RMweb Gold griffgriff Posted August 15, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 15, 2020 A stack of containers and a pile of ballast where 33s, 37s , 47x and 50s once sat..... oh what the railways have become There are many people who would be upset with you James for putting 50s in the same company as Westerns and Deltics? I’m not one of them. I’m glad you had the chance. Cool aren’t they (old codger mode on) Back in my day they were sat in that yard on mk2 NSE stock waiting to run ECS to Waterloo. They were the days (old codger mode off) Griff . 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Glad you had a nice day out . 50s - yes , used to love them on GWML, broke up motony of HSTs and class 117 DMUs. Distinctive noise , fantastic new livery ( LL) and great names . In all honesty they were a basket case for reliability though and despite the refurbishment they lasted only another decade . strangely when I got back into railways , the Hornby 50 just didn’t seem to do it and I only ever brought one . I think we are crying out for a new 4mm version 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post James Makin Posted August 19, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted August 19, 2020 Back to the toy trains! 37894 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Joining the fleet this week is heavyweight Trainload Coal stalwart 37894. 37894 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr As touched on during previous projects, I adore the former Trainload colours of BR with their gorgeous sector flashes intact, but modelling the late 1990s means that I often have to make do with the mouldy leftover crumbs on the table, with the very best ones being either withdrawn, chopped or splashed into new colour schemes! 37894 was one of an elite band of '37's that wore Trainload Coal livery until the bitter end, and so had long attracted my attention for tackling at some stage - and now was the time. 37894 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr The starting point was a 37796 Trainload Coal body purchased from Bachmann spares department to go on a cheap chassis I'd picked up from East Kent Models at a show last year - making for a nice bargain-basement project! 37894 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Many detail changes needed to be made to the body to convert it from the split-headcode to the centre-box '37894, including new ends plugged in (sold by Rainbow Railways), roof horns added, styrene cantrail grille divider bars and the roof detailing being changed to suit the arrangement on the prototype loco. Shawplan's Extreme Etching roof grille was the final touch. 37894 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Accompanied by some Lana, weathering started in earnest, the loco being in fairly clean condition, but with build up of dirt and rusty deposits in the grille areas. Brown paints and washes were applied to the body and wiped off in a vertical motion to leave dirt accumulated in the recesses on the body. 37894 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Shades applied included washes of Humbrol's 186, 113 and 251 built up from light to dark. 37894 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr 37894's livery was also featured a number of paint chips, damages and rust spots, these were added on each side and yellow ends matched to prototype pics from 1998, using fine 00000 paintbrushes, essential tools in the modelling arsenal! 37894 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr One of the fun parts of the project was recreating the rusty scars left behind after the corporate BR arrows were removed from the cabsides, my method of recreating this being simply to use a leftover etched BR arrow and apply a bit of paint to the back of it, and press in place - essentially a metallic form of primary school potato printing! 37894 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr The traffic weathering was applied with an airbrush, my usual mix of Phoenix shades from track dirt, frame dirt and then on the roof, various shades of 'roof dirt' and 'dirty black' before the finishing touch being a custom darker grey mixed with dark blue for the oily deposits in the exhaust grime. Grilles were drybrushed with Humbrol Metalcote Gunmetal (27004) and then rubbed to highlight the grille detail. Each nose end grille was rusted to match the prototype pics and it's interesting to see how these weather on the different 37s! 37894 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr The real 37894 led an interesting life, being a longtime Welsh loco since the mid '80s, working out of Cardiff Canton for Trainload Coal and Petroleum sectors before being assigned to Transrail where thankfully it did not gain the infamous 'Big T' stickers! Under EWS ownership, the loco had a couple of French holidays in 1999 and 2004, before final repatriation and being left to rot, sadly meeting it's maker in 2008 by European Metal Recyling of Kingsbury. 37894 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr I'm so glad to have a Coal 37 in the fleet, it's been a long time coming! Although being a relative rarity in my chosen late 90s era, the famous black diamonds will be a very welcome change from the forlorn plain triple grey and shiny EWS locos! Cheers, James 22 18 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonas Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 Gorgeous. The sub sector liveries where awesome, and the coal one really striking! Coupled with your usual attention to detail, another stunning model. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 Stunning work James! I like the rusty marks where the double arrows were. