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    Eric & Gripper

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    Some lovely stuff on Youtube for all your weathering inspiration.

     

    A few links to ponder over,but keep in mind the dates they were fimed, 1964 is about the earliest.

    Steam Locos in the fifties had a fairly balanced service interval,they were painted and cleaned.By 1960

    this was far from the norm as the these links testify.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXw_cQbr6Do

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiHqfLJtbkY

     

    Best regards

    Eric & Gripper.

    Eric & Gripper

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    Thanks Sean,

     

    I spent three weeks looking through Flickr.for some pictures of a faded green 08 to no avail.Cracked on anyway Using various other sources notably blue ones faded to a similar degree.I then spent a week with the paint fading and body weathering and left it a further week  for my own walk-away-come back-to-it assessment purposes.

     

    While searching through some old photos for https://www.facebook.com/groups/453813081355784/. I came across a picture taken by Mr Of Doom of a very faded green 08 with a very much younger/racing snake version of myself stood in front it.So much for Pathos.

     

    What else can i say about Mr Holly,It was a tenuous link as they all are hehe. Thanks for the correction i shall research better next time.

    What was the largest runway at the time?........ for another day

     

    Best regards

    Eric & Gripper

    Eric & Gripper

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    Excellent advice.thanks Barry,

     

    I realised afterwards that the Gresley teak pics were a little off subject.So would now have them in there on the basis of differing colorations based on the varnish treatment of natural timber and your own advice on the subject.They do seem to Darken over time anyway further disproving my theory,haha. I just knew I should have put some Thompsons in there better illustrating the point.

     

    I'm hoping to have a some Gresley Full brakes in a later entry on peeling paint. You do have some great Gresley coach pics yourself are you a member of the LNER Coach Association ?

     

    They are a thing great beauty,built long lost craftsman and should never have been painted.

     

    Best regards

     

    Eric & Gripper.

    James Harrison

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    A good start Sir.The more you paint the more you will want to paint. An airbrush won't do everything you need but once you've mastered it,it will speed everything up for you. A good friend of mine has been using Aerosols for the past 25 years and swears by them.I haven't yet managed to get him Airbrushing but when i do he'll be a happier man.

     

    Your early results speak for themselves you should be very pleased.If i can offer any advice( this is not in anyway a criticism).when you paint with a brush you tend to go for coverage in maybe two coats.An airbush is far finer to work your first coat should be barely visible and this the key to your second coat. By the third and fourth you should be seeing some good coverage.the fifth coat should just about do it.This method should of course take a good few hours between coats to allow for proper drying.Airbrushing will dry the paint much faster since the thinner atomizes instantly on the surface being painted. Some colours will always be tricky reds and yellows especially. Practice your thinning,see how thin you can go before the paint is too runny to work.You will find the limits at the top and bottom of thinning pretty quickly. The main to remember is always clean the airbrush thoroughly at the end of the spraying session.

     

    Best wishes

    Eric & Gripper.

    Eric & Gripper

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    Now does anyone know of a good clock supplier.

     

    I require a clock with at least 10 more minutes in every hour and if at all possible several more hours within the daylight periods.

    If any of you know of such a supplier please get in touch before i attempt to build one.Pictures to follow.

     

    Best Regards

    Eric & Gripper.

    Silver Sidelines

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    Psssst,Don't tell the others

     

    I am supposed to be all things NER BR(NE), But I,ve always loved the Westerns. The crispness of the Heljan offering really shows how far the hobby has com, since the Lima and Hornby models of the last century(yes i do overuse that phrase). I repainted/detailed many Lima Westerns back in the the day.Western Talisman is a favourite and i do feel a china Clay rake coming on a future Blog of mine.Lion looks to be a beautiful model too looks like I've got some collecting to do.I am inspired thank you.

     

    Best regards

    Eric&Gripper.

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    CaptainBiggles
    CaptainBiggles

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    Hello Sir,

     

    I too am returning to this lovely hobby after a 20 year gap shall we say( to stock up on women and beer).

    I will help out if i can and follow your posts as best I can.


    N/2mm  is good for its operating potential if space is an obstacle. OO /4mm still has all the best stock

     

    Reference material is plentiful i would recommend Flickr as a good source of inspiration.

    My objectives and projects differ from yours but the outcome will be the same.

     

    Good luck and i'll try and give Padstow some thought. Surely China Clay is an option in that part of the world.

     

    Best regards

    Eric & Gripper..

    Eric & Gripper

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    Thank you Gentlemen for the kind comments and inspiration. My patron the penguin of doom has many locos to be weathered so you shouldn't have too long to wait. I know I have a a Pannier tank to do and I'm sure there must be a Western or two knocking about. I'm thinking China clay traffic ,always good for weathering.

     

    The next blog will be the lovely collection of vans I have subjected to the camo treatment. Wood is such a good recipient of weathering and deterioration. I am personally looking forward to doing a faded/washplant 03 too.

     

    The dear penguin has plenty of coaching stock to be done too so it looks like i'm going to be quite busy.

     

    With regard to the Brush/Aerosol/Airbrush debate.

     

    Brushes are excellent for the sheer detail of weathering,The amount of paint you expect to use on a single vehicle would be on the underside of the lid after you had shaken it.

     

    Aerosols.I can't get on with ,too much too often for me. I saw plenty of disasters due to aerosols in the last century. The penguin swears by them and his results speak for themselves.I have never seen better. His full repaints are the equal of any airbrush work i have done or seen. Aerosols are hard to master and i never have.

     

    Airbrushes are still expensive.They are excellent for full repaints.blending ,toning down and as area misting device you cannot depend on a airbrush to fully weather anything.

     

    I would say for effective weathering its  going to be about 90% brush and 10% airbrush.If you don't have airbrush there are ways around it.We will come to them in due course hopefully.

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