sb67 Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 It is good to have the forum back, I didn't realise how much I look for inspiration and ideas on here. I shall look forward to your updates James. 🙂 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torbay Express Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 James as ever - really nice work on the Class 58's. How did you remove the numbers on the TTG Mainline Grey version? I have one I started many years ago off one of the original 'Mainiine' version (rectified by filling in the i with a black permanent marker) , and had trouble with both the front numbers on the yellow and side numbers on the grey, and sidelined the project! Did you use railmatch to repaint the problematic numbers? It were a £49? Liverpool special - I would have had more if it had been successful! When the Olivias were on sale at the same location, I did temp fate and had a 58038 to make a 58046 for someone else. Whose numbers did you use? A certain company made me some to their credit, and did a couple of tries as the silver didn't work too well on the blue. How did you get the numbers off successfully - think I used enamel thinner very sparingly! Keep up the excellent work. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Fatadder Posted April 2, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 2, 2022 1 hour ago, Torbay Express said: James as ever - really nice work on the Class 58's. How did you remove the numbers on the TTG Mainline Grey version? I have one I started many years ago off one of the original 'Mainiine' version (rectified by filling in the i with a black permanent marker) , and had trouble with both the front numbers on the yellow and side numbers on the grey, and sidelined the project! Did you use railmatch to repaint the problematic numbers? It were a £49? Liverpool special - I would have had more if it had been successful! I can’t answer for James, but for my own triple grey 58 I tried removing the numbers with my usual Microsol approach but the paint was really thin so it went through the paint. I ended up respraying with Phoenix paints which gave a good match. From memory the end numbers came off ok. Weathering was inspired by James’ approach (shown on my workbench blog linked below) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium James Makin Posted April 2, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted April 2, 2022 11 hours ago, Torbay Express said: James as ever - really nice work on the Class 58's. How did you remove the numbers on the TTG Mainline Grey version? I have one I started many years ago off one of the original 'Mainiine' version (rectified by filling in the i with a black permanent marker) , and had trouble with both the front numbers on the yellow and side numbers on the grey, and sidelined the project! Did you use railmatch to repaint the problematic numbers? It were a £49? Liverpool special - I would have had more if it had been successful! When the Olivias were on sale at the same location, I did temp fate and had a 58038 to make a 58046 for someone else. Whose numbers did you use? A certain company made me some to their credit, and did a couple of tries as the silver didn't work too well on the blue. How did you get the numbers off successfully - think I used enamel thinner very sparingly! Keep up the excellent work. Thanks very much! The 58s were certainly good fun to work on and I'm always so grateful Heljan did the model, even though it's not quite up there with today's new releases. The old Hornby one was so basic, and I remember ever so hopefully writing out a cheque to Paul at the Class 58 Loco Group in the hope of their commissioned '58' project coming which eventually morphed into the Heljan one a few years later! It was amazing when Hattons were knocking out the £50 '58s'! I remember them being a great offer but even then £50 was still a reasonable amount for a loco, but fast forward to now and it'd be worth clearing them out in hindsight! 🤣 With removing the numbers, I used my usual Humbrol Enamel Thinners, and it worked pretty well, taking off the numbers but being careful not to labour too much and go through the backing grey as it does seem very thin! Strangely I found the blue Mainline model harder to work on than the grey - there was a depot plaque that needed to be removed and I started to go back through to the light grey plastic underneath - my bizarre stroke of luck being that on the real 58042 it had a scar in exactly that spot so I could cover it up! When I've also had trouble with the thinners being too effective, I sometimes revert back to using a curve bladed scalpel to scrape away at the numbers and generally a combination of the scraping and a very brief showing of thinners on a cotton bud will help remove the branding but keep the backing colour - hope this helps and you can dig out your stored 58s! Cheers, James Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Fatadder Posted April 2, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 2, 2022 I think I may just have to have a go with some thinners removing the numbers from my ews 58047 tomorrow night to change to something that I know worked on the Laira fuel train…. I need to dig them out to strip the horrible weathering from 37670 anyway… Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post James Makin Posted April 2, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted April 2, 2022 Time for a couple of plain Janes! 47276 and 47296 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Joining the fleet this week are my renditions of EWS' plain triple grey 47276 and Freightliner's 47296, modelled in late 1998 condition. 47276 and 47296 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr As before, these are both based on the outgoing Bachmann '47' model, having once been the Trainload Distribution 'Herbert Austin' release from a few short years back, already in the right base colours but just needing some tweaking before taking on their new identities. 