westernviscount

I am terrible for very long pauses in projects. Still, deadlines are for work and the man.

And the inside... With the deliberate mistake of ballasting the centre of the bridge before building the central girder.

A few pictures of the girder temporarily stuck to the layout.

I had another cock up with painting and lost a bit of heart in the prpject so 1458 remaines unfinished. I have though had another go at the painting and lined it out. I need to finish the cab roof grab handle and put coal in the bunker next.

A bit work work on the bridge. I have joined the upper panel section to the lower girder. The panels had decorative beading on the faces which I am assumimg were still in place in the early sixties. The inside had angled L section

A quick follow up on my previous post. All painted and decorated. Croesnewydd wass assembled from an HMRS pressfix sheet. Neat enough and in my opinion satisfying the 3 foot test. Light weatheringusing an enamel wash and light airbrushing of made up dirt colour. What was the point with excellent RTR? Lamps and couplings to follow.

Thanks Mikkel, I am very happy with the completed model. Yes, I actually enjoyed the construction of Croesnewydd which is just at the outer edge of my concentration and patience levels!

I recently finished the ratio Toad kit. The whole thing was sprayed halfords white primer then humbrol 64 light grey. The solebar and below are revell matt black and handrails etc painted white. I wanted to have the van allocated to Croesnewydd although I have no photos of a BR era van with this legend. The areas for black were masked and sprayed. As @Mikkel suggested I used an HMRS sheet to construct the croesnewydd but only had the general wagon sheet so the Y was cut from HYBAR! I weathered with a black enamel was and sprayed the solebar and beneath with a mix of revell black and brown. Lamps and spratt and winkles to follow.

I think shoe horning gatekeeper or rivet counter into a youtube video title does wonders for views and likes. I honestly have not come across the mythical rivet counter but I have come across plenty in the hobby who seem hell bent on proving it doesnt matter very much to them and nor should it to anyone else. This is why I haven't got a youtube channel because I too would spend more time ranting and less time modelling. Having Rmweb is bad enough ;-)

Another rivetting evening... I have started the upper pa els of the bridge. These will have decorative frames added later. The two sections held together by hand.

So I have watched a couple of youtubers getting very upset about rivet counters. They seem a bit like a weekend golfer missing a put on purpose to prove they dont take themselves too seriously. So, with this in mind and fully schooled in the ways of not counting rivets I decided to...count some rivets. In all seriousness (is that allowed these days?) I am starting work on the bridges for Caia Road. The rivets, after counting, are lightly punched on the reverse of some thin plastikard using a scribing tool I picked up in the range for £1. They are not perfect but I enjoyed counting them all and am pleased with the outcome so far. :-)

Thank you Mikkel. Yes, the appeal of this type of modelling is that it is cheap and occupies the mind. As I say, I was inspired by the Geoff Kent book. Having said about the cheapness, I am thinking of getting some "croesnewydd" transfers made for it. I know Geoff hand paints his lettering!! Never going to happen!! :-)

Yes, but not at the end the paint ran out. ;-)

A bit of wagonery for Caia Road. An old ratio kit uplifted ready for paint...

A classic ratio kit given a bit of attention. Thought some folks might be interested. Happy Easter everyone.