Alcanman Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 Superb weathering on those 37/4s. Reminded me of this photo of 37408 which I took at Glasgow Queen St. Looks even filthier than your rendering, but hadn't suffered much from rust 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37114 Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 1 hour ago, Alcanman said: Superb weathering on those 37/4s. Reminded me of this photo of 37408 which I took at Glasgow Queen St. Looks even filthier than your rendering, but hadn't suffered much from rust 37408 was repainted after your shot was taken into LLB c 1994 from memory. The easiest way to tell original from post repaint is after 1994 it had a yellow headcode panel 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post James Makin Posted June 4, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted June 4, 2022 Time for a cheeky bit of MoD wagonry! VAA Vans by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Last year's loco projects were very all-consuming, taking almost every spare bit of modelling time to get over the line, so now that they're all done, it gave some time to pick up some smaller fun little projects in-between building the big layout. VAA Vans by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Today welcomes a trio of VAA wagons to the fleet, based on examples active on MoD traffic through Didcot in the late '90s. The project here dates back to deep in pandemic-time, Autumn 2020 and I picked up a bundle of Bachmann VAA's and set about painting them up to match photos found on Flickr. VAA Vans by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr There's nothing I love more than buying a cheap wagon, knowing there's a fun project ahead. I picked these VAA's up some years back from a good friend at the club, knowing that the subdued brown liveries would soon make way for something more colourful! VAA Vans by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Each wagon replicates an actual prototype, all sporting the classic BR Railfreight red & grey of the 1980s, albeit looking somewhat more battered and faded by the late 1990s. Various Humbrol paints were mixed together to replicate the faded shades, before being gloss varnished and Railtec & Modelmaster decals applied, before a final coat of Railmatch matt varnish to seal in the decals. This was late 2020, and at this point, life got in the way (not to mention 11 model ZKV 'Barbels', 40 diesel locomotives and a pair of Great Western HST power cars!) but fast forward to 2022, I could now dig these out and start finishing off from where I'd started! VAA Vans by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Armed with some free time and Green Day on the iPod, I set about doing some paint-on/wipe-off weathering coatings to each wagon, to take the edge off the sharp liveries, and get a build up of grime in the hard-to-reach places on each model. Layers of colour were built up over a few weeks, with rusty browns and darker grime colours, being painted on almost neat, wiped off with kitchen towel, and wiped down with cotton buds dipped in enamel thinners. The roof tops of the VAAs are most interesting, each one being slightly different, and generally in pretty bad condition by my modelling time period! VAA Vans by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Notably the roof strapping could be seen on each wagon, so lots of masking tape was cut up and laid on to mottle in some dark brown/dark grey strapping over the basic colour of the roof. It's key to look at the photos here of the chosen wagon to get its unique roof appearance, this dictates not only the base colours but also the additional patterns/fading/patches on top. VAA Vans by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Some of the roof tops had a more textured surface than others, so talcum powder comes in handy for adding a teensy bit of texture to wet paint, being puffed very lightly onto the roof and brushed in. It also serves to mute the colours down and gives a pleasing finish to the roof. VAA Vans by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Moving back down to the sides, the plethora of tiny marks can then be added on, using a fine 5/0 paintbrush. VAA Vans by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Areas that were interesting to model on the trio here were the streaking marks around the door handles, plus the rusty/dirt/oil build ups in the hinge mechanisms, as well as some of the general bodyside markings. Once satisfied, each wagon was then given a final coat of Railmatch matt varnish to seal in the weathering and give it some protection agains the rigours of exhibition life ahead! First up is VAA 200100, a brightly coloured red example, holding on to the majority of its livery, although the old Railfreight logo has been patch-painted out. VAA Vans by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr One fiddly part of the weathering was touching in each of the rivets where needed, using the tiny 5/0 paintbrush, following the Flickr pictures available. Next up was VAA 200031, in a much more faded version of the same livery, although, holding onto its lovely Railfreight logo! VAA Vans by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Peppered with little dinks, scratches and scars left by removed MoD explosives stickers, the bodyside was great fun to model and portrays a very hard worked wagon towards the end of its mainline career. VAA Vans by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Little finishing touches on the wagon include adding the Colin Craig etched brake discs onto the faces of the wagons, I believe that nowadays these are available from Stenson Models. I stick these onto the wheel using Krystal Klear PVA glue, and once dry, paint over & wipe off a layer of dark grey to take the sheen off the stainless steel metal disc. The