October 6, 2020 Managed to get some time this afternoon to start the airbrush work on the Intercity pair. The light on the workbench makes the weathering look very light but it is slightly darker in a less strong light. Hopefully can get some better pictures tomorrow! Couple of shots of king Arthur from either side, and from above.. Next up 90005 and from the other side... Whilst these two harden off I will hopefully get the grills repainted on the EWS 90 to get that moving again! 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrel Rail Posted October 6, 2020 Author Share Posted October 6, 2020 Well the EWS 90 is definitely going to 030! 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrel Rail Posted October 7, 2020 Author Share Posted October 7, 2020 Following on from yesterday work today has been finishing most of the weathering on the intercity pair, couple of little bits to do but they will be completed tomorrow or Friday. With these two nearing completion managed to get the numbers and EWS logos onto 90030 after touching in the black grills I like this side better than the other as the number is centralised under the plate. On the other side it isn't which although it is as in the flesh so to speak it bugs the hell out of me! 10 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrel Rail Posted October 8, 2020 Author Share Posted October 8, 2020 Bit of work this afternoon. 90030 has had the holes filled where the TDM cables were under the horn grills and the yellow applied. Finishing touches to the Intercity pair with a few pics below. and the pair together I also took the time to dull down the trees in the background with an autumn hue and boarded up the windows on the disused shed. Lastly added a few dark clouds to the background with the airbrush. As you can see I haven't got a clue with scenery so making it up as a go along, sticking to the zero budget and everything is salvage from stuff in the spares box. Last shot of the pair where hopefully a better result than my scenery.... 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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