I was looking at your Youtube post. NIR 80 Class 69.
They are all very realistic. The one I particularly like is the maroon front/lower body with light grey upper body & darker grey roof and off white 'diamond' on front.
The whole effect is very real (for all of them).
How do you do the silvery (chrome) front window surrounds?.
Yes, I will have to post some of my own efforts but compared to yours they look a bit crude although they do run OK.
I am due to do a write up on my 1 & 4 and the tin van for Alan on his NIL.
I did some time ago make up a 121 and a 141 GM (MIR). They were the white metal kits and I can't say they look all that realistic. Features that particularly need 'upgrading' are the cab front windows which should have curved corners rather than the sharp ones on the kits. The centre cab window on the 121 should be smaller. It is interesting how such a small seeming detail makes all the difference. It is like on a steam loco where the detail of the chimney can completely change the appearance of the loco.
Jeremy.
In original format the 121 Class centre cab window was the same size as the other cab front windows. It was only in later times ,sometime during the changeover to Irish Rail livery (late 80's early 90's) that the 121's acquired a smaller center cab window!!
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In original format the 121 Class centre cab window was the same size as the other cab front windows. It was only in later times ,sometime during the changeover to Irish Rail livery (late 80's early 90's) that the 121's acquired a smaller center cab window!!