rear face and front edges of the wheels are also painted to remove any unwanted shiny metal from showing through. VAA Vans by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr The last wagon in today's trio is VAA 200126, another faded derivative of the classic Railfreight livery, with painted-out logos and damages across the sides in a number of places. VAA Vans by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr For the underframes, these are left as delivered by Bachmann, and painted dark brown, with highlights of darker brown, dark grey and gunmetal grey around the oily parts. VAA Vans by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr I've had great fun with these vans, although a protracted project, it was good to pick these back up again and since doing these, it has reignited an interest in tackling the wagons again, it is refreshing how much of a quicker project they make compared to some of the big diesel locos seen further up the pages! VAA Vans by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Keep an eye out for more fun quickies coming soon! Cheers, James 31 25 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Fatadder Posted June 4, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 4, 2022 Very nice, hopefully should be a good prompt to sort out some of my own stash of these. There was a couple of handy flows of these into Cornwall in 1999 (part of the bottled water delivery’s for the eclipse and the return of the unused stock after) they certainly look a lot more interesting once weathered! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick G Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 Great work James. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoff west Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 Great work James. Just how i remember seeing them at Didcot back in the 90's. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 Running out of exclamations to describe your work James, so with no apologies of repeating myself, those vans are SUPERB! I love the way you put on layers and tiny strokes of paint and work it so that it doesn't look like a dab of paint, the staining around the handles is spot on! Was the initial livery brush painted or airbrushed? 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium James Makin Posted June 7, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted June 7, 2022 Thanks so much for the likes and comments! On 04/06/2022 at 22:38, The Fatadder said: Very nice, hopefully should be a good prompt to sort out some of my own stash of these. There was a couple of handy flows of these into Cornwall in 1999 (part of the bottled water delivery’s for the eclipse and the return of the unused stock after) they certainly look a lot more interesting once weathered! Cheers Rich! The Eclipse brings back memories! It was fun reading back then about the varied special trains that went down and the use of new 66/0s on several of the charter trains for that! My auntie's family travelled down from Didcot to Cornwall for the event but said that after all that, it was just cloudy! Back down in Worthing we had full sun and my dad had rigged up this mirror arrangement to reflect the sun onto the house so we could watch a mini-eclipse on the back of the garage wall! Somewhere I've still got those cardboard Eclipse glasses that all the newsagents would be trying to flog 🤣 On 05/06/2022 at 12:05, geoff west said: Great work James. Just how i remember seeing them at Didcot back in the 90's. Thanks Geoff, I've long been inspired by the lines of them in the Yard as well as on the MoD trains coming in, I love how they pretty much all ended up in varied shades of pink! Many years ago I did have a bash at adding the A1 Models etched sides to a Hornby VDA to create a VAA, but made the mistake of using solvent glue which over the years has gradually deformed the van outwards with the most banana shaped sides! 5 hours ago, sb67 said: Running out of exclamations to describe your work James, so with no apologies of repeating myself, those vans are SUPERB! I love the way you put on layers and tiny strokes of paint and work it so that it doesn't look like a dab of paint, the staining around the handles is spot on! Was the initial livery brush painted or airbrushed? Haha, thanks very much Steve! The livery was just painted on with brushes, I rarely bother getting the airbrush out for the smaller vehicles, I used a flat wide brush which helped minimise the brush strokes but generally I don't get too many problems just brushing them on, plus it saves so much time and effort cleaning an airbrush too! I also find that the varnish layers do help in hiding a multitude of sins, anything that doesn't look right gets painted over again and by the time the spray varnish is added then it levels out the surface and bonds it all together! Cheers, James 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D6775 Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 Those Vans are fantastic, I'll have to come back to this and have a go with my Heljan ones. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium njee20 Posted June 7, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 7, 2022 Lovely job as ever! When you're doing your 'paint on wipe off' (said like Mr Miyagi) how much do you thin the paint? Or is it 'neat'? I keep thinking I'll give your methods a go! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium James Makin Posted June 8, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted June 8, 2022 17 hours ago, njee20 said: Lovely job as ever! When you're doing your 'paint on wipe off' (said like Mr Miyagi) how much do you thin the paint? Or is it 'neat'? I keep thinking I'll give your methods a go! Haha thanks Nick, for the paint on wipe off stage I tend to vary the thinness of the paint depending on the end effect. In many cases I'll go for neat Humbrol enamel paint, and the benefit is that it can be useful to heavily tint the underlying paint if desired, or give a good solid build up of colour in the recesses once any extra paint has been wiped away and wiped down further with enamel thinners on a cotton bud. In other cases I'll go for a much more diluted wash, this is useful where I'm looking for a streaky finish, things like the sides of the diesel locos have a wash of almost 80% Humbrol thinners to 20% paint so it's super light and gives a very gradual build up of colour. I'll sometimes also vary how I apply it, sometimes I will pre-mix a wash and other times I'll almost mix it on the side of the model, adding a paintbrush laced with thinners (or paint) if I decide the consistency isn't right whilst actually on the model! It's very much a case of just dabbling and seeing what works well, it doesn't always work well straight away and needs a lot of playing around, so I can't give more precise tips than that! I've been using this method for almost 20 years and am still learning on the shades to use, I just use enamels only and have been familiarising myself with how the different Humbrol shades work, as some definitely thin down better than others! I sometimes use Phoenix Paints also, but they dry extremely quickly so any washes of that need a lot more proportion of thinners to keep it wet before wiping off the excess colour. One thing to watch for where I've tripped myself up in the past is that the washes with high concentrations of enamel thinners will start to strip through layers of dried varnish if left long enough, so nowadays I always leave a model for at least 1 month to fully harden to almost bullet-proof status before 'attacking' as there is nothing worse than wiping off your livery as well as your weathering 🤣 The same goes for any RTR liveries as well, always do a pre-weathering coat of varnish to protect the surface, and then after all the weathering this is followed by a final coating, prior to the final airbrush weathering stage. It flattens the surfaces out slightly and removes some of the accidental sheen you get when doing the paint-on/wipe-off too. Hope this helps! James 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium njee20 Posted June 8, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 8, 2022 Thanks James, that’s awesome! I’m still traumatised from varnishing a set of printed wagons; only to watch it eat the decals in front of my eyes, whilst helpfully varnishing the resulting mush! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium James Makin Posted June 9, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted June 9, 2022 19 hours ago, njee20 said: Thanks James, that’s awesome! I’m still traumatised from varnishing a set of printed wagons; only to watch it eat the decals in front of my eyes, whilst helpfully varnishing the resulting mush! Ouch, that sounds painful to watch! I've had similar before when using certain varnishes that are just naughty! My current go-to varnish is Railmatch, their aerosol cans make it nice and easy to apply and the result is generally very smooth and nice. I have had mixed success with Humbrol aerosol varnish too, sometimes it is amazing in every way, the current formulation in recent couple of years seems very 'wet' and it's easy to flood a model with just 1 pass of the spray if not careful, but dries generally very well. Where I've had the real pain is in some of the US brands of varnish, things like Testors, I'd heard great stuff about Dullcote but when trying it, it reacted with some Phoenix paints and certain Humbrol shades, but others it's fine, again the same with a few of the other varnishes that I've tried, and can also be volatile with Railtec decals too, so it's a gamble! Yet to debut on these pages are a couple of weathered Bachmann BP green TEA bogie tankers that I sprayed in March 2019, I'd given them a coat of Testors varnish over a paint-on/wipe-off effect and had such a reaction that the varnish had given the tankers a complete crackle glaze finish, if you imagine looking at something like the dried salt flats in Utah 🤦♂️🤣 I keep meaning to get around to giving them a strip down and re-doing sometime, just goes to show that the varnishes can easily catch you out! Cheers, James 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium njee20 Posted June 9, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 9, 2022 (edited) It was Halfords lacquer I had a problem with; been fine previously, but didn’t work with the laser printed decals I’d switched to. look forward to seeing your green TEAs once restored to their glory! I think one of your first projects I read was the old BP grey TEA with the long yellow and green stripe! Edited June 9, 2022 by njee20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WCML100 Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 work greta as ever James, the recent vans are insanely good! have you ever considered a sped up Timelapse of you applying the different coats in this technique, so we can really get an idea of the different steps? thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post James Makin Posted July 1, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted July 1, 2022 (edited) Time for something juicy! 87029 and 87031 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr With all these diesels flying through the workbench in recent years, it was nice to take a step back and work on some classic AC electrics again! Joining my Wells Green TMD fleet today is 87029 Earl Marischal and 87031 Hal o' the Wynd, both based on the recent new-gen Hornby model. 