JCClark Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Hi again Lee Many thanks for the advice on the 56 handrails. Have you always used a lining pen for your orange cant rails or do you use water slide decals sometimes? Just that they really look consistently even regarding dimensions and clarity. Regards John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueeighties Posted December 14, 2013 Author Share Posted December 14, 2013 (edited) Hi John. I actually use transfers for the main lining areas, the lining pen is used for small tricky areas, and curves. I'm going to try masking and spraying on the next batch. Edited December 14, 2013 by blueeighties Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCClark Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Hi Lee Once again, many thanks for the response. Your re-spray work is superb and I thoroughly enjoy following your extremely informative thread. Thanks for sharing it with everyone. Regards John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueeighties Posted December 15, 2013 Author Share Posted December 15, 2013 Thanks John, that's very kind, and appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueeighties Posted December 16, 2013 Author Share Posted December 16, 2013 thought the other months oo gauge Western was good. Check the n gauge version out.... And yes, I know the body is not attached properly, it's still a work in progress. These are the smaller scale too.... 191 now ready to be attacked with weathering A larger version of last months Blue Circle! A little project of mine, detailing it, and have fitted sound. Got these babies to fit to some of me 37's, make the Bachmann ones look like dustbin lids! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueeighties Posted December 18, 2013 Author Share Posted December 18, 2013 A bit of detailing work on 37033 today. For my sins, I have started construction of a n scale Shark brake van 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard60098 Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 (edited) Hi Lee, Are those wagon buffers suffice for a loco? The heads / oleo's look good but the rears surely would be bigger on a loco! Good to see everything geting lighting something i can't be bothered with far to fiddly! On the 37 the black boxs i see your struggling to get them straight / neat chap, why not try masking them off for a nice square finish? Also maskol is great for doing little weathering jobs but if your careful the glazing will come out of most loco's thus then not leaving a messy edge were the maskol has been hope that helps. Edited December 20, 2013 by richard60098 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBE Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 (edited) For headcodes you should get yourself a fine nibbed black permanent marker and colour them in. Once varnished over they blend in perfectly. I use one often for such jobs. Actually pretty good for black window surrounds too especially on N gauge!! The added bonus around windows is virtually no thickness to stop windows going back in! Edited December 20, 2013 by RBE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueeighties Posted December 20, 2013 Author Share Posted December 20, 2013 (edited) Hi Lee, Are those wagon buffers suffice for a loco? The heads / oleo's look good but the rears surely would be bigger on a loco! Good to see everything geting lighting something i can't be bothered with far to fiddly! On the 37 the black boxs i see your struggling to get them straight / neat chap, why not try masking them off for a nice square finish? Also maskol is great for doing little weathering jobs but if your careful the glazing will come out of most loco's thus then not leaving a messy edge were the maskol has been hope that helps. Hi Richard. As I said earlier, they are not the correct pattern shanks, but they are the correct diameter heads. A1 models for appropriate ones, but they are impossible to get a hold of. For the time being, these ones look much better than Bachmanns dustbin lids. I used masking tape for the black surrounds, but during the cleaning up process, I inadvertently caught the edges with thinners. They will be touched up before finally finishing.Perhaps it's time to add a disclaimer to all of my pictures stating 'THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS AND IS NOT THE FINISHED ARTICLE' Or should I just photograph the finished model to save having to explain everything? :-) And with regards to Maskol, the odd window dropping out whilst masking a batch of 15-20 locos doesn't bother me. It's effective, and a major timesaver. Edited December 20, 2013 by blueeighties Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueeighties Posted December 20, 2013 Author Share Posted December 20, 2013 For headcodes you should get yourself a fine nibbed black permanent marker and colour them in. Once varnished over they blend in perfectly. I use one often for such jobs. Actually pretty good for black window surrounds too especially on N gauge!! The added bonus around windows is virtually no thickness to stop windows going back in! I like the idea of that, especially for n gauge window surrounds. Thanks for a top tip to try :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard60098 Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Hi Richard. As I said earlier, they are not the correct pattern shanks, but they are the correct diameter heads. A1 models for appropriate ones, but they are impossible to get a hold of. For the time being, these ones look much better than Bachmanns