Tony Teague

A dark wash to bring out thebolt-heads etc, wiped off with a damp flat brush. Underframe airbrushed, bodywork airbrushed a bit darker, perhaps more than once with streaking drawn down the sides with a damp flat brush. Some powders - light brownish on the footplate & toolbox cover.

Looks great!

Tony

Looks pretty good to me!

It will be interesting to see how you improve on something that is already pretty darn good.

Tony

Great looking scene, very atmospheric!

Nice, if a little late for me - but I am sure that the principles will work on similar pre-nationalisation stock.

Comparison with the original really shows what you have achieved!

Tony

Hi Mick

I really like what you are doing here, but perhaps when you are finished you could contrast this with what you would do in 4mm - which would be, I suspect, somewhat less.

Tony

Is that a slug on the roof?

(Hope it's not a live one!)

Tony

I think I'd prefer neglected!

Tony

Now that's uncanny!

Are you just practising before taking on Set 733 in SR livery - or is this a batch process?

Tony

Have just worked through your blog from the beginning, and having spent time with you at Missenden Abbey last year and subsequently I am becoming familiar with your techniques and approaches, nevertheless, they certainly bear repetition!

Even though I am not a great fan of diseasels, the results are impressive as illustrated above.

Keep up the good work!

Tony

Excellent look to these scenes; love the way the model buildings blend into the backscene.

Tony

Sorry to hear this as I for one found inspiration in Grime Street - even to the point of installing Magnorail and building my range of barns to hide it!

Nevertheless, time moves on and you must do what you must do!

I shall be watching Sheffield Grimeside with the same level of interest.

Tony

Good luck  - sounds a challenging conversion!

Tony

It looks fantastic, but you would need to be pretty clever at controlling it amongst all those other moving vehicles - over which you don't have control!

Really sorry to hear this and to be missing the layout at Warley.

I hope that the miscreants are caught and punished, but I also hope that the van & contents were insured...

In any event, I wish you the very best in recovering the situation as quickly as possible.

Tony

Having been inspired by your cyclist (as above!) I have gone and bought a starter kit from Magnorail...

I note that the road surface needs to be no more than 0.5mm thick for the magnets to work, and so I wondered what you used for your running surface?

Any help appreciated.

Beautiful weathering!

Have just worked through your blog from the beginning and I love what you have produced. Is there any update on progress since the last post?

Inspirational layout; I was particularly impressed by the cyclist, and many thanks for directing me towards the details for your Polish supplier of road-system parts.