Andrew D

Thanks for the updates. I’m another one following your build with interest. The building you have made looks amazing.

I’ve just caught up with this Sean - it looks fantastic. Funnily enough I am planning something very similar but with setrack and a freelance location, but now I wish I’d gone down the more prototypical route as you have. The ‘fiddle cassettes’ are genius and something I shall brazenly copy, cheers!

I’ve had my BR N7 on order for an age. 10 months? But seeing that pic has really cheered me up - what a beautiful model! Thanks for posting. Can’t wait for delivery.

Cheers Rob! Yes, I bought them there very pastels and am very pleased. Thanks Jonny. I didn't have the hair to even start with! ;@) It's nice to know I'm not the only one, cheers! Cheers Chris. I shall deffo give Glue n Glaze a go. I can't wait to try and fill in the little ventilator windows and see if that rescues the job. Folks told me that this was a friendly and supportive group of people on here and they were absolutely right. Cheers all!

I’ve just popped by for a nosy. Looking good Tom! There is so much to learn for noobs like me, but I’m loving the whole ‘highly detailed micro-layout’ concept. I’m good with ‘micro layout’, it’s the ‘highly detailed’ that is my stumbling block!

Cheers Corbs. Yes I cut each window individually, I guess you mean it’s best to cut each glazing section of each window. I might have a go at that as I still have some spare windows, thanks for the tip!

Cheers Tom! Eyeshadow is something that never occurred to me - something else to nick from my Mum! Top tip about the Glue & Glaze, thank you! I think that will rescue that coach, and of it goes well then I’ll go ahead and do the other 3. I might get the lining straight by the end of it Thanks again.

Hello folks, My first post on RM Web! I've just returned to hobby after 23 years of playing with the real thing, and am having a play at renovating some of my old 1970s Hornby wagons and Mark 1 coaches. The vans were missing roofs so I made some out of plasticard (shaped by holding to a strategic cup of tea!) and painted them up using Poundland grey spray primer (which I am AMAZED at how good it is!) and instead of buying expensive paints (as this was a try-out) I mixed my own with a £4 set of Acrylic Primary colours from The Works. Frustrated that Humbrol weathering powders seem to be perpetually out of stock, I bought a £5 box of pastels from The Works. For the coach, I did buy Humbrol Rail Colour Maroon in case I go on to do more coaches. All sealed with Testors Dullcoat. I am DELIGHTED with the results with one huge exception - and that is the South Eastern Finecast Flush Glazing. The larger parts of the windows seem to fit OK, but I could never get the small ventilators to sit properly. As a result, I feel it has spoiled the who appearance of the coach. I can live with incorrectly spaced numbers, slightly skew lining (I did not enjoy using the Pressfix transfers but with practice I'll get better) and general lack of detail. I was NOT after imitating a prototype, just making the coach appear more realistic. Please, can anyone recommend 'rigid' flush glazing for Hornby Triang Mark 1s instead of the 'soft' SE Finecast? I am over the moon with the effect on the wagons. The Guard's van is a bit of a mess but I can live with that... the main thing is, they look much improved on the originals. I don't this kind of van is prototypical anyway? The 'pastel scrapings onto wet hairspray' weathering effect on the darker-coloured roof I am especially pleased with. Anyway, thanks for allowing me to share my first achievement! Here's to many more - especially if I can sourced decent flush glazing. Many thanks, Andrew