sb67 Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 Very nice work on the vans James. They might be a small addition, but I think the brake discs and painting the roof panel lines really set the model off. It's that attention to detail that I like with your work, great stuff! 🙂 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post James Makin Posted November 23, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted November 23, 2022 Over the last few months I've been having fun with a cheeky scratchbuilding project! After much time fumbling around with plastic, glues and paints, I present a pair of 'TUA' fuel oil tankers! TUA Wagons by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr I wasn't actually aware of these wagons existing until fairly recently, but stumbled upon photos of the fuel oil TUAs accidentally whilst doing some background research on the other TUA tankers that are being tackled by Revolution Trains - sharing the same TOPS code, but completely different wagons! TUA Wagons by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr I was fascinated by the appearance of the prototype fuel oil tankers, they looked like stretched TTA tankers, but with different suspension and solebar details - with my interest piqued, it didn't take long before this translated into getting the modelling tools out! Where to start? For many years I've had 3 Hornby TTAs laying around that I had no need for, so these were the first to be dug out for an ambush... TUA Wagons by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr The motley collection was a couple of Triang examples that I'd repainted as a young teenager that were good for building the skills but not great to look at, and a newer Hornby BP version bought secondhand as part of a job lot of much more decent wagons. It was quite cathartic taking a hacksaw to the barrels to cut and extend the length, with '3 becomes 2' as the Spice Girls song so nearly goes... TUA Wagons by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr All raised detail was removed and the gaps for the old catwalk were filled with Humbrol model filler, before the extended sections were glued in place and sanded. The dimensions were guesstimated from side-on photographs using examples of known lengths (such as the Bruninghaus suspension parts) - if one was doing this properly you'd get drawings, but this is me and in classic bodge mode! TUA Wagons by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr Getting the barrels smooth and without showing the join line was one of the hardest parts, multiple coatings of Halfords primer were sprayed over the smooth surface and more filler added until the joins disappeared. TUA Wagons by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr Wizard Models came up trumps with the Bruninghaus suspension parts, and some etched ladder strip, their great service comes highly recommended. Now it was time for the chassis - and in the same piece of excellent luck that meant I had 3 spare tank barrels, I also happened to have 2 spare Bachmann MTA wagon chassis kicking around - the bodies having been binned off after some failed body soldering iron bending attempts some years back (a story for another day!) - so it all seemed to just fall into place! TUA Wagons by James MakinTUA Wagons by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr The chassis was chopped in half and glued in towards the outer end of the extended tank barrels, checking that each wheel would still maintain contact with the rails, using a piece of flat glass to check alignment during the glueing process. I imagine you probably don't get this kind of bodgery in the Scalefour Society... TUA Wagons by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr Next, the chassis needed disguising from the open frame appearance of the Bachmann TTA/MTA chassis to the distinctive flat-sided solebar design on the TUA with the angled top as it joins the tank barrel, recreated using some leftover styrene strip and lots of Humbrol model filler. TUA Wagons by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr Little slivers of plasticard were added all along the underframe, there are little brackets and curved bits, and sticky-out bits observed on the prototype that were represented with styrene, glued on using poly cement. Screw couplings were added into the headstocks, using Smith's instanters. TUA Wagons by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr The interesting and fiddly part was the roof catwalk, the tankers needing a longer version than those found on the likes of the short TTAs. I did contemplate ordering some of the excellent examples from Will's Workbench and then extending, but I had a good amount of Shawplan etched mesh to hand so instead knocked together a homemade catwalk with styrene strip bracing. After this, the ladder could then be added down the side, and it started to come together... TUA Wagons by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr It looked rather pretty all with the shiny brass bits showing, too pretty to paint up..! TUA Wagons by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr Eventually the models succumbed to a coat of Railmatch Rail Grey as a base coat, ready for a gloss varnish and for decals to be applied. TUA Wagons by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr Transfers were sourced from the ever-amazing Railtec Decals, being cobbled together from a few packs for various TTA wagons and other miscellaneous markings, all matching a pair of real TUAs that had been photographed extensively on Flickr - TUA's 70052 and 70066. With the wagons matt-varnished and left for a while to harden, the fine detail and weathering stage could begin...including painting on the tank barrel weld line weathering, some patch painting of former logos and a distressed rendition of the 'Carless' branding on 70066. TUA Wagons by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr The familiar