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railfreight1998 Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 Very nice - the battered sector logos look particularly good 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 Really nice that . I don’t think I ever saw any of the sector logos unfortunately , EWS was already painting what it thought had a future and everything else was scrapped by the time I got interested again 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post James Makin Posted September 4, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted September 4, 2020 Here's the latest pairing joining the fleet, and the penultimate update of locos from my latest batch! 47033 and 47314 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Back in the late 90s there were scores of former Railfreight Distribution 47s plying their trade, spluttering through and eeking out their days, all the while EWS couldn't withdraw them fast enough! 47033 and 47314 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr 47033 The Royal Logistic Corps and 47314 Transmark give a quick sample of the state of the fleet back then, varying from newer-painted RfD versions in reasonably good nick to some truly shockers in the old BR triple grey! The most fun one of the pairing here to do was of course 47314, and the starting point was the pleasant-looking 47209 from Bachmann - 47033 and 47314 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Firstly the chassis was swapped for a Crewe-cut version, and the lower bufferbeam fairing chopped from the body. Next, it was time to tackle the fun part - fading down the old Trainload Distribution logos! 47033 and 47314 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr The logo was masked off, then using prototype photographs, faded yellow and red shades were carefully painted over the original Bachmann printing. On the real thing, some of the stickers had peeled away, whilst the rest was badly faded - so it was interesting to replicate! After the painted logo detail was complete, the rest of the body was worked on, including renumbering and adding the Shawplan nameplates to complete, before a coat of matt varnish. Once the varnish was hardened after a month or so, it was time to crack open the paints and fade the rest of that paintwork! 47033 and 47314 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Light greys and pale off-white shades were slopped on and removed, following prototype pics that showing a decidedly patchy finish on the upper Flint Grey! 47033 and 47314 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Things were moving on similarly with partner 47033, the renumbering completed and Fox nameplates applied, before the loco started to receive paint-on & wipe-off coats of browns for its slightly more muddy appearance, with some classic R.E.M. being the ideal soundtrack to dirty class 47s. 47033 and 47314 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr The locos were reassembled, with usual details such as the bufferbeam pipework being added from either Bachmann, Replica Railways or Heljan spares. The 'Elephants Trunk' on the nose of 47314 came from a Heljan detailing sprue. 47033 and 47314 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr 47314 Transmark was truly a mess! There are some superb pictures on Flickr to show the loco in its 1998 condition, just about clinging on to life, even though the livery wasn't! 47033 and 47314 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr One side of the loco still had the steel BR arrows attached, even though much of the paintwork around it had flaked away and with lots of rusty patches! These were created with varying shades of brown, working from light to dark using fine brushed. 47033 and 47314 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Showing the variation on one side of the Trainload Distribution logo, this side had half of its red diamonds ripped from the side, whilst the other halves were faded to beyond pink. Rust was coming through the bodyside, whilst most interestingly the rusty scar where the depot plaque was, had BR Blue paint coming through from before it's 1990 repaint! 47033 and 47314 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr The other side of the loco had lost it's BR arrows, leaving an attractive arrow-shaped rust patch on the cabside, similar to the Coal 37 from the other week - the paint being applied using a small etched arrow as a guide. 47033 and 47314 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr I do love that it's such a mess, you wonder what it must've been like as a driver being allocated your machine and judging a book by it's cover, never quite knowing how long it might last before failing on you..! 47033 and 47314 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr 47033 and 47314 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Alongside the grotty 47314 was 47033... 47033 and 47314 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr In comparison, 47033 looks rather smart! This was an average Railfreight Distribution machine, being in fairly good condition externally and by 1998, only a few years since repainting during the glory days of its BR career. 47033 and 47314 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr I always liked the nameplate on this one and it made it stand out from the early days, you can't beat a big two-line plate, and a nice crest to boot! 47033 and 47314 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr 47033 and 47314 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr The weathering was fairly straightforward on this one, prototype pics of the time show some slight ingrained mud on the bodysides but otherwise no damages! Mid-brown shades were applied earlier in the weathering process, topped off with airbrushed layers of frame dirt and brake dirt at the end of the project. 47033 and 47314 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Most of my locos seem to have lost their depot plaques..! 