Irish_R_M

40 minutes ago, RBAGE said:

So, what should it be, fried or boiled?

That would make an interesting weathering project but how to produce a shot blasted appearance?

 

Paul,

What about pre-TOPS with just the brackets, no dart board?

I've seen no evidence of pre-TOPS with just brackets only, but that's hardly definitive. 

As for producing the shot blasted appearance, you could use the rock salt method, and overspray with dullcote or matt varnish so you've a hit and miss shiny/matt appearance. 

RM. 

12 hours ago, RBAGE said:

Whoever the art is, he's done a cracking job. Would it be too far off topic him to explain how he achieved the scabby appearance on the top of the one on 8584? Very nice. I don't think they would be this crabby in my period but it might be interesting to apply something like this around the filler hatches.

Bob 

Bob, 

Thanks for the kind words. This video should assist in explaining far better than I could. 

If you want gunk around the hatches, I'd suggest ak interactive weathering powders, and some texturising fluid. Ak work well with rtr stock. Some other weathering powders I find require a spray of a varnish before they take to the surface. 

I hope to be able to do some work on general weathering techniques with airbrush, by brush, washes, and powders in the coming weeks, from the cheap and cheerful alternatives to top of the line products.

Just a touch busy with the *censored* project at the moment..

RM 

Cheers Jinty, must investigate further, first look at the spec is ticking lots of boxes! 

RM. 

@Jintyman I have to enquire about the rust wash - enamel, acrylic, gouache ? It's quite effective! The weathering beneath the solebar is wonderfully subtle and really well considered, top job! RM. 

1 hour ago, JSpencer said:

Many of the tiny signs are so small that you wonder why they bothered!

@hmrspaul has the photos of the prototypes, with all the quirks and oddities you could imagine, so why not! 

RM. 

1 minute ago, Porcy Mane said:

 

Henceforth; you shall be called horse.

 

My first name is Richard, the lads already have derivatives they prefer...

12 hours ago, cctransuk said:

 

One tiny detail for future reference - the overhead live wire plaque should not have black lettering - they were entirely red on white.

 

Regards,

John Isherwood.

John, 

My fault, dumb cad issue. Red on screen is rendered in black, I forgot to change it so it rendered as red on the graphic plates. Consider me "damn good thrashed". Fran has taken a bush off the roof of HQ for my punishment thrashing... (you should see him wield a scissor lift...! )

As for the couplings, they are "push fit - stubborn type" if you want to avoid gluing. 

However, I'm kinda disappointed that nobody has spotted the Easter Eggs throughout the markings though... oh well...

RM

There's remarkably little in the way of photographic evidence of the Cawoods containers to the west of the Irish Sea. Some sources suggest they landed the containers at Drogheda or Dundalk, neither a destination of choice of the "gricer about town" back in the mid 80's, early 90's. Still scouring obscure photos of container yards of the era in the hope of seeing one, even better if @Irishswissernie can save me a headache!

RM.

I really enjoyed it. Only point I got upset about was the "jaunty music" used for the sequence with the recording chap. 

I thought "folsom prison blues" would have been more appropriate, given its rhythm and railway links. 

RM 

14 minutes ago, 159220 said:

Is the pantograph overscale in the CAD because you have the springs/rods internally? Or just a very early CAD? Rest looks awesome! 

It's "placeholder CAD" as there's scale engineering to sort out and a fair bit of complexity to get it operationally correct, have the required visual fidelity and operational robustness. 

RM

Andy & Phil, 

It was refreshing and nice background listening to whilst working this morning. It was all very easy going, not forced, and has the potential to tackle slightly spicier topics that would probably break servers here.

As long as you don't do LBC type phone ins... "Go ahead Caller, tell us again why S Scale should be the "New Standard"...." 

RM. 

The Manufacturers drawings designate the TPE as T1 (universal access friendly coach), T2 (bike spaces), T3 (standard open) and DT (funky shaped cab bit) so it tallies with 159220's post, albeit his nomenclature is a bit more technical than mine.

RM

17 minutes ago, Bob Reid said:

 Thanks goodness Accurascale were able to use it as there's not  lot of call for unpainted Class 92's hauling equally unpainted Mk5a's.

 

Be all up for that, less sodding drawings to do!! 

RM 

(only messing, I'll do em proper) 

11 hours ago, Stubby47 said:

 

You're a brave man, Fran - or at least your designer will need to be...

I had pints with Paul O'Connell once, we both survived. 

RM 

See every day's a school day, but I wasn't concerned about that element at the time in Beamish - Where it was brewed, and the resultant political, social, architectural, and economic consequences it had - drinking ale was mind blowing enough, for me. 

But, as a conservation architect by trade, It now behooves me to do a bit of serious research before I innocently point to a strange pump/tap and decree "pint of that, please" in a casual manner. 

This rolling stock surveying business has taken an unexpected, and interesting twist!! 

Thanks Mark, as ever. 

RM 

On 06/02/2019 at 18:39, adb968008 said:

Given their roots, i’m guessing its not going to be a Scotch Whisky wagon.

I wasn't a Newcastle Broon Ale fan until I went to survey the HUO in Tanfield either.. 

RM. 

Alexa, I'm a broken man from this project, tell wife and daughter I love them, the Asians are cutting steel...

What is not stated above is that the Deltic is going to become the model railway world Alexia.

Acquired Dyslexia?

Anyone of you Deltic experts know which number loco this is?

Not an expert and open to correction, but I believe it's 55011 The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, as can be seen here - https://flic.kr/p/aAZEcf

RM

Well, if we tool it up for one livery, it would kinda seem silly not to even do a short run of it in its other livery, right?

 

One day....

Did I sneakily just get a load more work to do, on my birthday? Thx Fran... 

Oh my! Thank you folks for the recommendations, just what SWMBO was looking for under the tree!

RM

Now he's practiced, you could offer his services free to anyone buying rake bundles!  It would keep him out of mischief......

Were I to spend my days weathering stock, I'd not get the time to do the CAD for Sambo/Fell/Turfburner and all manner of froth inducing models.

Chicken and Fell*

RM

I meant *Egg

Would you consider a wash from humbrol to pick out the details, especially around door openings?

Mind you, if they come up with a pea can and a piece of string that's sounds like a Deltic, it's got to be worth £90.

Two bits of string actually, we're not scabby.

RM

I've been this soldier, and I'd be willing to wager it's the nozzle itself that's causing grief. No matter the amount of mid spray cleaning or after spray cleaning you do, the inside of the nozzle attracts tiny layers of acrylic, flying through at the rate of knots dries if you put the airbrush down. 

Get some paintbrush restorer from rustins, put a drop into the removed nozzle, and after a minute or two, dig around with a spare airbrush needle. The world and all of gunk will come out. 

I still use acrylics and mid range airbrushes and find a good dismantling after and thorough clean is worthwhile. Model Air paint does behave oddly if unused for a while. 

RM