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EWS Queen Mary brake van

Buckjumper

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It's been a very busy few months in modelling and non-modelling terms, but now as things are calming down a little I've got time to download and sort through some of the photos stored on my camera from the various building and painting commissions.

 

Jim McGeown of Connoisseur Models asked if I’d decorate a Queen Mary brake van he'd built in the EWS livery as a counterpoint to the predominantly 1940s/50s stock he already has on display on his exhibition stand.

 

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Following the brief, in this livery it’s not an exact copy of the prototype as ADS56299 had the verandah sandboxes removed and the lettering was of a stencilled pattern, but it gives a good impression of what comes in the kit.

 

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It was lots of fun to do such a disgustingly modern (and worryingly attractive) livery for a change, and Jim was so pleased with the result he handed me another to do, but this time in Southern brown and vermilion.

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wenlock
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Thats lovely Adrian. It is as you say a very attractive livery, from my point of view it's good to see a brake van in a colour other than grey! The separation between the yellow and maroon is very crisp, how do you do your masking?

 

Dave

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Thanks Dave.  I use Tamiya tape for all my masking boundaries, and always remove the tape shortly after painting before the enamel dries. The tape has the perfect tackiness and is easy to contour, but peels away easily.  Once you've bought the dispensers the refills are as cheap as chips from places like ebay.

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Good stuff, thanks for that, I'll try and get some next time I'm in the local model shop.

 

dave

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Mikkel
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Hi Adrian, this is indeed disgustingly wonderful!  Although your HR wagon in green takes a lot of beating in my book, this looks pretty OK too for such a modern livery :-)

 

Very nice and subtle weathering, as always something to learn from.

 

PS: Please Sir, can we see some more of your recent work? It makes the days seem fairer, you see! :-)

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Thanks Pete & Mikkel.  Yep, that HR fish wagon turned out rather well and it's one of my favourite wagon commissions to date. Turns out the Highland regularly transported fish and lobster to Billingsgate Market, so maybe I could justify a handful.

 

I'll upload some more over the next day or so, but I hope that doesn't make me a fairweather friend... ;)

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Fairweather friend, hadn't heard that expression before. Nice one.

 

I look forward to the next photos, thanks.

 

Oh, and don't forget that you have now promised to build a handful of HR fish wagons! 

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English idioms must cause no end of amusement and bemusement to anyone who learns it as a second language.  And anyway, how did we get from 'some HR fish wagons might be nice' to 'you promised to build...'? 

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