RMweb Premium newbryford Posted December 25, 2013 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 25, 2013 (edited) After leaving wife and daughter hard at work serving up Xmas fayre, (I did help them for a couple of hours though), I had some spare time and decided to photograph a few of my yellow fleet for a DEMU Society article. At the end, I lined up most of them for a group shot.. There's about five missing from the pic and 8 more on the bench in various stages of work. Cheers, Mick Edited December 25, 2013 by newbryford 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaz Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 Now that's what I call mellow yellow. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tase Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 I've been looking forward to that article big time Mick! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted December 25, 2013 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 25, 2013 Now that's what I call mellow yellow. Definitely feeling mellow at this time on Xmas day..... courtesy of Russian Standard..... Cheers (in more ways than one) Mick 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaz Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 I hope your drinking that with cola and tia maria. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted December 26, 2013 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 26, 2013 I hope your drinking that with cola and tia maria. Haven't got the Tia Maria. I usually take that with vodka and Baileys.................................... Now that is mellow... Cheers, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaz Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 You've been very quiet...I hope you have been sorting out trains......and not slid under the modelling table in to a vodka induced puddle............... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted December 30, 2013 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 30, 2013 You've been very quiet...I hope you have been sorting out trains......and not slid under the modelling table in to a vodka induced puddle............... A bit of both..... Hopefully, pics later - but not of the puddle........... Cheers, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted December 30, 2013 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 30, 2013 (edited) Silver Machines....... 60066 is virtually done - just awaiting the numbers and Drax/Biomass branding. I'll probably refit the handrails and glazing and then store it until the transfers are available. Cruel closeup of the Replica cant lining. 67029 amd 82146 are also ready for re-assembly with glazing and handrails. The black cab surround had me thinking for awhile until I remembered that someone had used black marker pen for small details. Masking applied and vertical lines drawn on. Similarly for the horizontal bars and this is the result. Just a tiny amount of ink bleed to clean up. Cheers, Mick Edited December 30, 2013 by newbryford 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaz Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Some nice work....will you clean it with T cut? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted December 31, 2013 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 31, 2013 Some nice work....will you clean it with T cut? Tiny dab of meths on the end of a cocktail stick Cheers, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaz Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 do you let it dry first? to stop smears? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted December 31, 2013 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 31, 2013 Yes - and gently dabbing off with a tissue in between. Cheers, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimleygrid Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Hi Mick, Happy New Year. Lovely work. Hope you don’t have to wait too long for the transfers, it would be good to see 066 finished. I just wondered how you found the Replica cant rail stripes? In the past I have used the Fox ones so wondered how they compare. Many thanks in advance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted January 2, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 2, 2014 Hi Mick, Happy New Year. Lovely work. Hope you don’t have to wait too long for the transfers, it would be good to see 066 finished. I just wondered how you found the Replica cant rail stripes? In the past I have used the Fox ones so wondered how they compare. Many thanks in advance. Hi Grimley, Hoping that Precision will be doing the transfers soon. Probably needs a gentle reminder! The Replica stripes are thinner and therefore more fragile than Fox stripes. I only apply about a maximum 4" length in one go and don't go near it until the next day. As soon as I'm happy with the stripe, I give it a quick spray with Klear varnish to seal it. Cheers, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimleygrid Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Hi Mick, thanks for your reply. It is interesting to hear your experience with using the Replica transfers. I much prefer Replica's sector decals over the Fox version but really like the cant rail stripes by the latter of the two. Thanks again, very helpful. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted January 5, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 5, 2014 Heres one from the "paint it yellow" brigade... Picked it up froma local model shop 2nd hand box, an absolute dogs dinner of a repaint, looks to be hand painted straight over the original colour! I may have a go at stripping it and possibly repaint it into dcr green, any recommendation to what to use to get the paint off? If not i'll do a body swap, the reason i picked it has a dcc fitted chassis on it for the princley sum of £25! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted January 5, 2014 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 5, 2014 (edited) Heres one from the "paint it yellow" brigade... I may have a go at stripping it and possibly repaint it into dcr green, any recommendation to what to use to get the paint off? I think "dip it in yellow" is a better description! I usually use Phoenix Precision Superstrip - it's not cheap, but is very good and reusable. The other option you might try is to find a body for it - there are those that separate the chassis and body from the Hornby loco and use the chassis underneath Lima shells. Cheers, Mick Edited January 5, 2014 by newbryford Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark 37 Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Remove your glazing and drop it in brake fluid if you have any kicking around. Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted January 5, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 5, 2014 (edited) Remove your glazing and drop it in brake fluid if you have any kicking around. Mark tried that once....... i'm watching a couple of 31 bodies on ebay at the mo Edited January 5, 2014 by big jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Harvey Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 This will sound completely stupid but try soaking one end without the gazing of course in a tub of T Cut? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark 37 Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Big jim, I've never had that happen to me, yet. The other product I use is Model strip, about £5. Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
emt_911 Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Big Jim I've found that Dettol works really well Duncan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted January 5, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 5, 2014 Big jim, I've never had that happen to me, yet. The other product I use is Model strip, about £5. Mark Ive used modelstrip and wasnt impressed to be honest Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
meld Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Hiya Big Jim. I have found model strip will take off the 'Hobbiest' applied paint and certain Tampo printed parts of the original livery application ( as well ass anything applied with "Super Glue"! ). I always use Precision Paint Stripper to remove all the Paint to start again especially if the base livery is going to be lighter or lots of detail will be added before the repaint. HTH. Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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