47033 again had rusty ghost patch marks where the plaques used to be, again an etched plaque being used as a marker to get the ghosting in the right place, then being filled in with varying browns to complete. 47033 and 47314 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr 47033 and 47314 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr The real locos had a varied ending, unsurprisingly 47314 being withdrawn from mainline service by early 1999, but seeing some use with Aggregate Industries of Croft, until eventual storage and scrapping in 2008. Similarly, 47033 saw withdrawal as part of the big EWS 'Duff' cull in early 1999, but then passed to Cotswold Rail, gaining a plain coat of silver, but that wasn't enough to secure a long-term future and it too was turned into razor blades during 2008. 47033 and 47314 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr It's been enormous fun to create this pairing, especially 47314 which is up there with some of the worst wrecks I've created to date! One more loco update is coming from this existing batch and it is something special indeed! Cheers, James 22 13 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 Nice one James, These were EWS primary target for extinction IIRC 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
South-East Rail Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 Top job as always! Ed 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railfreight1998 Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 Brilliant. The logos on 314 are quite something. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonas Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 This diamonds on 314 are just sublime! Great work. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium James Makin Posted September 5, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted September 5, 2020 Thanks so much for the nice comments guys! Those RF diamonds were fun to tackle! It was one of those moments where I had a look at the faded ones that Fox Transfers do and looking back at 47314, realising they just weren't going to cut it! There were quite a few absolute heaps of 47s still running about in 1998 in similar condition so I am tempted to tackle a few more of those in time, give something else to go on those MOD services! Cheers, James 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoff west Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 Maybe a bit early for your period, but 47 361 Wilton Endeavour was a regular through Didcot in 96 / 97 A Tinsley engine at the time It was in a very sorry looking state in its very faded RFD livery. It would make a fun model to try and replicate. Geoff. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joner Posted September 6, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 6, 2020 awesome weathering yet again. 314 especially looking superb and a great sound track to do it too 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium James Makin Posted September 6, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted September 6, 2020 22 hours ago, geoff west said: Maybe a bit early for your period, but 47 361 Wilton Endeavour was a regular through Didcot in 96 / 97 A Tinsley engine at the time It was in a very sorry looking state in its very faded RFD livery. It would make a fun model to try and replicate. Geoff. Thanks Geoff, great shout! I only saw 47361 in its later Freightliner grey guise but have always admired its previous tatty RFD colours in pictures, especially the part on one side where there’s a ghosting of some BR arrows and it’s large bodyside numbers from the blue days poking through the grey, that would be a blast to model! Definitely a fun one for the ‘to do’ list one day!! Cheers, James 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium James Makin Posted September 9, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted September 9, 2020 As a quick cheeky plug I’ve put together another feature for Railways Illustrated - this time on some of my ever-growing Virgin CrossCountry Class 47 fleet! It’s in the latest October 2020 issue available online or “from all good newsagents” as the saying goes I could literally bang on for hours about the glory days of the VXC 47s so it’s fun to do it in a glossy magazine..! Cheers, James 17 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxokid Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 On 19/08/2020 at 22:02, James Makin said: Back to the toy trains! 37894 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Joining the fleet this week is heavyweight Trainload Coal stalwart 37894. 37894 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr As touched on during previous projects, I adore the former Trainload colours of BR with their gorgeous sector flashes intact, but modelling the late 1990s means that I often have to make do with the mouldy leftover crumbs on the table, with the very best ones being either withdrawn, chopped or splashed into new colour schemes! 37894 was one of an elite band of '37's that wore Trainload Coal livery until the bitter end, and so had long attracted my attention for tackling at some stage - and now was the time. 37894 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr The starting point was a 37796 Trainload Coal body purchased from Bachmann spares department to go on a cheap chassis I'd picked up from East Kent Models at a show last year - making for a nice bargain-basement project! 37894 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Many detail changes needed to be made to the body to convert it from the split-headcode to the centre-box '37894, including new ends plugged in (sold by Rainbow Railways), roof horns added, styrene cantrail grille divider bars and the roof detailing being changed to suit the arrangement on the prototype loco. Shawplan's Extreme Etching roof grille was the final touch. 