Scale7JB Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 Just posted on my workbench, but thought I would pop this in here too.. Got myself an Iwata outfit during the week. Happyish with the wagon, but the K2 is very much work in progress ! JB. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale7JB Posted June 14, 2010 Author Share Posted June 14, 2010 JB. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 Looks really good !!!!!!!!!11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale7JB Posted June 14, 2010 Author Share Posted June 14, 2010 Thanks Andrew.. pretty happy with it at the moment.. Still a few more things that I want to try on the K2, but it's coming along I think.. JB. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete the Elaner Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 Got myself an Iwata outfit during the week. Which model? You've got a nice, fine finish from it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale7JB Posted June 14, 2010 Author Share Posted June 14, 2010 Hi Pete, got myself the TR1 and smartjet compressor with the extra handgrip and other bits in a great deal from our club boss, which is an absolute joy to use !! I've heard that some airbrush purists frown upon the trigger models, but if it gets the finish I'm after, and no stiff finger then I'm happy! JB. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete the Elaner Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 I read a glowing review about that one the other day... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale7JB Posted June 14, 2010 Author Share Posted June 14, 2010 Really is very good. I'm looking forward to using it for spraying the LNER green topcoat on the L1 I'm building, though I guess I had better finish building it first thought eh ?! JB. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted June 15, 2010 Share Posted June 15, 2010 I do like that - I take it you're going to pay some attention to the Westinghouse pump and lubricators? They look rather dry at the moment. Perhaps the wagon's underframe could do with some more attention too in terms of colour variation - rust around the spring leaves and brake blocks, and a suggestion of lubrication around the axleboxes, and lever pivots Assuming the wagon is intended for the post-war period as well, rather that just as a test piece, shouldn't it be carrying the wartime pooling lettering (i.e. giving the owners name and wagon number applied bottom left)? Further to that, the photos I've seen of POs from the period tended to show the lettering in a somewhat more distressed state. these aren't really comments on the weathering - which is excellent so far - of course but are worth remembering. Adam Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale7JB Posted June 15, 2010 Author Share Posted June 15, 2010 Hi Adam, thanks for the comments. And as you say, everything needs to be 'oiled up' as it were... Westo, valve gear, tender leaf springs and axle boxes etc.. It too needs some drybrushing on pipes, rivet heads, safety valves and whistles. One other thing that I want to do is recreate the streaking on the driving wheels, with a good build of of sticky white congealed oil on the front drivers.. Also I need to create a better feeling of rust coming through the paintwork on the smokebox door. I have to admit my knowledge on wagons is next to useless at the moment. The Parkend wagon was something I had laying around from my 32mm gauge days about 2 years ago, and it's not really worth converting to scale7, and was just something that I thought I would use as a test bench. But for the future wagons will be weathered fully with peeling paint and rust patches, replaced planks and generally looking pretty terrible ! I have Martyn Welch's book 'The Art of Weathering' which is really very good. I'll need to take some time out of spraying the stock to work through some lessons he has... JB. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzyo Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 Hi Adam, thanks for the comments. And as you say, everything needs to be 'oiled up' as it were... Westo, valve gear, tender leaf springs and axle boxes etc.. It too needs some drybrushing on pipes, rivet heads, safety valves and whistles. One other thing that I want to do is recreate the streaking on the driving wheels, with a good build of of sticky white congealed oil on the front drivers.. Also I need to create a better feeling of rust coming through the paintwork on the smokebox door. JB, for weathering locos work from a photo of the same class of loco (Barking Bills site has some good ones), dont just work from memory, or how other people interpret the weathering. Locos weren't all ways as bad as we think they were. The loco is coming on a treat, a bit more sooty black on the boiler top and wet bits for the oil etc. I hope this is of some use OzzyO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlandman Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 Both items of stock are looking really good. I look forward to seeing the completed loco. I have yet to delve into the 'black art' of weathering but I can recommend two DVD's that are worth adding to your library. Model Rails 'TheWeathering Expert' with George Dent and 'Right Track 11 - Weathering Techniques' with Tim Shackleton. Both DVD's give ample tips and techniques for weathering locomotives, rolling stock and trackside infrastructure. All the best Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale7JB Posted July 2, 2010 Author Share Posted July 2, 2010 Think I am finished with the airbrush on the K2.. just some drybrushing now.. JB. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thirty2a Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 Obviously you are trying to hoodwink us with this article because this must be the real thing somehow photoshoped onto your workbench! That realy is nicely done. Tony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale7JB Posted July 2, 2010 Author Share Posted July 2, 2010 Thanks Tony ! It's not quite how I wanted it to look, but it was just too much as I wanted it.... Got the J39 and J68 to do next... and then one day, I'll have the L1 to very lightly weather.. if I ever get round to finishing it ! JB. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugsley Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 I don't know if it's just the light, but the wheels don't look oily or gungy enough and the motion doesn't look oily enough either, given the condition that the rest of it is in. Can't fault the rest of it though! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale7JB Posted July 2, 2010 Author Share Posted July 2, 2010 I'll admit, the light didn't help, but there is still a lot of dry brushing to do on the motion... I need to get some decent brushes before I start that though... my brushes that I have been using on the body are some of those 10 for 50p packet jobbies... JB. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackRat Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 That K2 is a cracker! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mr.S.corn78 Posted July 4, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 4, 2010 Hi, they look good. All I can do is echo the advice given all ready. Can I ask if the wagon is a kit? And if it is who makes it? Cheers Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHRIS LNER Posted August 28, 2010 Share Posted August 28, 2010 Well thats a first a K2 that floats, but really its excellent. regards chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 Yes as Pugsley said, poss just a bit more shiny oily black on the wheels other than that the rest is fantastic, love the streaks on the boiler and cylinders, Im looking forward to your next project, keep the pics coming, Andy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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