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Very nice Steve, how did you remove the lettering? 

Added some rust to the one of the Seacows I varnished a couple of weeks ago. I made a paste of Matt varnish and rust powder and dabbed it on, then added a lighter rust colour on top and running in streaks downwards. Needs cleaning up a bit though looking at the photo! 

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@The Fatadder @Daddyman Thanks guys, I couldn't find any photo's of my livery either. I like the idea of just  painting a yellow stripe across the top so I recon I can apply rule 1 and do that and maybe leave another wagon in the original livery with the holes cut in the side. I'll have a look for some more photo's though. 

Great stuff James, they certainly were big lumps of metal! They way you've weathered them brings that out, making them look very real 👍

4 hours ago, James Makin said:

Looks a fun project Steve! The suspension parts can be replaced with the Bruninghaus type, either available as whitemetal casting from S Kits/Wills Workbench or just cutting and filing the original plastic to shape! Plus your choice of couplings and then the option to add extra detailing to recreate all the fiddly bits underneath.
 

I’ve done a few on my Workbench thread on here, adding extra chassis pipe runs etc, it’s almost easier to find a new-gen Hornby TTA and seeing which bits are missing on the Bachmann chassis now!

 

The weathering will be the most fun part!

 

Cheers

James

Thanks James. Do you know anything about their early liveries, would they all have been painted Dutch immediately or just converted and carried the original livery for a while? 

I've also got a couple of these Bachmann POA's. I'd like to turn them into Limpets, so is i just a case of removing the ladders on the left and making the holes in the side? 

22 hours ago, Enfys_Rainbow said:

Hi Steve,

 

Very nice job on the Tope so far - is this the Hornby wagon?

If so, the handrails look good - much better [and easier] than forming them from wire as I had to do with my kitbashed one. 

 

 

Sorry for the highjack but it was such an unpleasant experience that I decided to stop after one wagon!

 

Matt

Thank you. It is indeed the Hornby model, I wish a had a few more of them! I get what you mean about the handrails, I made some a while back for some Hornby 21t coal hoppers and lot's of trial and error and patience required! 

I could leave the Tope in that condition really, as they wouldnt have been around too long in the time frame I usually model but I wanted to tray and replicate something like this, maybe I'll do that on one side only.

Also, in an attempt to id colours from photo's I made up this colour chart, not sure if it will help. I didn't realise how many 'rusty' paints I have! 

Started a bit of work on the Tope. I wanted a basic rusty colour before I put the scratches on so, using the time-honoured paint on wipe off method, I used thinned acrylic paint, Humbrol Matt 62 worked on one panel at a time. The effect is very subtle but I'm liking that as I usually go too far too soon! 

6 hours ago, NickL2008 said:

Nice work. I too have replaced the chunky platforms and toy like handwheels on my Dogfish. I went a step further and also replaced the steps. Stenson models builders plates also finnish these wagons off nicely too

 

NL

Thanks @NickL2008 How did you replace the handrails, I've not decided how to do that yet. 

The Dogfish have had some basic weathering, and one has had transfers added, both have had a couple of coats of matt varnish, so I'll leave them alone for a while now before any more weathering. 

Glad to have found Albert Street. I like the plan, it's similar to one of my layouts, and as @37114 said is fun to operate, and pretty versatile too!  The 3rd rail looks good and must open up a few doors with rolling stock, is the platform long enough for a 2 car EMU? 

A fine looking layout, looking forward to Shenfield already! 

Really like that 47! At first glance it doesn't look like it's had too much done to it, then you look closer and see how subtle it all is. It all adds up to a very realistic looking loco 👍

1 hour ago, Nick G said:

 

Thanks, weathering copied form photos of the prototypes.

 

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Great stuff! The faded bufferbeam is great too an excellent example of paint what you see. 

A fine pair of locos. I really like the 'leaks' from the bonnet doors! 

Very nice groundwork 👍

I did a trial with some talcum powder and after cleaning up the mess I'd made, decided the texture was a bit coarse for my liking, so I re sprayed the insides then tried again with the dust wash, looks no better to me that my first efforts! 

I might try and add some dybrushing with rust colours but I don't want to overdo that.

My other half has said they look dusty, so maybe I'm getting there!

That looks great, never seen that method to lower the ride height, what size plastruct did you use and how did you glue them on? I've had trouble finding anything to stick to Hornby's plastic! 

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The scenic fiddleyard is such a great idea, looking really good 👍

I've been spending way too much time on the wagon interiors but I can't seem to be satisfied with them. I've not found too many photos of hopper interiors. I like the first Dogfish I did but that's not like any pic I've seen! 

The few Seacow photos I've seen have a definitive line between where the ballast was filled to.  

I'll keep messing around with washes and powders until I'm happy. 

They really look the part Mullie, well done 👍

Just now, Nick G said:

 

Yes enamels I can't get on with acrylics. For the blue I use Phoenix Precision not thinned. For the weathering some are thinned for using as a wash in the panel lines.

That's some fine painting 👍

That looks so good! Was it enamels you use, and do you thin the paint at all?