47276 and 47296 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Humbrol enamel thinners helped to strip back the old branding into the plain triple grey needed, whilst work took place on the respective bodyshells to give the Crewe-cut cabs for 47276, and update the roof boiler panel arrangement for each loco. The trademark Bachmann plastic roof mould lines were also removed at this stage to give a more realistic appearance, and the two roofs repainted. Each bodyshell was then gloss varnished and decals applied. 47276 and 47296 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr My favourite paint-on/wipe-off method was used here for each loco to get the initial grime build ups in the panel gaps and streaking where required, and here some later-stage Avril Lavigne is prescribed as the necessary soundtrack to grey freight '47' projects. 47276 and 47296 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr The locos were reassembled and then put through the familiar airbrush weathering process as all the other locos received, building up layers of Phoenix Paints' brake dust and frame dirt over the dark-grey painted underframes, and the roof having received passes of roof dirt, dirty black and my own mix of black & blue paint for the oily exhaust fume deposits. 47276 and 47296 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Starting with Freightliner's 47296 in focus first, this machine was chosen as it was just so nothing, and so typical! With the passing of time I'm more than a little guilty to admit that I used to find their '47' fleet very boring, seemingly just machine after machine painted in matching triple grey with red logos, and with little to distinguish one from another, and would see them hurriedly rushing past Didcot all day linking up Felixstowe, Southampton, Crewe and everywhere in between - 'oh just another grey 47 again'...how times change right! 47276 and 47296 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr 47296 was beautifully nondescript and therefore perfect to be at the head of some of my container trains, still retaining the original Brush bufferbeam cowling and full set of underframe tanks too. 47276 and 47296 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr The livery was the classic triple grey with the red triangles, being applied using Fox Transfers decals and Railtec's black numbers. On one side, 47296 had a slight damage to its red triangle, this was replicated with some gentle touches of grey to the logo. 47276 and 47296 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr There were a few fantastic 'namers' amongst the Freightliner fleet and some interesting ones with battered liveries or ex-RfD colours, but in the interests of modelling the everyday, 47296 is most representative of the ones I saw, clean, never bestowed with a name, only slight wear & tear and otherwise beautifully workaday, just going about it's business! 47276 and 47296 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Not all 47s were born equal, and for 47276, it had a distinct disadvantage in being an EWS machine! Once part of the Immingham Railfreight Petroleum fleet, by the late 90s it found itself debranded and in generally poor external condition. 47276 and 47296 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr 47276 and 47296 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr By my modelling time period, the loco had a lot of ingrained dirt across the bodysides, and some interesting marks that needed to be modelled. I took a different approach to get the ingrained dirt on the sides, so here's a quick overview - 47276 and 47296 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr After having done the same paint-on/wipe-off as the Freightliner loco, I then mottled on extra layers of light brown to the lower bodyside, and partially wiped these off, tinting the colour of the lower bodyside towards the brighter brown compared to the rest of the body, and adding some dirty marks in the process. Next, I then dipped cotton buds in enamel thinners and washes of browns and rolled these across kitchen roll to dry out slightly before rolling across the lower body of the loco: 47276 and 47296 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr The cotton bud rolling was completed a few times, ending up with a mottled effect on the lower bodyside with 3 different shades of light-medium browns, and extra thinners added where the effect was too strong, the idea being to replicate photos of the machine online where dirt had built up on it over a long period of time and rain could only wash so much away, leaving a very deep ingrained dirt finish. 47276 and 47296 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Other individual markings were added with fine brushes, such as the little corrosion marks and damages. Shawplan oval class 60 buffers were added at the No.1 end. 47276 and 47296 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr For the underframe, a Bachmann moulding of the battery-box-only version was used, but with the middle section removed and filled in behind to give the sufficient open space needed, and a representation of the pipework that can be found underneath a 47 too. It is quite fun that on the new-spec Bachmann 47, this is all done from the factory now! 47276 and 47296 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr It's been great fun modelling this duo of ordinary 'Duff's - nothing special in their day, and just seeing out their final years without any glory! EWS' 47276 wouldn't have long to go - being sidelined in 1999 into the famed WNXX pool, and eventually meeting its maker at Wigan CRDC in 2001. Freightliner's 47296 would soldier on in frontline service until September 2001, before suffering the indignity of being beached, bogie-less, on wooden sleeper chocks in Southampton Maritime depot alongside sister 47152 until eventual cutting came in 2003. 47276 and 47296 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Looking forward to getting these two into service and loading up those container trains! Cheers, James 21 14 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ERIC ALLTORQUE Posted April 2, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 2, 2022 49 minutes ago, James Makin said: Time for a couple of plain Janes! 47276 and 47296 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Joining the fleet this week are my renditions of EWS' plain triple grey 47276 and Freightliner's 47296, modelled in late 1998 condition. 47276 and 47296 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr As before, these are both based on the outgoing Bachmann '47' model, having once been the Trainload Distribution 'Herbert Austin' release from a few short years back, already in the right base colours but just needing some tweaking before taking on their new identities. 47276 and 47296 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Humbrol enamel thinners helped to strip back the old branding into the plain triple grey needed, whilst work took place on the respective bodyshells to give the Crewe-cut cabs for 47276, and update the roof boiler panel arrangement for each loco. The trademark Bachmann plastic roof mould lines were also removed at this stage to give a more realistic appearance, and the two roofs repainted. Each bodyshell was then gloss varnished and decals applied. 47276 and 47296 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr My favourite paint-on/wipe-off method was used here for each loco to get the initial grime build ups in the panel gaps and streaking where required, and here some later-stage Avril Lavigne is prescribed as the necessary soundtrack to grey freight '47' projects. 47276 and 47296 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr The locos were reassembled and then put through the familiar airbrush weathering process as all the other locos received, building up layers of Phoenix Paints' brake dust and frame dirt over the dark-grey painted underframes, and the roof having received passes of roof dirt, dirty black and my own mix of black & blue paint for the oily exhaust fume deposits. 47276 and 47296 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Starting with Freightliner's 47296 in focus first, this machine was chosen as it was just so nothing, and so typical! With the passing of time I'm more than a little guilty to admit that I used to find their '47' fleet very boring, seemingly just machine after machine painted in matching triple grey with red logos, and with little to distinguish one from another, and would see them hurriedly rushing past Didcot all day linking up Felixstowe, Southampton, Crewe and everywhere in between - 'oh just another grey 47 again'...how times change right! 47276 and 47296 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr 47296 was beautifully nondescript and therefore perfect to be at the head of some of my container trains, still retaining the original Brush bufferbeam cowling and full set of underframe tanks too. 47276 and 47296 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr The livery was the classic triple grey with the red triangles, being applied using Fox Transfers decals and Railtec's black numbers. On one side, 47296 had a slight damage to its red triangle, this was replicated with some gentle touches of grey to the logo. 47276 and 47296 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr There were a few fantastic 'namers' amongst the Freightliner fleet and some interesting ones with battered liveries or ex-RfD colours, but in the interests of modelling the everyday, 47296 is most representative of the ones I saw, clean, never bestowed with a name, only slight wear & tear and otherwise beautifully workaday, just going about it's business! 47276 and 47296 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Not all 47s were born equal, and for 47276, it had a distinct disadvantage in being an EWS machine! Once part of the Immingham Railfreight Petroleum fleet, by the late 90s it found itself debranded and in generally poor external condition. 47276 and 47296 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr 47276 and 47296 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr By my modelling time period, the loco had a lot of ingrained dirt across the bodysides, and some interesting marks that needed to be modelled. I took a different approach to get the ingrained dirt on the sides, so here's a quick overview - 47276 and 47296 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr After having done the same paint-on/wipe-off as the Freightliner loco, I then mottled on extra layers of light brown to the lower bodyside, and partially wiped these off, tinting the colour of the lower bodyside towards the brighter brown compared to the rest of the body, and adding some dirty marks in the process. Next, I then dipped cotton buds in enamel thinners and washes of browns and rolled these across kitchen roll to dry out slightly before rolling across the lower body of the loco: 47276 and 47296 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr The cotton bud rolling was completed a few times, ending up with a mottled effect on the lower bodyside with 3 different shades of light-medium browns, and extra thinners added where the effect was too strong, the idea being to replicate photos of the machine online where dirt had built up on it over a long period of time and rain could only wash so much away, leaving a very deep ingrained dirt finish. 47276 and 47296 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Other individual markings were added with fine brushes, such as the little corrosion marks and damages. Shawplan oval class 60 buffers were added at the No.1 end. 47276 and 47296 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr For the underframe, a Bachmann moulding of the battery-box-only version was used, but with the middle section removed and filled in behind to give the sufficient open space needed, and a representation of the pipework that can be found underneath a 47 too. It is quite fun that on the new-spec Bachmann 47, this is all done from the factory now! 47276 and 47296 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr It's been great fun modelling this duo of ordinary 'Duff's - nothing special in their day, and just seeing out their final years without any glory! EWS' 47276 wouldn't have long to go - being sidelined in 1999 into the famed WNXX pool, and eventually meeting its maker at Wigan CRDC in 2001. Freightliner's 47296 would soldier on in frontline service until September 2001, before suffering the indignity of being beached, bogie-less, on wooden sleeper chocks in Southampton Maritime depot alongside sister 47152 until eventual cutting came in 2003. 47276 and 47296 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Looking forward to getting these two into service and loading up those container trains! Cheers, James Fabulous work James,your threads are really good for those who dont have what it takes to do this kind of work,very skilled and informative,good of you to share it. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torbay Express Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 On 02/04/2022 at 23:00, The Fatadder said: I think I may just have to have a go with some thinners removing the numbers from my ews 58047 tomorrow night to change to something that I know worked on the Laira fuel train…. I need to dig them out to strip the horrible weathering from 37670 anyway… Not sure how the EWS is done on them. I am assuming that it's printed on top of the EWS Yellow/Gold. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torbay Express Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 On 02/04/2022 at 22:37, James Makin said: Thanks very much! The 58s were certainly good fun to work on and I'm always so grateful Heljan did the model, even though it's not quite up there with today's new releases. The old Hornby one was so basic, and I remember ever so hopefully writing out a cheque to Paul at the Class 58 Loco Group in the hope of their commissioned '58' project coming which eventually morphed into the Heljan one a few years later! It was amazing when Hattons were knocking out the £50 '58s'! I remember them being a great offer but even then £50 was still a reasonable amount for a loco, but fast forward to now and it'd be worth clearing them out in hindsight! 🤣 With removing the numbers, I used my usual Humbrol Enamel Thinners, and it worked pretty well, taking off the numbers but being careful not to labour too much and go through the backing grey as it does seem very thin! Strangely I found the blue Mainline model harder to work on than the grey - there was a depot plaque that needed to be removed and I started to go back through to the light grey plastic underneath - my bizarre stroke of luck being that on the real 58042 it had a scar in exactly that spot so I could cover it up! When I've also had trouble with the thinners being too effective, I sometimes revert back to using a curve bladed scalpel to scrape away at the numbers and generally a combination of the scraping and a very brief showing of thinners on a cotton bud will help remove the branding but keep the backing colour - hope this helps and you can dig out your stored 58s! Cheers, James Thanks James, I have a good few stored for future layout, but the 2 in question are more readily available (Demic near the loft hatch as a project to go back to, whilst 046 lives in a cabinet!). I won't post pictures here and trash your thread, but when I next get close to them- will PM you with them! The worst thing on the Mainline Blue is that the livery is incorrectly placed, in the case of 58046.Unless you do a repaint - the livery is a compromise because you cannot put the OHLE warnings in the correct place! Likewise it has soooo many of the damn things. They took hours to apply, to get them level in line with the rest! If only we had a time machine to go back and get the bargains! I would have had more to renumber, but after the 1st not working, left it! Got a few Class 66's fron the same retailer for the future tho! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post James Makin Posted April 8, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted April 8, 2022 Inspired by all this talk around 58s, I've jiggled around my next unveiling to feature something more 'Bone'-shaped! 47315 and 58037 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Joining the fleet this week is former Civil Engineers 'Dutch' 47315 and of course, 58037 in the house colours of EWS, modelled in late 1998 condition. 47315 and 58037 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr The starting point for the '58' was Heljan's release of 58047 in revised EWS livery. 47315 and 58037 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr The numbers and lettering came off by scraping over the top gently with a curve bladed scalpel to remove the sheen from the printing, and then followed up with a cotton bud, dipped in Humbrol enamel thinners. Working very gently at each bit of printing it came away, leaving an intact gold stripe behind. The body was then varnished in gloss before new Railtec decals were applied and the fiddly detailing painting of the grilles could commence and adding engine room door handles on each door. Meanwhile over in the 'Brush' camp, the Bachmann 47346 release was used to do a simple renumber to 47315. 47315 and 58037 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr 47315 had a heavily faded roof, so this was repainted into light grey, after having smoothed off all the roof plastic moulding lines from the Bachmann model. Once again, Railtec's superb TOPS numbers set off the simple clean lines of the livery. 47315 and 58037 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Soundtracked by the Dandy Warhols, weathering took place on each loco, the usual paint-on-wipe off method starting to highlight the panel gaps, before more localised weathering was added. On the 58, the interesting part was where the oily patches gathered at the bottom of the engine room doors and oil stains dripped down onto the solebar and underframe. 47315 and 58037 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr The Heljan model responds well to a bit of light weathering and care was taken to match the model to pics available on Flickr of 58037 in late 1998. 47315 and 58037 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr One of the main fiddly jobs with the early Heljan models is having to paint the bodyside grilles yourself, they seemed to just forget those! My top tip is to gloss varnish the body first so that when you do make the inevitable slip whilst painting them, it can easily be wiped off and re-done. I have in the past tried masking the grilles but found the quickest way is just to get stuck in with a fine 5/0 paintbrush and hope for the best! 47315 and 58037 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr 58037's plain cabsides can be seen here, in 2000, the loco would later gain Worksop Depot nameplates, inherited from 58011 upon its withdrawal. 47315 and 58037 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr The model was weathered with a variety of brake dust/track dirt and roof dirt/dirty black from the Phoenix range, and the bogies finished off with a drybrushing of Humbrol Metalcote gunmetal to highlight the raised edges. 47315 and 58037 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Final touches for the '58' included adding a driver and painting the inside of the cab mouldings, and installing a wire hoop at one end to enable hauling trains with tension locks and retaining the full bufferbeam pipework. 47315 and 58037 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr I do rather like the 'Dutch' livery and it sits very nicely on the clean lines of the Class 47, and it was still pretty intact on 47315 here in 1998 condition. The loco was a grubby one towards the end, with extensive oil staining and traffic grime alongside some corrosion in certain places. 47315 and 58037 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr 47315 was formerly named Templecombe, carrying the plates between 1993 to 1997, and when removed, the plates revealed a rusty patch behind, great fun to model! To do this, low-tack Tamiya masking tape was applied to the bodysides, and using photographs, shades of browns and light greys were mottled on until the desired effect came out. 47315 and 58037 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Little paint chips were added to the roof and sides, each following prototype pics on Flickr of the 1998 period, and the heavy staining added on, being the result of a paint-on/wipe-off in the localised area using a couple of shades of dark grey to build up intensity - it's a bit of a dirty one! 47315 and 58037 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Each end was detailed using a mix of Bachmann bufferbeam pipes and 0.45mm handrail wire, bent to shape and attached, with working screw couplings from Smiths. 47315 and 58037 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr 47315 had the meaty full complement of underframe tanks, which is always fun to model! 47315 and 58037 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr In line with the 58 and other locos before, the model received the same airbrush weathering processes and some gentle highlighting of the detail on the bogies with the gunmetal, as well as touching up the cantrail grilles too. 47315 and 58037 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr The real 47315 would soldier on until late 1999 when withdrawal beckoned, being scrapped at Wigan in 2000. Meanwhile, 58037 would be slightly more fortunate - eeking out a couple more years service until being sidelined in 2002. Unlike it's classmates however, there would be no chance of a foreign holiday and the loco would gradually be stripped and left to rot at Eastleigh, until the gas axe eventually came in 2014. 47315 and 58037 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr As always it has been great fun bringing these two to life in miniature! Both locos will most used for MOD trains on my Didcot layout, and will look very at home at the head of some box vans and warflats! Cheers, James 27 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 Very nice ! I have a 315 too but it’s a bit less grubby . I’ve just finished 47016, just leaves 47004 to do ! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonas Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 Great models as always and a soundtrack I approve of! 🤣 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ess1uk Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 Great work 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D6775 Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 Nameplate Scar on 47315 looks stunning! Nice one. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Premium Popular Post James Makin Posted April 17, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted April 17, 2022 Happy Easter guys! As an accompaniment to the chocolate eggs, here's a portion of cheeky grey 'Tugs'! 60016 and 60089 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Joining the fleet this week is 60016 Langdale Pikes in Trainload Construction and 60089 Arcuil in Transrail liveries. 