87029 and 87031 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr Long-time readers may remember my old depot layout Wells Green TMD built in 2005, set in the late 90s/early 2000s with lots of tasty overhead electrics! Back in the day, I was frustrated with the old Hornby 'Ringfield' motored locos of the day and would spend much time and money remotoring to bring things up to scratch. I always dreamed of the day that quality RTR overhead electrics would be released, and although Wells Green has been packed away for many years, I have been steadily buying up the new-gen AC electrics when they were released, for that big session to get the layout out again and have some fun! 87029 and 87031 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr The starting point was these two beasties, picked up upon release a few years back and left in their boxes, until recently Simon Bendall gave me a shout that he's doing another Key Publishing book, this time on Locomotives of the 1990s, and would I like to do something on Class 87s? With this challenge in mind, I sprung into action! I knew exactly which class members I would model - having some very warm fuzzy memories of days out platform-ending at the likes of Birmingham New Street, Stafford, Rugby and more back in those great times before the Pendolinos took over. 87029 and 87031 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr With the locos taken apart, the old numbers and names were removed from the bodysides with a splash of enamel thinners on a cotton bud, making surprisingly light work of the Hornby printing. After this, the window glazing was masked over with Humbrol Maskol fluid before the loco body was sprayed all over with gloss varnish, to give a good surface for decals to be applied over the top. Meanwhile, up on the roof, some changes needed to be made. Hornby delivered their Virgin '87' release with the later Inergen fire extinguishing system on the roof, which was fitted to these locos just after my late 90s modelling period, so the bottles and associated pipework needed careful removing. The roof-mounted aerials needed relocating back to their original positions too. 87029 and 87031 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr With the roof modes complete, the fun part could happen next - adding the new number decals and some miniature naming ceremonies! 87029 and 87031 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr Incredibly the nameplates had actually been in my worn sandwich-bag of etched nameplates for about 20 years! Fired up from seeing the real things and pre-dating Wells Green, I ordered them from Shawplan and planned to fit them to Lima locos of the day, but as is such, life gets in the way! I could probably have ordered better quality etched plates from Fox Transfers but there is something very satisfying and 'completing' about fitting these old plates that needed to be done! Next came a coat of matt varnish, and a month's wait before the weathering fun started! 87029 and 87031 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr First up, the stark light grey roof was painted dark grey, before receiving some mottling and drybrushing with lighter greys and browns, matching all the time to prototype pictures gleaned from Flickr and other websites. It's actually quite an effort finding good roof shots of AC electrics, especially with the death of sites like Fotopic which washed away a lot of good content I used to use back in the days of working on the old Hornby models! 87029 and 87031 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr The bodysides were treated too, with my mix of dark browns and dark greys being added, being painted on and then wiped away first with kitchen towel and followed by a cotton bud dipped in enamel thinners. The ideal recommended soundtrack for dirtying an '87' proved to be a meaty poptastic double-header from Charli XCX and Rina Sawayama. Virgin's fleet was generally kept very clean from a distance, but upon closer inspection there would be ingrained dirt gathered in almost any recess that the washing plants couldn't get to. This meant the roof was filthy! 87029 and 87031 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr More and more shades of colour were added to the roof, some were even mixed wet on the roof to really build up the colour, with the initial browns and greys making way to some light grey and earthy colours too, following the prototype photographs which show just how much the roofs are tainted with the copper/carbon dust deposits brought down from the overhead by the pantograph touching the contact wire. Attention also turned to sprucing up the insides too - the interior was given a quick paint on & wipe-off with neat dark grey just to highlight the panelling on the equipment that can be seen through the bodyside windows. 87029 and 87031 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr Finally, the locos were reassembled onto their chassis and ready for some more weathering. 87029 and 87031 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr Overall the traffic weathering applied consisted of Phoenix track dirt and brake dust applied by airbrush on the lower chassis, whilst the roof received a coat of 'roof dirt', 'dirty black' and waftings of light earth & green colours to represent some of the coppery carbon deposits around the pantograph end of each loco. 87029 and 87031 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr 87029 Earl Marischal was up there amongst my favourites, having seen it a good number of times, it captured my imagination as one to-model from the early days, even though the first '87' I had for haulage was actually 87025 County of Cheshire. Maybe one day I'll model that too! 87029 and 87031 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr The Hornby interior detail shows up nicely on the new model, and the bogie detailing comes out pretty well after a bit of highlighting through the weathering. Little touches like the footsteps were drybrushed with silver, and raised edges worked on with Humbrol Metalcote gunmetal to really bring out the sharper edges on the underframe. 