weathering fun could begin in earnest! TUA Wagons by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr Similar to many of my other projects, a paint-on & wipe-off method was used here, using photographs as a guide for my desired finish. The wagons appeared to have a dirty brown appearance, the top and bottom of the barrel harbouring a lot of dirt, whilst the vertical side part was comparatively clean - most interesting to see. TUA Wagons by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr Layers of light brown and medium brown were built up, and then limited amounts of darker brown and darker grey were mottled on and wiped away in localised areas to match the prototype photos. TUA Wagons by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr Further weathering was then added in layers after this, and then tackling the underframe with a coat of Phoenix Paints' Track Dirt, dark grey and gun metal grey mottled on. TUA Wagons by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr Other details were picked out on the underframe, yellow axleboxes and silver buffer shanks, along with a drybrushing of Humbrol Metalcote Gunmetal across the raised edges of the underframe, ladder and roof catwalk to bring out the detail once given a rub with a cotton bud after drying. TUA Wagons by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr TUA 70052 was fun to model, having heavy staining that had been mostly washed away, leaving layers of weathering on the barrel and some streaking and rust marks, which were picked out with a 5/0 paintbrush. TUA Wagons by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr TUA Wagons by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr The benefits of the paint-on & wipe-off weathering show well enough on the light grey barrels with the streaking being quite noticeable. The bright yellow lifting lugs show up very starkly compared to the dirt on the rest of the wagon! TUA Wagons by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr TUA 70066 is possibly my favourite of the pair, the Carless branding was great fun to recreate, with just a bit of the lettering still visible. I couldn't see any decals being available at first glance, so only having to handpaint a few letters suited me nicely..! TUA Wagons by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr The distinctive rust patches on 70066 were painted on again with the 5/0 fine brush, starting with my trusted rust paint combo of Humbrol 62, 186, 113, 133 and 251, going from light to dark in that order. A dry brush is used to feather the lighter browns down to show how the rainwater pulls down the rusty stain on the barrel. White-painted wagon hand brake wheels were sourced from Colin Craig (now Wills' Workbench). TUA Wagons by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr For the wheels, these were fitted with brake disc inserts on one wheel of each axle, again from the former Colin Craig range. TUA Wagons by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr The long roof catwalks can be seen above, and together with the tank filler cap which was pinched from a spare Bachmann TTA, but could equally be replaced with a whitemetal aftermarket part. TUA Wagons by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr Overall, it's been a really fun project, an unexpected thing that came from idly scrolling through Flickr while searching for something completely different, it is amazing how one can get distracted! The finished tankers will take their place in a short rake of oil tankers, with their longer wheelbase contrasting with the TTAs to suddenly make them look very short and stubby in comparison! TUA Wagons by James Makin by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr There are some more fun wagony projects going through the works at the moment, things that I should've been working on before getting diverted into bodging up these..! Cheers, James 40 1 32 4 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 Fantastic modelling James, not much else to say! All very inspirational, I wouldn't know where to start on a project like that. The weathering is superb, I'll never tire of looking at your 'how to' pictures. 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suffolk Dave Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 It's already been said but it's worth repeating, inspiring stuff here - excellent work! 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 Hi James, I'm not sure if it's in the thread but what do you use to take your photos? I really like the way you document your work and after getting some photo's in BRM I want to take better pics of my stuff but can't seem to get the lighting right, also what's the white background you use? I've been using my phone for convenience but not sure if that's enough. Many thanks 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium James Makin Posted November 24, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 24, 2022 Thanks so much for the kind comments! 6 hours ago, sb67 said: Hi James, I'm not sure if it's in the thread but what do you use to take your photos? I really like the way you document your work and after getting some photo's in BRM I want to take better pics of my stuff but can't seem to get the lighting right, also what's the white background you use? I've been using my phone for convenience but not sure if that's enough. Many thanks Thanks Steve! The workbench photos are just taken on a 2017 iPhone 8, but they generally seem to come out well! I’ll always take multiple pics just in case one turns out blurred after uploading it to the computer! For lighting on the workbench, it’s a bit old-school but it’s just an old anglepoise with old fashioned light bulb, angled over the model but not too close! My photos with the white background are in my Amazon Lightbox - it was about £100 for the large size and probably one of the best value modelling purchases I’ve ever made, all things