60016 and 60089 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr I do have a soft spot for a grey 60, so it was inevitable that a few would make it into the big batch of locos tackled over the last year. Naturally, the starting point was the Hornby model of 2005 vintage. I've collected a few ragtag models over the years, whilst they were triple grey, Hornby have in recent times started to get the colours wrong, so each of the triple grey 60s have had new shades of grey applied, before being decalled up with their new identities. 60016 and 60089 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr As always, Railtec came up trumps with the decals, their one-piece Transrail logos are so easy to work with, and the Trainload Construction logos are a colourful work of art. The bodyshells were glossed up and the transfers applied - the high gloss finish underneath is there to prevent getting a silvering effect on the carrier film, once the final layer of matt varnish goes on. Next stop was the etched nameplates... 60016 and 60089 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr I thought it would be fun to show a comparison here - as modellers we pay a lot of attention to the accuracy of RTR locos coming out, but don't always notice that some of the other details aren't always as spot on! I ordered a set of Fox Transfers' plates for 60016, but upon looking closer, they did seem a little on the dinky side compared to photos of the prototype - so knowing that Brian @ Shawplan/Extreme Etchings had redrawn all the '60' plates in recent times, I went and got some Shawplan ones, and you can see the difference above, Brian's larger ones are bang on to the prototype pics - it pays to take a second look and shop around..! 60016 and 60089 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Moving on to the fun weathering stage, the usual slop washes of browns were added on to the bodyshells, with the background of my favourite band Ladytron. The wash of paint is applied and then removed, tinting the paint to the shade of your choice, and then you can use cotton buds to remove the residual paint further, to leave dirt in the recesses, and selected streaking where needed on the body. 60016 and 60089 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Once happy, the loco bodies are then given a final coat of Railmatch matt varnish, and left to dry, before being reassembled onto their chassis, the internal detailing added to their cabs and the chassis painted up ready for the final airbrush weathering stage. 60016 and 60089 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr 60016 Langdale Pikes is modelled in early 1997 condition, being a firm favourite in Trainload Construction before becoming an early recipient of the then-new revised EWS livery. 60016 and 60089 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Ironically in the time between putting this loco on the grand 'hit list' and completing the model, Hornby actually released a Construction '60' - their Bow Fell model, I did consider buying it and doing a switch but in the end, the shades of grey weren't right on the Hornby model so it made sense to keep pressing on and sticking to the original plan! 60016 and 60089 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr I couldn't resist taking a 'Hornby Catalogue' side on view of the finished loco! 60016 and 60089 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr There is something beautiful about the original BR sector colours on the Class 60 fleet - almost perfection, when compared to the range of mountain names - the only improvement would be an earlier example still sporting arrows and a depot plaque, but modelling the time as late as I am, beggars can't be choosers! 60016 and 60089 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Langdale Pikes as many will know takes it name from the series of peaks at Great Langdale in the Lake District. 60016 and 60089 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Partner in crime here is 60089 Arcuil in the now-classic Transrail 'Big T' livery. 60016 and 60089 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr 60089 is the first Transrail '60' I've owned since the old Lima release of 60063 that I bought as a kid and later (badly) repainted to represent the then brand-spanking-new 60081 in GWR Green in 2000! Big mistake in hindsight but at least good for building the airbrushing and lining skills as a young teenager I guess ! 60016 and 60089 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Little details on these included the window blinds added, little bits of card cut to fit the inside of the window glazing, and glued in with PVA. 60016 and 60089 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr The underframe was weathered firstly with a base layer of Humbrol 32 dark grey, painted across the entire underframe, and then airbrushed over with layers of Phoenix brake dust and track dirt, before being drybrushed with Humbrol Metalcote Gunmetal. 60016 and 60089 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr 60089 picked up a few nice streaks and was often seen as fairly grubby during my modelling period, so it was quite entertaining to have some fun here! 60016 and 60089 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Got to do a side view of 60089 as well! 60016 and 60089 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr 60016 and 60089 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr The nameplate for 60089 was also taken from the fabulous Shawplan range, Brian did a great job on all of these! Arcuil (more commonly 'Arckle' or 'Airceil') is named after the mountain found in the Scottish Highlands and is among one of the shortest nameplates to be found on the Class 60, alongside the likes of Canisp, Slioch, Quinag, Tryfan and Pillar. 