87029 and 87031 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr The only let down on the model is ironically the pantograph itself! For the meantime I've just weathered up the original Hornby attempt at the Brecknell Willis High Speed pantograph, but it really is far too flimsy to be used on a layout contacting the overhead wiring, the springing is wrong and it looks a little silly! Before it takes to the rails on Wells Green TMD, I will replace these with 'pans sourced elsewhere, whether it's something stolen from a Bachmann 90 or Accurascale 92, whichever proves easier to source! 87029 and 87031 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr The dusty dirty rooftops are shown better in this angle, it's very tricky trying to get a good pic of the roof, and especially annoying as in model form, we see the roof before anything else! Having not modelled any AC electrics for about 15 years, I found it especially challenging to do the roof and certainly it felt odd using shades of colour that I'd not normally use anywhere near the rooftop on a diesel! 87029 and 87031 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr 87029 and 87031 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr My next 87 had to be Hal o' the Wynd! Loco names have always fascinated me and this one just seemed so 'out there' and mysterious, especially to my younger self who wasn't armed with Wikipedia and the split-second ability to find out it was actually just named after a chap called Henry Gow! Not so mysterious now! 87029 and 87031 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr Again the Shawplan 'plates were applied here, using a smearing of matt varnish to attach them prior to the overall matt varnish coat after the weathering was applied, any overspill is hidden and it covers a multitude of sins! 87029 and 87031 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr Over on the side grilles, some slight painting took place too, Hornby's Virgin-liveried model had pure red grilles, but the outer ones actually needed a black surround, so this was delicately painted on prior to the weathering stages. These grilles then were filled with paint during the paint-on/wipe-off stage leaving a grimy but clean finish. 87029 and 87031 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr 87029 and 87031 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr And there we have it, two new-generation Class 87s to join the fleet, some fifteen years after the last AC's were tackled! I do miss the days of being able to go on an 'exotic' spotting trip up the West Coast Main Line, ticking off loco after loco in the old Platform 5 books, the Pendolino's just aren't quite the same, but it is sobering to think they themselves are coming up two decades old now. The real class 87s here have had mixed fortunes, 87031 would later swap its 'mysterious' plates for Keith Harper castings before withdrawal from Virgin Trains service in 2005, later seeing an appointment with the scrap man in 2010. In contrast, 87029 would go on to see further service in Bulgaria, of all places! Out there with a number of classmates since 2009, the loco is still believed to be in service to this day, and long may it continue to do so! 87029 and 87031 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr It's been enormous fun doing this little project and getting the hand in with the AC electrics again! The full article on the locos, and several more of my new projects, can be found in the Key Publishing "Modelling British Railways Locomotives of the 1990s" - Simon's put a taster post up with some details of how to get it elsewhere on RMWeb - Key Publishing Modelling British Railways Book by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr I can't wait to get my paint-covered mitts on a copy, out today apparently! Cheers! James Edited July 1, 2022 by James Makin . 33 1 5 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post James Makin Posted July 4, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted July 4, 2022 With Worthing MRC's Loftus Road layout due out soon for it's first show since before the pandemic, I've been digging out some of my older stock for a quick service and once-over. I rediscovered one of my forgotten favourites from many years ago and thought it would be fun to take some fresh snaps using the new camera set up! 47467 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr 47467 fascinated me as a kid, a working BR Large Logo 47 that was still going strong in frontline service with EWS until the bitter end in early 1999, pretty much driven to Wigan CRDC and chopped up shortly after, a brutal end to its 35-year service on the rails. 47467 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr Making the model was great fun, based upon the Bachmann BR Blue 47436 release, the key to getting the faded finish was overspraying with matt varnish, to give a good key to a series of washes of grey and white paint, almost going as far as neat paint, applied to the bodyshell and wiped away with kitchen roll and cotton buds. More and more layers of whites and greys were built up, as well as shades of pale blue applied to the bodyside, sometimes drybrushed in the specific areas where the real 47467 exhibited such a patchy finish. 47467 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr Up on the roof, once the Bachmann moulding lines were removed and overpainted with light grey, layers of darker grey were painted on and wiped away, leaving darker shaded areas in the grille slats, and dirty deposits in the areas less exposed to the elements, wiping downwards to mimic the effect of rainwater washing dirt down the roof. 47467 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr Little details were added to complete, using fine 5/0 paintbrushes to pick out the damages, rust pockets and markings, matched up to photos of the real thing in 1998 condition. 