Squirrel Rail

Thank you - very kind, I’ll still post a few bits when I can!

9 hours ago, rob D2 said:

Sorry to see you are packing it in !

Retiring but doing some of my stuff and a few bits that have hung over from last year!!

Now that I’ve officially hung up the airbrush there’s not too much to post but a rework of the Kernow 47363 was worth a pic!

21 hours ago, NickL2008 said:

Lovely work on the 50! Just needs a greased up screw link to finish the job!

 

NL

They were missing when it arrived ( one and a half anyway!) so the owner  will sort it out now it’s home!

O Gauge Class 50. I finished this before Xmas so here it is! Respray from NSE dark to light blue and some serious weathering…

11 hours ago, WCML100 said:

Very nice work. The OBA's look very convincing and I'm liking the 90's they all look incredibly smart! 166 looks good too with its LED lighting upgrade!

Thanks - all in a days work but nice to have a variety to work on! 

Round up from the past week or so, 90s from the previous post and OBAs finished and a rescue job and round up! First up 90s, the GC with full branding ;

followed by Glider 037 with stablemate 036, 036 was a respray I did sometime ago but adjusted the weathering slightly to the same shades as 037 as it’s off to a new home 

last of the 90s is 005 in Greater Anglia,

Fitting the “lovely” Bachmann 166 with DCC lighting….

and the finished OBAs;

Another of the new Bachmann 37s for weathering,

man’s lastly a rescue job. This Thumper had had the blue resprayed but was suffering from overspray, dodgy white touch ups and a splatter weathering job:- here’s what I mean…

and again;

I've 99.9% got rid of the overspray and the white gunge, hopefully this is a bit better…

and the yellow band,

Thats about it for now!! 

Various projects from the workbench either in progress or finished.. Dapol Western being reworked to 1015 in its current guise. I’ve resprayed the yellow warning panel to a better shade and added the hi intensity headlight into the headcode panel,

Accurascale 92s next, three in for weathering,

Resprays now and a what if 60 to start, the large logo sits well on this…

Revering to type a 90 going into Grand Central,

Another Abelio GA ,

and a DB red to be 037 eventually

last up starting on a few OBAs,

Hi Denny,

I made the roof Ariel myself as there isn’t one off the shelf - if anyone knows different please say! I used bare metal foil to cut the outer circle with a compass cutter then marked out the spokes and cut out the segments in between which then fitted inside the outer circle. The shark fin was made from plasticard. Hope that helps, btw if you can’t get the glazing out just use masking fluid as it will be fine for the fading and Matt coat, cheers Jerry

On 19/09/2023 at 12:32, PaulCheffus said:

Hi

 

How do you manage to get the glazing out without damaging it? I have a Farish 24 that I need to remove the glazing from but it is very securely attached. I've tried putting it in the freezer but that made no difference.

 

Cheers

 

Paul

Hi Paul, sorry for the delayed reply, there’s a number of ways but it really depends on the manufacturers glues which sadly are getting stronger. My usual way is scalpel under the edge and gentle pressure - listening to what’s going on! Don’t force it- if not a drop of IPA will free up a lot of glues but warning it will remove paint - whatever you do don’t try thinners as it will wreck the glazing. If it feels like it won’t budge then it’s tape and maskol! Good luck, cheers Jerry

Accurascale 37043 in for weathering, such a good model, 

and some detail….the roof is a joy to work on…

Staying with 37s a pair of Bachmann IC 

Heljan 33 renumber and weather

The Hornby 56 still scrubs up well, modified the front end with square headlight, split handrails and oval buffers followed up with a good weathering,

Next up work in progress with two reworks. The Bachmann 9F looks like a zebra……

so I’ve started by going back to a faded dirty black before I get round to a decent weathering job….

Another rework is this 90 which needs a bit of TLC

I have had all the glazing out to give it a clean - before and after;

and a new coat of red for the bodyshell

Thats all for the time being! 

Wagon weathering and graffiti, mostly from @railtec-models and space invaders

weathering on JJA, mainly rust and crust…

Something completely different are these games machines to go in my mates station buffet, laser cut kit,

which gives the option to light them, here just on a test bit of card but they’ll look great when plumbed in properly!

Scrapline 90, Leyland support vehicle and another 90 identity this time. 90025 is long term stored at Crewe and unlikely to ever run again. Here’s a reworked 90 which I had de-weathered in a previous post now covered in mould and waiting it’s fate

buffers gone and a light cover as per the original

And more mould!

in slightly better health 029 reworked from 030

Lastly something a bit different, mixed media kit of a Leyland support vehicle,

and from the other side

40 minutes ago, sb67 said:

Thank you, the colours look spot on,  how did you fade the yellow? 

I'm doing some weathering and have been using my usual MIG dark wash for a pin wash, as has been recommended, but it looks way too dark to me. 

I fade the yellow using light grey washes with a dab of white in the centre of the panels to lighten it more as required. The mig washes are ok for highlighting detail but not overall as they darken it rather than fading. George Dent has done a good article in the June 23 MRM which is very similar to mine but not quite as battered if that helps!

7 hours ago, sb67 said:

I do like the work you do, very nice weathering on the PWM how did you achieve that?  

Hi, it’s a real mixture of washes, weathering powders, detail painting on top of a fading of the yellow and finished off with the airbrush. I mix my own enamel washes, weathering powders are Tamiya and MIG with paints by Phoenix Precision. Hope that helps, cheers Jerry

Heljan R&H PWM weathering underway!

great little model this one, detail picks out nicely,

Wagon works at Squirrel Rail with HEA, China clay and interfrigo vans

pleased with the ladders!

and the vans

Continuing the wagons Bachmann Warflat with a bit of work to bring the little Centaur cargo to life…

No update is complete without a 90 so here’s an ex 030 renumbered and renamed as 031

Onto the Southern now, 2 HAL weathering after a few repairs:

and a weathering for the Brighton Belle, dirty but clean if you get my drift

and the roofs, all 5 cars in total

Two resprays of the Hornby MK 3 sleepers into the support coaches Crewe and Balmoral

First Accurascale 37 for renumbering, all came off nicely ready for a new identity;

man’s finally a workbench update :- this is the current lot in progress! This will be the last of my resprays , the Anglia ONE rake and the GWR166 (apart from any others I’ve promised as I’ve been trying to cut my workload for the last 9 months.  I will still be doing weathering and renumbers but just haven’t got the time that I used too. 

On 17/08/2023 at 14:25, Barclay said:

I do like the older stuff! It's a rubbish picture but here's 47 003 running through Sheffield Midland in 1983:

 

The Stratford 47s were our staple diet back in the 70s, right at the end of my mates garden!!

More electrics, the finished 90s and a pair of Accurascale 92s….

Simple weathering on 037

Renumbering on Intercity 

and then modified intercity with grey cab roofs both renumbered and weathered 

Next up Dysons,

swapped the sound between 042 and ex 003, the renumbered and renamed;

and weathering for 042

Weathering continues, another 47004, 

lots of runnng grime on this one;

and the other side,

and another railfreight machine with a slim Jim 33,

and again,

I will post a couple more pics when they’re done and the EWS gronk lurking in the background!

Various weathering projects on the go including Hornby 31;

Dapol bubble car

Another 59,

with the underframes and tanks getting extra attention

and a TPE 68 just having the shine taken off it: