RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted April 7, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 7, 2018 Think I've found her despite not having a fartbook account. Is this the lady?: Figure painting looks excellent: Pity these are way too big for the Pencarrow wooded glade... Claudia and Jeremy Everett who model dioramas and Claudia specialises in figure painting. She has a website here: https://www.cice.space/resume And her contact details are on the website. I've just fitted two crew to one of my Minerva Panniers and will post up a couple of photos shortly. Jinty Crossed post, looks like I found the right lady. Excellent. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jintyman Posted April 7, 2018 Author Share Posted April 7, 2018 Yes Spams, that's the lady. Here are a few pictures (Gratuitous ones even) of the crew of 9648. Driver Dylan Ap Thomas, of Merthyr shed and fireman William Owens also from Merthyr, both of whom have stayed too long in the Brecon Oggie shop. A few runs around the block needed for the driver, but Severn Mile Bank with 4 on should see to the fireman!!!! I'll hopefully post some progress on the signal box very soon. Jinty 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 Superb Jints, still hoping to get up later in the year, and see the Station Building that Brian has done a stunning job on. The painting on the figures really is amazing for the price. Keep up the good work mate, your inspiring me to get some more weathering done on my stock for Pen Y Bont. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted April 7, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 7, 2018 Nice photos Jints, the only small thing I'm not keen on the otherwise excellent Minerva pannier are the deep joints in the chimney. I'm seriously thinking about putting a little filler on mine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jintyman Posted April 7, 2018 Author Share Posted April 7, 2018 Nice photos Jints, the only small thing I'm not keen on the otherwise excellent Minerva pannier are the deep joints in the chimney. I'm seriously thinking about putting a little filler on mine. Thanks Spams, I thought the joints were a little obvious as are the cab joints, but reducing them or replacing the chimney seemed drastic to an excellent model, so I elected to leave them be and try to take the eye away with weathering. On the other hand, I just couldn't put up with the line around the bottom of the chimney on the Dapol Jinty. After trying to fill the joint without much success, I replaced it with a casting from Laurie Griffin. I just have to finish the safety valve base replacement now, then I can set about distressing it!!! Jinty 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bescotbeast Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 Yes Spams, that's the lady. Here are a few pictures (Gratuitous ones even) of the crew of 9648. Driver Dylan Ap Thomas, of Merthyr shed and fireman William Owens also from Merthyr, both of whom have stayed too long in the Brecon Oggie shop. A few runs around the block needed for the driver, but Severn Mile Bank with 4 on should see to the fireman!!!! Tally 285.jpg Tally 286.jpg Tally 287.jpg Tally 288.jpg Tally 289.jpg I'll hopefully post some progress on the signal box very soon. Jinty Stunning work on the weathering as well as the crew Jinty. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jintyman Posted April 8, 2018 Author Share Posted April 8, 2018 After a fraught day in the garage, where if anything went wrong, it did, twice over!!! Out of the 4 jobs I was trying to get done, only two got anything done on them!!! The E147 has had its bogies soaked in Acetone and the wheels stripped out of them. I am going to rebuild the bogies with Peartree Engineering wheels and fit pick-ups to all wheels for lighting, etc. The other little job was to replace the oval safety valve base on my Jinty with the correct circular one. Turned out to be a very simple job and E-viola, the new Laurie Griffin safety valve base and valves are now painted and in place. 47479 is now ready for the weathering workbench and to have its crew added, and then the bunker coaled. Not before a rumbling diesel gets finished on the weathering bench first, and then the Jinty can take its place and be attacked!!! Then we had visitors which made F1 a late starter, but I'll catch up this week!!! Jinty 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 After a fraught day in the garage, where if anything went wrong, it did, twice over!!! Out of the 4 jobs I was trying to get done, only two got anything done on them!!! The E147 has had its bogies soaked in Acetone and the wheels stripped out of them. I am going to rebuild the bogies with Peartree Engineering wheels and fit pick-ups to all wheels for lighting, etc. The other little job was to replace the oval safety valve base on my Jinty with the correct circular one. Turned out to be a very simple job and E-viola, the new Laurie Griffin safety valve base and valves are now painted and in place. 47479 is now ready for the weathering workbench and to have its crew added, and then the bunker coaled. Tally 290.jpg Not before a rumbling diesel gets finished on the weathering bench first, and then the Jinty can take its place and be attacked!!! Then we had visitors which made F1 a late starter, but I'll catch up this week!!! Jinty Hope you enjoyed the Race as much as I did David, best for ages. That Jint's is looking good, I collected my 64XX today, (pics on Pen Y Bont) to run with the Autocoach I had from young Larry. I now need to weather that, the Minerva 8750 and the Back 08, so watching your every move mate, hahah. Keep the pics coming please. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Young Larry?.............U flatter me Uncle Andy... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Young Larry?.............U flatter me Uncle Andy... That's not so bad, my Wife refers to me as HER GRANDAD, and she's 9 years OLDER than me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Brinkly Posted April 10, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 10, 2018 Morning David, The pannier and wagons in the post above is brilliant, it looks very realistic. Kind regards, Nick. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jintyman Posted April 10, 2018 Author Share Posted April 10, 2018 Morning David, The pannier and wagons in the post above is brilliant, it looks very realistic. Kind regards, Nick. Thanks Nick, I'll take that as a major compliment from the GWR Guru! I just need to set about my other Panniers now to bring them up to a similar standard. It's just getting the time. Painting a signal box is underway, and pictures later will show progress hopefully. Jinty 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted April 10, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 10, 2018 Hi David, Had a delivery of rodding associated bits from Wizard today. How are you joining the 1' lengths of rod - glue, solder? It strikes me that there's not much contact area on 0.7mm rod! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