37894 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Accompanied by some Lana, weathering started in earnest, the loco being in fairly clean condition, but with build up of dirt and rusty deposits in the grille areas. Brown paints and washes were applied to the body and wiped off in a vertical motion to leave dirt accumulated in the recesses on the body. 37894 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Shades applied included washes of Humbrol's 186, 113 and 251 built up from light to dark. 37894 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr 37894's livery was also featured a number of paint chips, damages and rust spots, these were added on each side and yellow ends matched to prototype pics from 1998, using fine 00000 paintbrushes, essential tools in the modelling arsenal! 37894 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr One of the fun parts of the project was recreating the rusty scars left behind after the corporate BR arrows were removed from the cabsides, my method of recreating this being simply to use a leftover etched BR arrow and apply a bit of paint to the back of it, and press in place - essentially a metallic form of primary school potato printing! 37894 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr The traffic weathering was applied with an airbrush, my usual mix of Phoenix shades from track dirt, frame dirt and then on the roof, various shades of 'roof dirt' and 'dirty black' before the finishing touch being a custom darker grey mixed with dark blue for the oily deposits in the exhaust grime. Grilles were drybrushed with Humbrol Metalcote Gunmetal (27004) and then rubbed to highlight the grille detail. Each nose end grille was rusted to match the prototype pics and it's interesting to see how these weather on the different 37s! 37894 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr The real 37894 led an interesting life, being a longtime Welsh loco since the mid '80s, working out of Cardiff Canton for Trainload Coal and Petroleum sectors before being assigned to Transrail where thankfully it did not gain the infamous 'Big T' stickers! Under EWS ownership, the loco had a couple of French holidays in 1999 and 2004, before final repatriation and being left to rot, sadly meeting it's maker in 2008 by European Metal Recyling of Kingsbury. 37894 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr I'm so glad to have a Coal 37 in the fleet, it's been a long time coming! Although being a relative rarity in my chosen late 90s era, the famous black diamonds will be a very welcome change from the forlorn plain triple grey and shiny EWS locos! Cheers, James Lovely work on these coal 37s James ,ive been doing few of these too on the workbench.. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post James Makin Posted September 17, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted September 17, 2020 Here is the last model of the batch! 58014 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr I've always had a soft spot for the Class 58s and this one is very special indeed! Joining the fleet is of course, 58014 Didcot Power Station. 58014 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Some years ago Hattons were doing a clearance sale on the Heljan Class 58 - £50 a pop and I bought a pair, the first one below in grey eventually being turned out as 58017 Eastleigh Depot, with the blue one being pugged away until now. 58014 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Looking very garish in it's bright blue factory colours, it was crying out to be properly weathered down! To start with, some changes were made to reflect 58014, the Heljan orange warning line being moved further down onto the bodyside doors, renumbering with Fox Transfers, before being named using Brian's superb Shawplan Extreme Etchings nameplates. 58014 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr After the usual coating of Humbrol matt varnish and being left to harden, the model was attacked with a variety of dark browns and greys. Weathering was greatly assisted by some early '80s Italian disco, perfect vintage for Class 58 projects! 58014 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Once the colours were wiped down with cotton buds soaked in enamel thinners, the bright Mainline blue colours were sufficiently muted and darker areas could be built up in the many panel gaps on the loco, and the frequent build up of oily dirt around the base of the doors too! 58014 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr The Heljan model was missing the visible 'crosses' on the main side grilles so these were added using neat paint, being masked off and applied to fill in some of the grille gaps. 58014 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr One of the fun novelties with the Heljan 58s is the bufferbeam details are already applied, not a lot of work to do! My usual little metal hoop was added at one end so it can eventually be hauling trains - normally EWS 'Enterprise' or aggregate type jobs by my modelling period rather than classic MGR coal trains! It almost goes without saying but the Didcot Power Station plates are the whole reason for modelling the loco..! 58014 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Back in the early 1990s when travelling to visit the family in Didcot, in the back of the car on the A34, there would always be a very strong competition with my sisters to be the first one to see the tips of the infamous chimneys and much like a game of bingo, at the very top of the voice, the winner would have to shout 'Didcot Power Station'!! 