60016 and 60089 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr 60016 and 60089 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr The two 'Tugs' recreated here have had some interesting careers since my modelling timescale. 60016 would go on to receive EWS red and be selected to carry the 'RAIL Magazine' nameplates, later renumbered to 60500 to celebrate their 500th issue in 2004. Meanwhile, 60089 would also trade its grey colours for red, and be bestowed with the name 'The Railway Horse' - at a naming ceremony complete with live horse in attendance! Alas, both locos have much in common with most others - they lay in the giant scrapline at Toton depot, plate-less and not having worked in years, slowly rotting away - who knows quite what the future holds for these two, but at least they are active in model form here! 60016 and 60089 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr It's been such great fun recreating this grey duo and I can't wait to tackle some more soon - there is something about the '60's that just makes you want to catch them all! Cheers, James 40 8 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne 37901 Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 Nice work James. You just know that the sector 60 is right up my street, but being a WR region man I do like the Transrail scheme too. 60054 Charles Babbage lasted a long in petroleum livery, have you ever been tempted? There's always room for more sector locos! 😎 Cheers, Wayne 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris56057 Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 Absolutely superb work James, you've captured the look of these fine machines well. Some would argue that the Hornby model deserves a re-tool, however I would say it still stands up to weathering and detailing, capturing the bulk and character of the prototypes well. Looking forward to seeing more soon. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDG Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 Just, wow. I'm a sucker for 3TG + big T stickers. This will be an epic layout.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 Eggcelent ! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium James Makin Posted April 21, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted April 21, 2022 On 08/04/2022 at 17:23, rob D2 said: Very nice ! I have a 315 too but it’s a bit less grubby . I’ve just finished 47016, just leaves 47004 to do ! Cheers Rob! I really liked your 47016 and looking forward to seeing 47004, that was always a favourite, something about the snowploughs over the green which was a lovely combo! My 47004 has been playing up a bit lately, the driveshafts keep falling out so it will be coming back to the workbench for a bit of an overhaul internally and externally to freshen it up a touch! On 18/04/2022 at 00:22, Wayne 37901 said: Nice work James. You just know that the sector 60 is right up my street, but being a WR region man I do like the Transrail scheme too. 60054 Charles Babbage lasted a long in petroleum livery, have you ever been tempted? There's always room for more sector locos! 😎 Cheers, Wayne There's always room for more sector grey 60s for sure! In my grand plan 'hit list' I hope to cover examples from each of the sectors that remained into 1998-ish, so just need to do Metals, Coal and Petroleum examples now. 60054 is definitely a good candidate and it's between that and 60014 as to which Petroleum one will get done first, or both! I've got the plates and decals ready for some other sector survivors as part of my 2022 batch so that will be fun to work on, filling in more gaps in the '60' fleet list! 10 hours ago, KDG said: Just, wow. I'm a sucker for 3TG + big T stickers. This will be an epic layout.... Haha thank you! The Big T ones are fun, there are bound to be more coming too that I can say!! Thanks for all the nice likes and comments guys! Cheers, James Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 Great work James, you've captured the look and feel of the locos superbly. 👍 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPNaylor0301 Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 I had the poster from the introduction of the sector liveries when I was a kid. Four 60s in coal, construction, petroleum and metals livery lined up outside Toton (although in much better condition than those currently lined up outside Toton!) Brought back some very fond memories, amazing work as always! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post James Makin Posted April 26, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted April 26, 2022 There's few locos that could follow on from a lovely pair of Class 60s, so how about a duo of 'Tractors'! 37042 and 37711 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Joining the fleet today we have EWS-liveried 37042 and 'Heavyweight' 37711 still carrying tattered Trainload Metals livery into 1998. 37042 and 37711 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr As with the others in this batch, the starting point was the outgoing Bachmann Class 37 (how long before the first Accurascale contingent come through the workbench..?) and each loco stripped down. The red 37/0 was reworked from one of the poor 37174 donors, the side steps filled in and repainted into correct EWS colours, with reworked ends and detail to match 37042. 37042 and 37711 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr It's always a fun part applying the decals and the loco coming to life - especially when it's something as colourful as a Trainload Metals logo! The jazzy decals came from the Railtec stable, with their range getting bigger by the day, and they just apply so well over a glossy surface, meanwhile the numbers were using up my remaining stock of Fox Transfers. The ever-fantastic Sia is the go-to music recommendation for Trainload Metals locomotives. 