3 link Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 (edited) Hi Chris, The 0.7mm round Rod I am using is 600mm long, being round I am using some thin brass tube that is an interference fit to join the two rods together and just flash some solder over the two ends. Maybe you could use something similar, I tried plastic tube first but the o/d was to chunky and stood out like a sore thumb. Martyn. Ps, if my description above is hard to visualise I'll put a picture up. Edited April 10, 2018 by 3 link Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted April 10, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 10, 2018 Thanks muchly. I can see a problem finding 0.7mm internal diameter square tube... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
3 link Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 (edited) Thanks muchly. I can see a problem finding 0.7mm internal diameter square tube... http://ksmetals.com/25.html Please do not ask me to convert it from good old inches into metric, but I know they do some pretty small square section as I have seen them down at Squires model shop. Martyn. Edited April 10, 2018 by 3 link Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
3 link Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 The tubing below is from Albion alloys ltd, and has a i/d of 0.8 mm and an o/d of 1.0 mm, and that is a piece of 0.7mm nickel silver rod inside of it. And a bit of a cruel close up, this is showing what I intend to do at a baseboard joint, the tubing is just slid over the rod to keep the ends together. Sorry for the hijack Jinty, Martyn. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Thanks muchly. I can see a problem finding 0.7mm internal diameter square tube... Have you tried Tutbury Models? / Ex Tutbury Jinny in Tutbury Mill Mews, Barry carries quite a lot of Brass tube, but it may mean rummaging through his spares bin as well as the dedicated stand. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jintyman Posted April 10, 2018 Author Share Posted April 10, 2018 (edited) No hijack at all. It's all relevant. I'm soldering my 0.7mm square rod together, I solder a short piece of 0.3mm brass wire underneath one of the sections and then solder the second section to the first with the 0.3mm brass wire holding it at the correct height. All I have to worry about is the sideways position. Jinty Edited to add that I use 185 degree solder to solder to the first section then 145 degree solder for the main join. Edited April 10, 2018 by Jintyman Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 No hijack at all. It's all relevant. I'm soldering my 0.7mm square rod together, I solder a short piece of 0.3mm brass wire underneath one of the sections and then solder the second section to the first with the 0.3mm brass wire holding it at the correct height. All I have to worry about is the sideways position. Jinty Edited to add that I use 185 degree solder to solder to the first section then 145 degree solder for the main join. Don't we all! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jintyman Posted April 10, 2018 Author Share Posted April 10, 2018 Talyllyn Signal Box has got Measles!!! I've made a start on Talyllyn Signal Box in earnest and I've used a handy little engraver to give the stonework some distinct relief at the mortar lines. I went over with the engraver and then a suede brush to take down any edges. I then primered with a Halfords spray primer and over coated the primer with a Halfords clear satin varnish. I then airbrushed some Railmatch Pullman cream over the wooden areas before taking a brush to the frames and sills in chocolate and then the bricks in a brick red. Once all that was dry, I then started to pick out the stonework with a couple of different greys to add tonal differences and then I've just finished attacking the red brickwork with some yellow. Next will be some brickwork picked out in orange, to give more differences in brick colour. I'll need to go and have a look at Steve Fay's threads next to see what order I do the next bit in. Is it mortar then darker washes or washes then mortar!!!! Here are a couple of pictures of my spotty signal box!!! 47375 passes in the background with the 17:45 Three Cocks to Brecon Free St. And here is a close up showing (hopefully) the relief of the mortar courses between the stones. More very soon Jinty 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve fay Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 (edited) Mortar next then weathering, I use cream humbrol acrylic, paint it on and wipe it off pretty quickly with some tissue, once dry I then dry brush with enamel Matt black 33 to the required dirtyness!! A waft of clear Matt sealer between weathering coats works well to seal it as sometimes as I’m sure you’ll know when building up coats with the dry brush method you can remove the previous coats. A few dirty grey or brown thinned washes also works well to tone every thing down. Edited April 10, 2018 by steve fay Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 (edited) Must admit all those pretty colours have me mighty puzzled Jinty. The decorative stone around the windows etc looks to be a lighter version of stone than I use for Carrog. The darker infill could be done with weathering. Interesting to see the the railway did a cheapo brick job on the back.... Edited April 10, 2018 by coachmann 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrushType4 Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Must admit all those pretty colours have me mighty puzzled Jinty. The decorative stone around the windows etc looks to be a lighter version of stone than I use for Carrog. The darker infill could be done with weathering. Interesting to see the the railway did a cheapo brick job on the back.... WEB Tallylin SB.jpg The cheapo brick job on the back makes sense now I've taken a second look. The laser cutter wasn't such a cheap skate Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted April 10, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 10, 2018 Finished !!! 804B9E88-2A32-4125-9937-2D5863D794C5.jpeg Nice mix of colours on the signalbox jints should tone down nice with some dry brushing Brian Ah, a local waiting room for local people.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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