Squirrel Rail

Sorry for lack of updates but Squirrel Rail has been on the back burner. I have been progressing the WCR rake. Mick from Newbryford ( see earlier post) had pointed out the buffet window so after discussion with the owner now all done, here it is at the bottom of these three 

and then back together,

The MK 2 is nearly done, detail painting and detail parts still to go,

mods have been going on on some of the others, doors and window filling,

and lastly three more coaches painted ready for decals and assembly:

On 11/08/2022 at 16:11, cairnsroadworks said:

It would look nice if it was right 🤪

I did one back in 2020…

2 minutes ago, newbryford said:

 

The other main thing to watch on WCRC mk1s is the removal of end steps and shortening of the respective handrail. Support coaches are a minefield for blanked doors etc.  Worth an extra few quid on the budget for those extra details!

Hi Mick, agree but Then we can get into roof ventilators, underframe fittings etc. I would love to do everything on each coach but I would only manage a couple a year and to reflect the time to do everything the bill would look like it came from The gas and electric companies🥴 I have spoken to the owner and he’s happy to go ahead with the mods on these two so I will post update pics when I’ve done them, cheers Jerry

 Good points and I will ask my customer what he wants me to do- I work of his list for each coach- we try to be as accurate as possible but have to work to budgets, cheers Jerry

More 86’s finished!

And again

and again…,,

DRS finished now with the 66s and 57s ready to go home;

And the 57s

Last up Heljan red plastic is no more!!

Workbench time has been limited so a few things moved along. The O Gauge castle roof lost its rivets in the filling and sanding down stages so marked out and 3D printed ones added..

over the weekend a coat of black and the finished item:-

and again

and with the boiler scratches sorted too ready to go home,

Next up Bachmann 66 being weathered - one thing on these that really annoys me is they never paint the small handrails below the main ones, before…

after….

Whilst moaning had my first Heljan red 86 arrive in the week, very disappointing- plain red plastic and as for the colour of the RES logo, just not acceptable-

anyway won’t be like this for long…., last up Mk1 brake, figures added, axle boxes and can’t rail too

Heljan racing green 86s now finished…

and individually - 609

608

Class 20s, 66 and MPV completed today, the DRS pair;

and again

The railfreight grey pair

60099,

and the MPV

Back to the DRS 57s and 66s which are for later in the week!

1 hour ago, pteandy1402 said:

What was the numbers of the yellow mpv and where did you get the decals from especially the decals on the cab sides.

Hi, the decals are from a Railtec sheet for MPVs - there’s a load of numbers available on there- The safety decals are ones I printed myself, hope that helps, cheers Jerry

MPVs are now finished- I haven’t secured the modules fully as they need to unclip to sit on the packaging;

A what if 47 for a mate named after his granddaughter- respray from DRS just needing buffers and bogies weathered

DRS 20s next, one renumber weathering well underway;

Sticking with 20s a renumber and light weathering,

and last of the renumbered 66421, plates and numbers from Steve at Railtec, @railtec-modelslook great thanks

Last up bit of O gauge metal bashing taking the dents out of the roof on this Castle - will reinstate the rivets when it’s straight! Here’s how I got it:

After a few rounds of flattening and filling:-

then a coat of primer to show high/low spots so filled again ready for next lot of rubbing down!

Have a great weekend, cheers Jerry

2 hours ago, sb67 said:

Very nice subtle fading on the Class 86's, what did you use for that? 

I use a mix of Freightliner green and light grey applied in dots and then blended together with thinner to make a wash . You can add shades of dirt into the process and add more colour or wipe down the whole lot as you go if you don’t like it. I think the trendy term for this according to military modelling is now called filtering but to me it’s just using washes!! 

More 86 work today with fading and weathering, airbrush work still to come….

and before and after pics starting on a pair of 66 exhausts

Started on the washes on the 86 roofs, I’ve also masked out the Freightliner logos to create an illusion of these being vinyls( once painted) instead of just having the letters!

creeping in between the cans is TaTa clean 60, just starting some washes on this one too…

Back from a quick break but still getting my jaw sorted so not doing too much train work but here’s what’s going on, workbench looking like Gresty Lane….

Change of identity for one of the DRS choppers so denumbered and silver window frames back to blue-

Racing green 86s sees one having a new number,608, and then moving the front numbers on both, both of which are in different positions. I will touch in the TDM cables later as there’s some yellow patches to paint to replicate repairs on the original loco.

With the decals done painting in the insulators on the roof and the cabling,

will get some more updates over the next few days.

Not much modelling time recently but I did finish the 153 and have done a little bit of detail painting on the tank. The 153 was fun to do especially getting the fade at the top sprayed and trying to get the decals settled over all those rivets ! Here’s a few pics;

and from the other side

and above

Not a lot to work with on the tank but here’s a bit of painting

which is a big improvement when the cab is fitted…

On 24/05/2022 at 15:22, Southwich said:

90019 looks really nice Jerry - very nice job. What did you use for the OLEOs at the non-pan end? Also looking to change mine. 
 

thanks in advance,

 

Will

Hi Will, sorry for delayed reply- they are a pair of Hornby class 56 buffers off the old Romanian model, cheers Jerry

On 17/05/2022 at 13:06, JackB95 said:

Shame to see another modeller victim of some poor "professional" excuses.

 

Not sure if it's of any interest, but you can buy the middle car bodies as a spare on Bachmann's spares site here 

Thanks, I think these are for the new tooling (please excuse me ifI’m wrong) so the old one will do after its repairs! Cheers Jerry