VEA Red/Grey enhancements.

[w124bob]

My two red/grey vans arrived just as the site went off line, so here we have what I've done. Comparing real vans against the model shows some minor livery issues and variations, the top door guide on the initial red/grey repaints was black, so that was touched over. The vertical door locking bar should match the body colour, again a quick touch up with suitable red and grey paint and finally silver on the buffer shanks. Some vans had the number panel on a black background so I changed one of my mine(number panel from Raiitec), nearly all had some form of dangerous goods labels. Either remnants of old labels or yellow diamond stickers warning of the current cargo, these were added from a Railtec set, with the white ex stickers just painted on. I also noted some vans had hints of red on the roofs under the grime. The faded look was done with a white charcoal powder, then Dulcoted and retouched up were needed. I now await the VIX ferry vans from Rapido, the two barrier liveries on order.

 

Edited March 31, 2022 by w124bob

[NickL2008]

Very nice, Im butchering my Parkside one, interesting to see how the Bachmann one can be further improved

 

NL

[w124bob]

There's very little else to be done to a standard VEA, alterations really are down to modelling individual wagon variations. One note on the airpipes supplied. Bachmann have included both the brake pipe and main reservoir pipe. The later is only needed one very early VEA vans fresh from the works. BR switched to a single pipe system in the very early 80's, making the main res pipe redundant. I found only a tiny number of red/grey vans (all nearly ex works)with it still fitted, bauxite VEA's vans should be treated similarly. The main res pipe(touch of yellow onthe handle and end) is the one that fits behind the buffer beam, brake pipe(red handle and end) fits into the hole on the buffer beam. Red/grey repaints on vans in the late 80's can be represented by leaving the top door rail red and changing the double arrow and Railfreight logo to a smaller size. See Paul Bartlett's site for numerous difference including vans in the engineers fleet, ZEA.

Edited April 1, 2022 by w124bob

[hmrspaul]

On 01/04/2022 at 09:13, w124bob said:

See Paul Bartlett's site for numerous difference including vans in the engineers fleet, ZEA.

 

https://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/vea

 

Paul