dustbin lids. I used masking tape for the black surrounds, but during the cleaning up process, I inadvertently caught the edges with thinners. They will be touched up before finally finishing. Perhaps it's time to add a disclaimer to all of my pictures stating 'THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS AND IS NOT THE FINISHED ARTICLE' Or should I just photograph the finished model to save having to explain everything? :-) And with regards to Maskol, the odd window dropping out whilst masking a batch of 15-20 locos doesn't bother me. It's effective, and a major timesaver. People seem to like looking at the model going through every stage but in some cases the time served modellers are only giving tips & hints away on how to do it from start to finish and with the major competition between you all now i think less is better and surely rather than faffing about taking 100's of time consuming pics wouldn't it be better to spend that time doing the work and just take final pics + like you say then you'll get less comments / won't have to keep replying on a "work in progress" set of pictures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueeighties Posted December 20, 2013 Author Share Posted December 20, 2013 (edited) Thanks for that Richard. I always thought 'faffing about taking hundreds of pictures' was beneficial both in documenting what I do,and also helping and maybe inspiring others to have a go. One of the reason my business has grown and developed is because I have taken the time to show and explain the various stages of work. Are we going to see some of your contributions? Edited December 20, 2013 by blueeighties 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikes Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Thanks for that Richard. I always thought 'faffing about taking hundreds of pictures' was beneficial both in documenting what I do,and also helping and maybe inspiring others to have a go. One of the reason my business has grown and developed is because I have taken the time to show and explain the various stages of work. Are we going to see some of your contributions? Blueeighties - `please don't stop posting lots of 'in progress' photos, i find the work you are doing inspirational plus its very useful seeing the kind of things other people do to their models as it gives ideas of things I could do, plus often points to products that people are not aware of/or not aware of how to use! Keep up the good work pal Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Removed a/c Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 I enjoy the step by step photos as well and appreciate that Lee posts them. It is pretty easy to tell what is a WIP and what isn't IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueeighties Posted December 20, 2013 Author Share Posted December 20, 2013 Cheers guys, appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted December 20, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 20, 2013 (edited) Posting stuff that's WIP can be beneficial in that omissions and errors can sometimes be spotted by others with better knowledge/info etc. Better to pick up an error on a part finished model, rather than to possibly have to redo a large section. It's also surprising how much can be picked up looking at a photo of your own work - I know, I've done it enough times myself. Keep up the good work. Cheers, Mick Edited December 20, 2013 by newbryford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBE Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Theres nothing wrong with the way you do things Lee and Im not even sure how that turned into a p!$$ing contest but just keep showing us what you're upto and we can all teach each other how to build better railways! Cav Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mikeym Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Yea lee i love looking at your WIP pages , gives me the kick up the back side to sort my stuff out haha , i think the work you do is top notch no wer near what i could achieve , nice one keep on posting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Realy enjoy looking through your modeling work Lee,its alway 110% Your DRS 37s with wipack lights look awsome too Cheers neil.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Another vote for wip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfsup Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Keep up the good work Lee - it's always great to see the work in progress shots, both as Newbryford's said in terms of helping to see and possible correct any omissions and to provide help. It's also making me think about some of my models and what needs doing to them... and maybe sending you a couple to work on too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowlander Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Hi Lee I think you can see that thankfully the concensus is, to carry on as before. Best Regards Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueeighties Posted December 21, 2013 Author Share Posted December 21, 2013 Thank you all, its always reassuring to know the documentation of work is of some benefit to others. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikeym Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Just had a look on your site lee , top notch , quite tempted for you to re vive my 08 , re spray , new hand rails , and weathering , what is a ruff gues timate of some thing like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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