considered! It’s a portable fold up box with integral lighting (like a cross between a mini tent and a picnic coolbag!) and folds totally flat afterwards. Prior to that I used to photograph models in the garden and have white foamboard backdrops that would suddenly blow away(!) and often it'd suddenly get too dark, so the lightbox means you can take consistent photos even late on a winters night, job done! The main camera for these was last year’s Xmas treat, a Canon EOS250D and lens kit, which seems to be a good all-rounder and no complaints there! A lot of the extra zing to a photo then takes place once it’s uploaded to the computer, on the Mac I’ll run each picture through the basic Apple ‘Photos’ editing facility, cropping, sharpening pics and adjusting light levels/contrast/brightness etc until happy, nothing too major or technical but it does lift the end images vs what you start with! Hope this helps and look forward to more of your pics in your threads and hopefully more mags sometime! Cheers, James 2 1 3 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 Thanks James, that's given me some ideas and I'll have a look at those lightbox thingy's 👍 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
branchie Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 They're amazing James. Absolutely fantastic modelling. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Martin Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 Those TUAs are among my favourite wagons, and I've been planning to do some in n-gauge for quite a while. Yours are really nice. Petroleum TUAs weren't built in great numbers because the design didn't come in until the early 1970s; and when the oil crisis of 1974 depressed the market, the oil companies had plenty of capacity in the huge fleets of 45-ton TTAs that had been built through the 1960s. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
87023Velocity Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 Hi James, Those TUAs are simply stunning. Yet again more inspirational modelling. I have now gone into the garage to see what parts I could utilise to make an N gauge version for Dallam. Cheers Simon 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post James Makin Posted December 10, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted December 10, 2022 The cavalry have arrived for Didcot Parkway! 😎 I’ve already had a cheeky start on renumbering to see how easy it’d be - it looks to be a case of gently applying a tiny bit of Humbrol enamel thinners, and the digits soon wipe away from the gold band! Fun times ahead! Cheers, James 32 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Fatadder Posted December 10, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 10, 2022 Looking good, so much better than the coaches. Can see a few minor errors but nothing a little paint wouldn’t sort. Too pricy for me, will be doing a second Railtec respray in the spring (of a white end version) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 1 hour ago, James Makin said: The cavalry have arrived for Didcot Parkway! 😎 I’ve already had a cheeky start on renumbering to see how easy it’d be - it looks to be a case of gently applying a tiny bit of Humbrol enamel thinners, and the digits soon wipe away from the gold band! Fun times ahead! Cheers, James Holy smokes !is that the new release x 5 ? If so I’ll look for your listing on eBay of a kidney ! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CazRail Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 1 hour ago, James Makin said: The cavalry have arrived for Didcot Parkway! 😎 I’ve already had a cheeky start on renumbering to see how easy it’d be - it looks to be a case of gently applying a tiny bit of Humbrol enamel thinners, and the digits soon wipe away from the gold band! Fun times ahead! Cheers, James An impressive fleet, James! Looking forward to see them muckied up! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium James Makin Posted December 13, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 13, 2022 On 10/12/2022 at 15:52, The Fatadder said: Looking good, so much better than the coaches. Can see a few minor errors but nothing a little paint wouldn’t sort. Too pricy for me, will be doing a second Railtec respray in the spring (of a white end version) I am reasonably impressed with these Rich! The stripes on the power cars are all tampo-printed, if only the coaches had been to match! Overall despite the niggles the overall train does look superb at a distance and with a little fettling they'll be good enough for me! Much as I love painting stuff, putting multiple HSTs into 'Fag Packet' and getting the consistently finish across each one could send me over the edge..! On 10/12/2022 at 16:17, rob D2 said: Holy smokes !is that the new release x 5 ? If so I’ll look for your listing on eBay of a kidney ! I wonder how much kidneys go for? I have indeed gone for 5 new HST sets but there's always room for more 🤣 It definitely seems one of those now-or-never purchases, all the other Great Western stuff seems to just disappear into a black hole only to later appear on eBay at crazy prices! On 10/12/2022 at 16:45, CazRail said: An impressive fleet, James! Looking forward to see them muckied up! Thanks, I can't wait to have a go soon, though adding passengers into 40 Mk3s is the part I'm not so much looking forward to! Cheers, James 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Fatadder Posted December 13, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 13, 2022 5 minutes ago, James Makin said: am reasonably impressed with these Rich! The stripes on the power cars are all tampo-printed, if only the coaches had been to match! Overall despite the niggles the overall train does look superb at a distance and with a little fettling they'll be good enough for me! Much as I love painting stuff, putting multiple HSTs into 'Fag Packet' and getting the consistently finish across each one