37042 and 37711 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr The regular weathering fun then took place, the two locos have a good contrast between them, the shiny fresh finish of recently painted 37042 is quite different from the battered BR survivor that is 37711! Layers of browns and greys were applied over selected areas of the bodysides, wiped off with cotton buds and kitchen towel until arriving at the desired finish to match prototype photos on Flickr. 37042 and 37711 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr After weathering was completed, the two locos were then reassembled, having had their cab interiors weathered, drivers painted up in hi-viz jackets, and engine room windows blanked off with black electrical tape on the inside. 37042 and 37711 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Red-livered 37042 had long been a favourite. Originally a Trainload Metals locomotive itself, at privatisation it gained Mainline logos over the triple grey before receiving the now-classic colours of EWS. The red loco came to my attention when Hornby included it in a train set I really fancied (but never got!) and then shortly after seeing the real thing at Didcot, its fate was sealed as a loco that I'd one day seek to make a model of! 37042 and 37711 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr The model was originally a centre-box 37174, but the yellow ends swapped out for spares from other models, and the air horns removed from the roof, along with detail changing like the strapping over the No.2 boiler end roof, to match the real 37042. One interesting detail is that the ends are different from each other - the No.1 end has a flat plated door and centre headlight, whilst the No.2 end displays the original doors and hinges, with a headlight mounted to the driver's side. 37042 and 37711 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Later in it's career, 37042 would receive a set of black-painted headcode boxes, but this was a little late for my 1998-99 timespan that I've set this model within. What we do have however is a great mix of old and new electrification flashes, the older versions still visible on the roof, whilst the side ones have been replaced! 37042 and 37711 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Weathering on the loco included painting the underframes in dark grey, before airbrush coatings of brake dust and track dirt shades, whilst the roof received 'roof dirt', 'dirty black' and my custom exhaust shade of black mixed with dark blue. 37042 and 37711 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr I have to admit I do like a vulnerable-looking 37/0! 37042 and 37711 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr As much as I love a 37/0 however, serious respect is due to the 'Heavyweight' beasts that were the 37/7s! The bruiser 37711 in Trainload Metals has again been on the 'to-model' list for many years, the result here being from sourcing a spare Bachmann 'Coal' sector grey 37796 body with a chassis and doing some de-branding, before tarting up to replicate 37711 itself. 37042 and 37711 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr Little details such as the divider bars on the cantrail grilles were added (just thinly cut masking tape!), and the second set of footsteps removed from the fuel tank, whilst Shawplan radiator grilles were added to the roof in line with all my other 37 fleet. 37042 and 37711 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr A nice feature on 37711 was the rusty markings left from the Tremorfa Steelworks plates removed in 1992, alongside some general bodyside scars and damage showing by the late 90s. 37042 and 37711 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr It was also fun painting the rusty ghost effect left by the removal of the BR arrows too, being done with 5/0 paintbrushes and a spare etched BR arrow for guidance, working on the lighter brown shades and up to the darker ones for the rustiest parts. 37042 and 37711 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr The loco even had marks from the old Cardiff Canton depot plaques too, 37711 had a full house of scars from arrows, plates and plaques! 37042 and 37711 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr 37042 and 37711 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr The Shawplan roof grilles can be seen to good effect here, whilst I opted not to go too far on changing details like windscreens or lowering the locos on their bogies, the halfway-house of adding the Shawplan grilles do lift the model above the ageing Bachmann effort. I can't wait to start working on some Accurascale ones now though! 37042 and 37711 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr 37042 and 37711 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr The two locos have been great to bring to life. As is often the case, in real life the 'Tractors' have had mixed fortunes, 37711 would continue in service only until late 1999, before being taken to Wigan CRDC and later cut up in 2005. Meanwhile, 37042 would have a better outcome, seeing service until being sidelined in 2004 and sold into preservation at the Eden valley Railway, where famously it still stands today, albeit the rich coat of EWS maroon has faded to white! 37042 and 37711 by James Makin by James Makin - Account 2, on Flickr I'm really looking forward to getting these into service, they will look very at home on some grotty old ballast trains for starters! Cheers, James 33 12 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ERIC ALLTORQUE Posted April 26, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 26, 2022 https://www.rmweb.co.uk/topic/149301-class-37-by-accurascale/?do=findComment&comment=4781824 Well im in your corner on the Accurasale 37,stunning work James. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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