Richard Pike Posted April 18, 2016 Author Share Posted April 18, 2016 Busy with my layout but thought I had better do a Royal Scotsman to keep my GBRf collection current. Many Thanks to Steve at Railtec for producing the decals so quickly. 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Andy7 Posted April 18, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 18, 2016 Great job, love it when people such as yourself are bang up to date. If it were me I would crack open the gloss varnish! How many GBRF 66's have you got? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Pike Posted April 19, 2016 Author Share Posted April 19, 2016 Hi Andy, A quick count up and I currently have 16 GBRf 66's,, that includes all 6 "special" liveries, 751 fitted with schafenburg couplings, 737 with oversize numbering and 8 standard livery machines. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Pike Posted April 19, 2016 Author Share Posted April 19, 2016 Hi Andy, A quick count up and I currently have 16 GBRf 66's,, that includes all 6 "special" liveries, 751 fitted with schafenburg couplings, 737 with oversize numbering and 8 standard livery machines. Sorry, total fleet is 17, forgot about Special no 7, but that can't be revealed until May 10th. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 More nice work here Richard.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Pike Posted May 5, 2016 Author Share Posted May 5, 2016 Took a break from layout construction and weathered my rake of HIA Hopper As per others, I removed the operating rams from one side of the wagon, painted the end doors, light grey (although the weathering has made them look white again), painted the wheels in sleeper grim, sprayed the wagon insides with a Mig rust coloured wash, followed by a very thinned white was all over the wagon, finally finished with a dusting of lime powder and then everything sealed with a spray of matt varnish. Finally 66711 running into Claymore Quarry with the HIA rake. 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgie!! Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Great work on the wagons, Richard. They look great behind 66711. Great selection of stock too, looking forward to the unveiling of 66779. Cheers, George Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Pike Posted May 13, 2016 Author Share Posted May 13, 2016 Is it just me or do we all do the same ?. Last week, after Railtec released the new vinyls for the NMT, I thought nice little couple of hour project I can do on my NMT - No !. The decals arrived and I prep'd my NMT ready for the update, things where going great until I looked at a picture of 975814 and realised my coach was no longer correct with its window layout, so started a strip down and bank out two windows, this obviously requiring a full yellow respray. This reminded me of a Class 73 I had started converting into a Network Rail 73/9 a few months ago, so that was retrieved out of the project box, along with a pair of 150 units that I had started to convert into the 950 unit, suddenly I had a bench full of yellow machines. Reading Big Jim's thread about last week having a couple of shifts driving DBSO's I came away from Derby show last Sunday with 2 of the new Hornby MK2 BSO, that have been transformed this week into NR DBSO's. So in essence what started off as a 2 hour project has ended up being 2 weeks of solid yellow modelling,oh, with the exception of a Green diesel. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdw7300 Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 Looking good Richard. We're at a similar stage (although I'm only doing 3 coach UTU3 setup). Happy modellling Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Pike Posted May 25, 2016 Author Share Posted May 25, 2016 Finished the new decals on my NMT and gave it a run out on the layout. Thanks to Steve at Railtec for producing the decals so quickly. 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Pike Posted May 25, 2016 Author Share Posted May 25, 2016 Completed this evening a commission job on a Heljan 7mm Class 60. Really pleased how it has turned out, the name plates really finish it off. Decals by Railtec, nameplates by Shawplan. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobster Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Superb Richard. Cheers, Bob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
virginhst539 Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Camera flash in the panto coach, looks very nice indeed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Pike Posted May 27, 2016 Author Share Posted May 27, 2016 Camera flash in the panto coach, looks very nice indeed Camera Flash.....you noticed, actually the lights should be on all the time but the decoder has a mind of its own and currently seems to be in strobe mode lol. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Pike Posted May 30, 2016 Author Share Posted May 30, 2016 One for Mick.....After many hours I have just completed a 950 Test unit based on its latest recent upgrade including the new vinyls. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium DRS Crewe On A Mission Posted May 30, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 30, 2016 One for Mick.....After many hours I have just completed a 950 Test unit based on its latest recent upgrade including the new vinyls. IMG_2643.JPG IMG_2644.JPG IMG_2645.JPG IMG_2646.JPG IMG_2647.JPG Fantastic work as always! It looks even better with the new vinyls. Keep up the good work. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WCML100 Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 that is seriously good mate! When can you do mine? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted May 30, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 30, 2016 One for Mick.....After many hours I have just completed a 950 Test unit based on its latest recent upgrade including the new vinyls. Nice work Richard. An upgrade to the latest detail spec and livery changes for my 950001 is on my ever expanding "to-do" list. Cheers, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robf Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 Wow, amazing work! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d winpenny Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 More great work David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Pike Posted June 1, 2016 Author Share Posted June 1, 2016 (edited) Finished this morning...."The great unveiling" Thanks to John Peck at Precision Decals for producing the decal pack. Edited June 1, 2016 by Cradgebank 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobster Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Very nice Richard Cheers, Bob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Good work, I wish they had painted the GBRF in older style to match the rest Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Pike Posted June 6, 2016 Author Share Posted June 6, 2016 Just finished a couple of Colas 60's, 60047 with the latest style logo's and 076 "Dunbar" with the Tarmac Branding. 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Pike Posted June 19, 2016 Author Share Posted June 19, 2016 Everything I paint at the moment seems to be Yellow and Orange. 56302 "Peco" and 86701 "Orion" 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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