Squirrel Rail

Stored class 90. Whilst Western Lady was tatty in my last post 90031 takes things to a new level. Based on the actual loco festering at Crewe here’s mouldy 031 All enamel paints used apart from the windows which were water based AK weathering pencils so I didn’t damage the glazing. Couple more pics:- At the other end of the scale a nice what if commission 128 parcels in RES livery, The large slab sides were very similar to doing a 47 so nice to paint and finally from the other end, A few more weathering jobs on the go so they’ll be my next update!

Bit of weathering and some coach resprays, Western Lady very tatty, followed by a renumber and rename for D825 Intrepid Last up couple of Scotrail resprays

O Gauge Dapol 08. Not often I get O gauge but had the pleasure of creating 08202. Lot of work in creating this one from resprayed roof, faded, Additional handrails and altering stripes new numbers and works plates and all the detail painting & weathering And the finished article…..

Well the whole of April has passed and I haven’t managed an update 🥲 so here goes:- The 66s and tanks that were in the last entry in thethread are now back home with @SouthernMafia so thanks Rich for the pic: The Network rail bubble and what if MLV are also finished; Sticking with DMUs the Kernow chocolate and cream 117 was reworked into its Tyesley state:- And a bit of weathering, A renumber of original GBRF 66 into 713 and a Dapol 59 with a new identity and weathering, I’m still working on the back catalogue so there’s more to come!!

Following on from my last post the 66 has had its gold bands replaced with a taller strip so the decals sit properly in the band when compared to the previous pic of it with 724 The 121 and MLV have had their network rail yellow; and staying with NR yellow these vitrains 37s are having some weathering, last up a sort of what if - a standard 73 going into sleeper livery;

Quick update from the workbench, more backlog clearance underway! First up a 121 and MLV in primer before going into Network Rail colours; Hattons 66’s having a renumber, 724 is fine but the gold band isn’t wide enough on the EWS livery. so masked and ready for respray I like something different so a repair job next, this HST had a scratch in the cab roof and also had a bit of overspray to sort out (not guilty on either!) I contemplated respraying the roof but was worried about a match so filled the scratch and then used yellow paints and micro mesh to flatten and repolished, overspray sorted and cab windows realigned - satisfying job; Another different one was this NIU models 3D printed ammunition truck, camouflaged to match the boche buster rail gun by Oxford models, and finally the debranded Colas 60

I can only apologise for the outbreak of Shakin’ Stevens, hope it’s only temporary!! Cheers Jerry

Normally I use Phoenix Precision as it’s enamel with a drop of Humbrol /Revell yellow to get a particular shade, hope that helps, cheers Jerry

A few different schemes….,details on my workbench thread, Greater Anglia De-branded Anglia for Freightliner National Express branded for Abellio before it’s white repaint, and lastly another 047

90s now completed so ex factory weathered 90048 is now 047. Long job in it needed de-weathering, a green door, a black door to replace the grey on 048, new numbers and then re weathered! and a close up, The other 90 is the battered 90015 with all its patches, This was a full respray and then the weathering, and again a close up. Just waiting for a buckeye for it!

Bit more weathering going on, National Express 90, this was a tatty loco by the time it went to abelio branding and with 047 Heres 047 with quite a lot of changes from the 048 base model, green door and black door(048 had a grey door on the model, revised patches, repositioned OHLE flashes new numbers and lost the factory weathering and from the other side; last up debranded colas 60 as 096

That was my daily commute so sick of the sight of it, however wish they were still here now we are solid units!!!

Anglian 90s now finished and a general workbench update. First up the 90s, debranded and filthy as transferred to Freightliner is 012, much cleaner is 005 Lord Nelson… and the pair at The abandoned Squirrels End stabling point …. staying with 90s a green door for another 047, popular this one! Then a weathering project on this Bachmann TEA; lastly renumber and partial de branding for a 60, all ready for weathering,

Thanks for your thoughts, appreciated. Bachmann just announced they are doing an Arriva 158 and I thought ahhhh noooo but luckily it’s the blue and blue version of the livery not the cream/blue my customer wanted- I suppose as they did the old 158 in it they steered clear- phew 😅

The Arriva 158 is now done so a couple of pics, light weathering on these shows. Off the detail of the new model well, decals are from John at Precision. Other weathering jobs include 47245, and another Anglia 90, this time de-branded 90012 I was hoping to get back to regular updates but haven’t had much modelling time at present as my father in law passed away so back sorting everything that goes with it…..

I had a load of good reference pics from their owner which helped, photos don’t really do them justice. Held my breath on the recent Bachmann announcement- they’ve done Arriva but not the blue and cream livery - phew!!!

Cavalex TEAs finished….. and a few others Bachmann 158 into Arriva progressing with the turquoise, luckily it’s a different version of the livery to that just announced! Painting the interior too, original GWR behind for comparison last up two more Anglia 90s and the National Express silver blue having its roof done…

Just checked the tin and it’s called silver blue!

There’s quite a few colours in there, using Phoenix sleeper grime as a base colour then different shades of this using dark rust and roof dirt to add variation. Then I’ve used a mix with light rust for the lighter shades. It’s just a process of lots of thin layers to build the colours. Hope that helps, cheers Jerry

More Anglia Class 90s from the last few days, two in the white and grey and a new livery for me the short lived National Express metallic blue and white with the blue on first, and a closer view, it’s quite thick pigment but is actually quite smooth!

Thanks, they are about a third done so lot more to do but I will post some more pics after the next session on them!

Cavalex TEA wagons next up for weathering. A great model but as you will see in the pics the buffer heads have a lemming like urge to hurl themselves elsewhere as have a couple of ladders! Weathering starts with a wash to take the shine off, Then slowly adding the first shades cleaning some patches…. before second round of airbrush… and then left to harden off for a couple of days. I’m doing 9 in this take so will post some more pictures as they come along.

Nice pic - I’ll keep that in mind if I get more to do- great with the new paint and the old makes a nice contrast!

Thanks for the message, I used a dab of thick superglue and accelerator to fix the red ones. Revolution say you can take the blue ones off but I found some were absolutely solid and started to break whilst those that came off left the holes which looked awful! Cutting them down seemed the best option. Good luck doing yours they’re a good project to do, cheers Jerry

Finished my Anglia 90, took a while but got there, the etched horn grills I had made a couple of years ago worked absolutely fine!! side view: other side…. and the revised front end;