could send me over the edge..! I know what you mean, if I was modelling slightly later it would be a different story. Fortunately with my choice of dates I can get away with the majority being in Merlin and fag packet being an exception. Painting two power cars is definitely my limit (though I’m still tempted to have a crack at doing a coach with Railtec’s transfers to see how it compares with Hornby’s efforts Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium James Makin Posted December 13, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 13, 2022 4 minutes ago, The Fatadder said: I know what you mean, if I was modelling slightly later it would be a different story. Fortunately with my choice of dates I can get away with the majority being in Merlin and fag packet being an exception. Painting two power cars is definitely my limit (though I’m still tempted to have a crack at doing a coach with Railtec’s transfers to see how it compares with Hornby’s efforts Totally! I'm modelling the transition between the liveries with about 50/50 Merlin to Fag Packet, so there should be lots of mixed sets alongside complete ones in Merlin and the Fag, great fun times! Together with that and the Virgin services being a mix of Intercity and Virgin, the layout will be a hotchpotch of colour 😅 The Railtec decals will be lovely on the Mk3 and will match the power cars done up with their decals but one of the things that tipped me over to the latest Hornby releases are how fine they have got the silver window frames on the coaches, exquisitely thin! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Fatadder Posted December 14, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 14, 2022 Have you done the green ended hybrid version of Merlin? I was surprised just how few of the early FGW repaints actually made use of the powercars that they had prepared for the livery. Hence all of those white end versions… One small improvement would be to sort out the handrail channel (and the visible bit of the old Merlin livery showing through) To be honest the main cab handrails look to have the same issue as the old one with really thick paint. still has the painted on rear window I see, I might have a solution for that soon… Still working on final refinements but should have a test early in the new year Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium James Makin Posted December 14, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 14, 2022 19 minutes ago, The Fatadder said: Have you done the green ended hybrid version of Merlin? I was surprised just how few of the early FGW repaints actually made use of the powercars that they had prepared for the livery. Hence all of those white end versions… One small improvement would be to sort out the handrail channel (and the visible bit of the old Merlin livery showing through) To be honest the main cab handrails look to have the same issue as the old one with really thick paint. still has the painted on rear window I see, I might have a solution for that soon… Still working on final refinements but should have a test early in the new year Ooh that etch looks to be just the ticket Rich! Plus useful to help with converting any of the cheaper 'modern' Hornby power cars that they did without the window bars and so forth, before backdating to late 90s condition with original headlight clusters and so on..! I've got plans for all of the varieties of livery, including the green-ended Merlin and white-ended Fag Packet. One thing I have noticed is that the Hornby Fag Packet release 'as-is' is only relevant for very few examples across the fleet if modelling later than 2000, it has the full green ends yet the original style roof radiator slats, FGW got quickly into their programme of updating the roof vents to newer versions by the time they got round to painting a lot of the nose ends green! Straight renumbers of the existing model will be minimal without changing the other details, so those of us doing the earlier period mostly need the white ends and those doing after 2000-ish need the different roof vents, but we can't have it all..! 😂 For a lot of the reference photos online one needs to go down to the specific month/year to establish when the change took place, and there's a lot of incorrectly-captioned HSTs out there I've spotted too, to add to the fun! I wish I'd taken more pics myself as always! The first task is to finalise which numbers are to be recreated across all of the livery variations before starting work, there's also certain power cars I prefer in certain liveries/fun livery combinations before jumping in with two feet and changing the new Hornby release, so that should be a fun research project to close off over the Christmas break, and then get working on a set in the New Year! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Fatadder Posted December 14, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 14, 2022 3 hours ago, James Makin said: Ooh that etch looks to be just the ticket Rich! Plus useful to help with converting any of the cheaper 'modern' Hornby power cars that they did without the window bars and so forth, before backdating to late 90s condition with original headlight clusters and so on..! That was the original need, the first two of mine being repainted from EMT powercars and lacking the window detail (with a third powercar window braking in removal). Though they will all be fitted with it once done. Will sort out a route to sale once the design is proven. Are you repainting the ends of one of your new powercars? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium James Makin Posted December 14, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 14, 2022 1 hour ago, The Fatadder said: That was the original need, the first two of mine being repainted from EMT powercars and lacking the window detail (with a third powercar window braking in removal). Though they will all be fitted with it once done. Will sort out a route to sale once the design is proven. Are you repainting the ends of one of your new powercars? Nice one Rich, I am sure I'll be looking out for your window frames! Equally if you had anything in the pipeline around the lighting itself to aid converting the modern lights to the originals then it can't just be us who would find it of interest I'm sure! I'll be painting white/buff ends of several of the new power cars, though quite how many depends on the final identities chosen for the Fag Packet ones, will probably combine this with another batch of Merlin power car repaints while the airbrush is going. Wouldn't it be nice if Hornby did announce 'Merlin' livery on their updated HST too! Though if I was betting I'd say it'd more likely be a run of original Virgin, some GNER and '80s Intercity Executive for 2023 range, but who knows what will come! Cheers, James 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post James Makin Posted December 14, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted December 14, 2022 Lately we've had Worthing MRC's Loftus Road layout set up at the club room, so I've taken the opportunity to grab some photos of a few recent workbench projects actually in action... Loftus Road by Worthing MRC by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr EWS 'Heavyweight' 37712 splutters through with the ZKV 'Barbel' rake. I do love these 'troublesome trucks' and have built another 14 from the stash, just awaiting commissioned decals when they arrive from Railtec. Overall, the rake will stand at 40 when I've finished! Meanwhile, light engine duo 37684 Peak National Park and 37426 arrive into the bay platform... Loftus Road by Worthing MRC by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr Loftus Road by Worthing MRC by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr I've been building up the fleet of Railfreight Distribution '47's in recent years, being a massive part of my childhood spotting memories at Didcot, the sight of some double-headed thrash was always welcome! Loftus Road by Worthing MRC by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr Dug out of the stockboxes for this session are 47228 axial and 47146 Loughborough Grammar School. Loftus Road by Worthing MRC by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr Finally I couldn't resist whacking out the legendary Accurascale Class 92 for the session. This one here is just the pre-production sample but my pair of full-fat meaty ones have now arrived and will feature in the "to-me-from-me" presents under the Christmas tree, and after then, some real fun awaits getting them just as weathered and grimy! Loftus Road by Worthing MRC by James Makin - Account 3, on Flickr Some Christmas annual leave is just coming up now, so I'm hoping that gives plenty more modelling time and progressing further on the Didcot Parkway layout boards and getting ready for the many legs! Cheers, James 35 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Fatadder Posted December 14, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 14, 2022 1 hour ago, James Makin said: Nice one Rich, I am sure I'll be looking out for your window frames! Equally if you had anything in the pipeline around the lighting itself to aid converting the modern lights to the originals then it can't just be us who would find it of interest I'm sure! I'll be painting white/buff ends of several of the new power cars, though quite how many depends on the final identities chosen for the Fag Packet ones, will probably combine this with another batch of Merlin power car repaints while the airbrush is going. Wouldn't it be nice if Hornby did announce 'Merlin' livery on their updated HST too! Though if I was betting I'd say it'd more likely be a run of original Virgin, some GNER and '80s Intercity Executive for 2023 range, but who knows what will come! Cheers, James Presumably a Merlin powercar with green end will be amongst that batch? It’s one of those liveries that I always hated on the real thing (but really like my model version). At any rate, look forward to seeing what you do with them all. Will have to get my new layout and Didcot at the same how one day, see how much stock can be mixed up! As for the lighting it’s a tricky one, I plan on changing all of the lighting boards as they really do need all four headlights lit up for the period rather than Hornby’s three. As for backdating the later flush headlights, the hard part is dealing with forming the curve for the new lenses. I actually have most of a 3d print for the actual lighting unit detail (as I want to use it to upgrade my Lima powercars I plan on having with the nose ends open). But I’ve yet to find a solution to forming the curved lenses (and printing sadly doesn’t seem to be the answer) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
South-East Rail Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 5 hours ago, James Makin said: Finally I couldn't resist whacking out the legendary Accurascale Class 92 for the session. This one here is just the pre-production sample but my pair of full-fat meaty ones have now arrived and will feature in the "to-me-from-me" presents under the Christmas tree, and after then, some real fun awaits getting them just as weathered and grimy! That Class 92 really looks the business. Can't wait to get my hands on one! Ed 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 On 10/12/2022 at 15:14, James Makin said: The cavalry have arrived for Didcot Parkway! 😎 I’ve already had a cheeky start on renumbering to see how easy it’d be - it looks to be a case of gently applying a tiny bit of Humbrol enamel thinners, and the digits soon wipe away from the gold band! Fun times ahead! Cheers, James James, when you remove the numbers like that do you apply the new ones over the factory finish or put a coat of varnish down first? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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