matthewchallenger Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 A place to show stock i have modified for Fletton Road and Layout updates Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthewchallenger Posted September 3, 2023 Author Share Posted September 3, 2023 My 1st attempt at making a mesh sided OBA, super messy bodge of a job but gives the feel and look of the wagon as long as you don't look to closely 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive martin Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 Hi your mesh side oba looks pretty dam good ,the camera can be cruel when photographing small scale models ,with a name like Fletton Road is your layout going to be set in the Peterborough area! I look forward to seeing more of your stock projects and layout. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthewchallenger Posted September 10, 2023 Author Share Posted September 10, 2023 Hello Clive, Thank you very much and yes bang on the money! Layout is set in Peterborough, losely based on where peterborough east once stood and imagining the sheds where still in use! With lots of artist license 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthewchallenger Posted September 10, 2023 Author Share Posted September 10, 2023 Another OCA of the work bench, with a Le Chat piece. Wagon isn't carrying correct number as just made this from OCA number I had left over. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive martin Posted September 10, 2023 Share Posted September 10, 2023 That sounds like a great what if location ,back in the mid 1980s i spent many happy weeks on peterborough station when i was on leave from work,the daily fly ash train to Fletton was always a bit special quite often a brand new class 58 was at the helm ,class 45 and 56 could also be seen on this working,i always felt a bit uninterested if a class 47 showed up!today i would love to see a 47 on a long rake of those presflo wagons! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthewchallenger Posted September 14, 2023 Author Share Posted September 14, 2023 @Clive martinamazing ive seen a few videos of this period and love the fly Ash trains, yes funny how you miss the ordinary stuff once its gone, I did the same with the class 43s paid no attention to them when they was racing through huntingdon and stopping at Peterbrough. I'd love the swe any of those class mentioned working regular frieght now. Peterborugh still got plenty of frieght but lacking much variety 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive martin Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 You are correct Peterborough is still a great freight hot spot ,sadly the passenger railway is just not the same except for the remaining class 91 mk4 sets ,and the charter trains loco services west coast railway company etc,liveing in suffolk seeing class 43 hst sets was always a treat i will never forget the thrill of seeing them hammer through Huntington and watching them leave Peterborough crossing over onto the fast line ,the best bit was always the rear power car screaming past,back in anglia it was always the first gen dmus that i took for granted like the old class 105 cravens Ipswich was always full of them now sadly their are only 3 cravens vehicles left,another freight fav of mine was the ketton to castle Bromich cement tanks that used to run to Peterborough for its loco to run round and head back out on the Leicester line often a class 25 or 45 great days ,i realy must stop my waffle i could write a book about my memorys of the way the railways used to be 30+ years ago seems like yesterday to me! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthewchallenger Posted September 27, 2023 Author Share Posted September 27, 2023 I have to agree on the rear power car screaming away. all sounds very interesting thank you for sharing some of your experiences Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthewchallenger Posted September 27, 2023 Author Share Posted September 27, 2023 Another OCA this time a plain grey and rusty 1 picked off Flickr to recreate due to the blue tops panel. OCA with recently made mesh sided OBA and in background a HYA I'm repainting into the VTG blue 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EWS60065 Posted October 6, 2023 Share Posted October 6, 2023 Great work on the bass wagons, nice to see a mesh OBA modelled. Your OCAs definitely look the part too! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthewchallenger Posted October 8, 2023 Author Share Posted October 8, 2023 Hey @EWS60065 thank you very much. yes im surpirsed not more people attempt them seem vital for up to dat engineering trains. Yours are really nice a lot better built than mine. I love the OCAs so many interesting versions and livery combos, I've got loads on the go really liking your salmon wagons, I had a go at building some but just couldn't get them to run without immediately derailing, so gave up on the kits. would love to have some salmon wagons though. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthewchallenger Posted October 8, 2023 Author Share Posted October 8, 2023 (edited) Another OCA and OBA. Some of my 1st weathering wagons, chosen because of the graffiti and markings. Edited October 8, 2023 by matthewchallenger 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthewchallenger Posted October 8, 2023 Author Share Posted October 8, 2023 Some wagons currently on the work bench! My 1st Bachmann MXA wagon, very nice model! Choose the one with the brake wheels attached to the bogies, first as I have 5 3d printed/BDA conversions all with brake lever and secondly I was on the Skipping Devonion railtour and saw this graffiti covered example as we headed home. After a quick search on Flickr finding pictures of said wagon! Tagged Jason and Auto, still to be weathered, graffiti added and started toning down the sole bar so far Next on the work bench is the sole DB red MHA wagon So far just a few washes of white and pink to represent the fading paint work. MHA being the latest release from accurscale 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthewchallenger Posted October 21, 2023 Author Share Posted October 21, 2023 A quick update from yesterday's workbench activity, added weathering and graffiti to another OBA and painting graffiti onto a freightliner HIA I photographed in Peterborough. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthewchallenger Posted November 4, 2023 Author Share Posted November 4, 2023 some of my first attempts at weathering my loco fleet, two TPE class 68s. inspired by Timara Easters weathering in British Railways Modern Freight Locomotives, and seeing several examples in York earlier this year in a rather dirty state. first up is 68031 Felix, this is the standard Dapol releases with added purple name template and gold bothers, I saw this loco several times in this state running light loco in and out of York. Next up is 68030 Black Douglas, also seen stable at York. knew I wanted to model this example as just really liked the name, this is just a renamed/numbered from one of the recent Dapol release. Both locos found stabled at Fletton Road shed. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthewchallenger Posted November 9, 2023 Author Share Posted November 9, 2023 Recent completed repaint of a accurscale HYA in the blue VTG livery and lightly weathered Decals are a from @Steadfast 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steadfast Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 Excellent work Matthew, you've got a great result there! Jo 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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matthewchallenger Posted November 9, 2023 Author Share Posted November 9, 2023 @Steadfastthank you Jo, great transfer as always. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthewchallenger Posted November 25, 2023 Author Share Posted November 25, 2023 Some more finished wagons Starting with an OCA. Managed to find images of both sides so weathered accordingly. Original a Dutch livered wagon and mostly repainted into faded railfright red. I picked this wagon due to the miss match doors on one side Next up another OBA finished based on images from Flickr, on side is correct to the tops code. And the two wagons together Also finished is my 1st Bachmann MXA wagon. This wagon was chosen as saw it on a recent railtour and wanted to recreate the graffiti 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EWS60065 Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 Your colours are spot on with the OCAs, love the replacement door too. Finishing touch would be looking at the axleboxes, try painting some red or black based on photos. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthewchallenger Posted November 26, 2023 Author Share Posted November 26, 2023 Yeah your right it's deffo one area I always forget about. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthewchallenger Posted January 11 Author Share Posted January 11 Wagons completed in the last few days one MHA and an OCA MHA pretty simple weathering just copied prototype that had same number as Hornby release OCA little more involved, heavy rusted and faded satlink livered wagon, copied diffenet wagons for either side. One end had some interesting use of the warnings having 5 in total on 1 end Wagons together with another OCA I recently completed 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthewchallenger Posted January 11 Author Share Posted January 11 I have also been working on a few JNAs, been trying out some enemal washes as well on some of these with the usual acrylics. Next two wagons feature decals from @Steadfast a class 60 heads thr train, weathered an renumbered to 60020 The Willows Also added some left over ballast kn 2 of the wagons 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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