47467 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr The last bit was to then run a spray of traffic grime over it, a range of lighter browns on the underframe and roof dirt/dirty black on the roof and in the exhaust area. 47467 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr After a decent wheel clean and dust down, 47467 is ready to turn its wheels again on Loftus Road! Loftus Road by Worthing MRC by jamesmakin2002, on Flickr Cheers, James 37 14 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 (edited) More fantastic work James, I love the electrics and the patchy finish of 47 467 👍 I'm sure you've mentioned it before but which Matt varnish do you use? I've had problems with a Humbrol rattle can recently. Thanks for the heads up on the bookazine, I'm sure a copy will find it's way to my letterbox soon! Edited July 5, 2022 by sb67 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj_crisp Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 Always nice to see a battered duff. This one is a stunner. I'm also interested in matt varnishes - I've kinda given up on them and nowadays use railmatch satin which is the only varnish I've had success with. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium James Makin Posted July 7, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 7, 2022 On 05/07/2022 at 06:19, sb67 said: More fantastic work James, I love the electrics and the patchy finish of 47 467 👍 I'm sure you've mentioned it before but which Matt varnish do you use? I've had problems with a Humbrol rattle can recently. Thanks for the heads up on the bookazine, I'm sure a copy will find it's way to my letterbox soon! On 05/07/2022 at 12:01, dj_crisp said: Always nice to see a battered duff. This one is a stunner. I'm also interested in matt varnishes - I've kinda given up on them and nowadays use railmatch satin which is the only varnish I've had success with. Thanks ever so much guys! I have been through a lot of trauma with various varnishes over the years 😄 For starters I always use aerosols as I just can't be bothered to load up an airbrush for a varnish coat! My current favourite in recent times is Railmatch, their gloss and matt varnish aerosols have been pretty good in recent times, so are my go-to at the moment. I used to use these in the distant past but had issues with aerosol cans blocking prematurely, and matt varnish that dried satin, so steered away from Railmatch, but in the last two-three years they have always been good. I always make a point of buying a fresh batch directly from Howes to be sure you're not lumbered with older stock from a model shop, and I'll always write the date of purchase, source & first use date on each aerosol can to help use the oldest first and help keep track in case any faulty ones need returning! I've also had some success with Humbrol's matt and gloss varnish but recent batches in the last couple of years have been very watery - it's easy to flood a model with just one pass of the aerosol! I still have some stock of these but they have been 'downgraded' to be used on wagon projects only rather than any locos! I did have a very cloudy Humbrol varnish that almost ruined my BR green 47004 from many years ago, fortunately I managed to wipe off the varnish while wet and re-coat with Railmatch subsequently. Finally there are the 'others'! I often read about other people's varnish brands and give them a try. Testors varnish for me is highly volatile, it would crinkle up Railtec decals and cause crazing on certain paint surfaces (like Phoenix paints or certain Humbrols) randomly (remember those BP TEAs I mentioned that got mucked up!), and then I've experimented with some of the brands more popular in military modelling but the matt varnishes here can generally give a bit of a speckled finish or only semi-matt, or the dreaded orange peel, without warning! So all in all, Railmatch gets my current vote, as long as you get fresh versions every few months and praying that the makers HMG don't mess with the recipe! Cheers, James 1 1 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj_crisp Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 Thanks James! The fun of varnish! Cheers Will Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 Thanks James, the Humbrol can I used dried almost white! I think I should get varnish from a Model shop with a high turnover, probably online. I wonder if the can I got has been on the shelf a few years! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium James Makin Posted July 8, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 8, 2022 1 hour ago, sb67 said: Thanks James, the Humbrol can I used dried almost white! I think I should get varnish from a Model shop with a high turnover, probably online. I wonder if the can I got has been on the shelf a few years! Definitely this Steve! I order from the source where possible to hope for the freshest batch! Humbrol aerosols from the Hornby website and Railmatch’s ‘home’ supplier is Howes of Oxford. Cheers, James Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 5 hours ago, James Makin said: Definitely this Steve! I order from the source where possible to hope for the freshest batch! Humbrol aerosols from the Hornby website and Railmatch’s ‘home’ supplier is Howes of Oxford. Cheers, James Ta James 👍 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 I got so fed up with railmatch cans i brought a stock of their spare nozzles - like the varnish equivalent of Ipads and the bloody chargers . Im currently back with humbrol - they don't seem to block so easy but granted they are a bit thick on the coating - better keep moving whilst spraying . hesitate at your peril ! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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