58014 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr The real loco would soldier on until withdrawal in November 2000, and eventual scrapping in 2010, being amongst the first batch to be chopped up at European Metal Recycling of Kingsbury. This project brings the latest batch of locos to a conclusion, with the workbench attention having now shifted back to some exciting work on wagons over the summertime, of which updates will come in due course! Cheers, James 34 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Phil Mc Posted September 17, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 17, 2020 Nice work James ! I too always found the 58's strangely appealing, probably because me and my Dad used to go to Doncaster every Wednesday night, so we saw most, if not all, of them before they even ventured out onto the network. I can't really justify a model for the era & area I concentrate on, which explains why I've only got one........ Cheers, Phil. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrel Rail Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 1 hour ago, James Makin said: Here is the last model of the batch! 58014 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr I've always had a soft spot for the Class 58s and this one is very special indeed! Joining the fleet is of course, 58014 Didcot Power Station. 58014 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Some years ago Hattons were doing a clearance sale on the Heljan Class 58 - £50 a pop and I bought a pair, the first one below in grey eventually being turned out as 58017 Eastleigh Depot, with the blue one being pugged away until now. 58014 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Looking very garish in it's bright blue factory colours, it was crying out to be properly weathered down! To start with, some changes were made to reflect 58014, the Heljan orange warning line being moved further down onto the bodyside doors, renumbering with Fox Transfers, before being named using Brian's superb Shawplan Extreme Etchings nameplates. 58014 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr After the usual coating of Humbrol matt varnish and being left to harden, the model was attacked with a variety of dark browns and greys. Weathering was greatly assisted by some early '80s Italian disco, perfect vintage for Class 58 projects! 58014 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Once the colours were wiped down with cotton buds soaked in enamel thinners, the bright Mainline blue colours were sufficiently muted and darker areas could be built up in the many panel gaps on the loco, and the frequent build up of oily dirt around the base of the doors too! 58014 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr The Heljan model was missing the visible 'crosses' on the main side grilles so these were added using neat paint, being masked off and applied to fill in some of the grille gaps. 58014 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr One of the fun novelties with the Heljan 58s is the bufferbeam details are already applied, not a lot of work to do! My usual little metal hoop was added at one end so it can eventually be hauling trains - normally EWS 'Enterprise' or aggregate type jobs by my modelling period rather than classic MGR coal trains! It almost goes without saying but the Didcot Power Station plates are the whole reason for modelling the loco..! 58014 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Back in the early 1990s when travelling to visit the family in Didcot, in the back of the car on the A34, there would always be a very strong competition with my sisters to be the first one to see the tips of the infamous chimneys and much like a game of bingo, at the very top of the voice, the winner would have to shout 'Didcot Power Station'!! 58014 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr The real loco would soldier on until withdrawal in November 2000, and eventual scrapping in 2010, being amongst the first batch to be chopped up at European Metal Recycling of Kingsbury. This project brings the latest batch of locos to a conclusion, with the workbench attention having now shifted back to some exciting work on wagons over the summertime, of which updates will come in due course! Cheers, James Hi James, great work, I’ve done loads of these but only the one in mainline- 050 - want to do another now!you’ve done a cracking job on it, cheers Jerry 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BelsteadLane Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 About time I checked out your workbench James! Love the weathering and certainly something I aspire to achieve as my skills grow. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxokid Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 More "top" work here James Cheers neil... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTrail Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 Hi James, I’ve sent you a message regarding an Electrostar query. Cheers 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
97403_Ixion Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 Hi James, I saw the magazine article, then realised your interest in Didcot Parkway - my local! Your weathering is really impressive and I spent some time looking over your choice of models and whether I had seen them there myself. The realistic nature of your weathering brought back many memories though especially one specific memory of 37684 'St Blaise Church...' stabled next to the station with really tatty nameplate and heavily worn paintwork as well as rust. Perhaps a contender, though I am not sure of the year? Perhaps the only loco named after the yard as far as I know - 37692 'Didcot Yard' in flint grey with coal sector branding and a painted on unofficial nameplate... now there would be one to see! I believe it was around in 2004 but not sure when I first saw it at Didcot. Keep up the great work - I'm hoping to try to learn to do such things myself, so it's good to see what can be done with lots of experience. Cheers, Ixion. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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