Squirrel Rail

On 04/05/2022 at 20:32, adb968008 said:

Like this…

 

This is the door LED too if you need it..

 

its not the sort of thing I usually take a picture of, but theres a few clues as to what makes this train special.

 

Formation is A-B-C-D-E-F-U-G-H-J-K-L

John at Precision Decals has done these for me- thanks to everyone for their help…..

1 hour ago, adb968008 said:

Like this…

 

This is the door LED too if you need it..

 

its not the sort of thing I usually take a picture of, but theres a few clues as to what makes this train special.

 

Formation is A-B-C-D-E-F-U-G-H-J-K-L

That’s brilliant cheers - as for the train was it one of the last Virgin services. Thanks Jerry

Interrupted railway time due to other commitments and finally getting my jaw sorted so with a mouth full of stitches haven’t been over productive.. so a roundup of the last week-general view of what’s going on, all WIP….

The two IWAs have been something I have been looking forward to. First on these was a series of washes, a before and after;

before starting with the airbrush. Five different shades have gone on so far so they’re getting there…

The 153 that was in my last update has had the large bodyside decals applied, good job these like Microset as all those rivets on a 153……

Last project started is a tadpole to finish off for the owner who had done the yellow ends and BR grey on the two outer cars. The inner car is already in Bachmann blue/grey so I have gone with matching the blue first - here the centre car has had the yellow end overpainted and a coat on the other cars. This is a base coat and after this photo I gave all the blue another coat to get a match.

Last one - can any one help me out with the Pendalino I’m doing. I am looking to get decals made for the coach letter, seat number block and then door buttons underneath but can’t find a decent image- can anyone help me out please? Cheers Jerry

3 hours ago, Johnson Street IEMD said:

What's happening to the Shed Jerry ?

 

Kat :-)

Which one?!!!

On 22/04/2022 at 10:27, Andy7 said:

Cracking work as always Jerry. Do tell where the most excellent looking passengers came from (lovely painting of them if you did it btw).

Hi Andy, the passengers were a mix of Noch and other random ones picked up from a certain online web site! Sorry can’t help much more Cheers Jerry

2 hours ago, Andy7 said:

Cracking work as always Jerry. Do tell where the most excellent looking passengers came from (lovely painting of them if you did it btw).

Hi Andy, they were supplied by my customer all preprinted - I’ll ask where he got them and post his reply, cheers Jerry

Few updates from the back of last week with a class 70 going into primer:

and the 153 having the bodysides painted,

A batch job for Matt - thanks for your patience- renumbering one of his many 57s, weathering on the 66, 37 and 33 with the Heljan white cab and bodyside bands being redone in cream, I will do individual pics as I finish them,

and last up rail wise adding additional black window surrounds on a pendalino for 390004 in its Alsthom scheme..

lastly something a bit different, haven’t touched the Porsche kit for a couple of years as it’s been sat in its box waiting for me to finish- as was my sons GTR which I had completely forgotten about - but so had he!!! 

8 hours ago, JackB95 said:

That 156 glazing looks awful! I sometimes see second hand stuff listed on eBay/Hattons etc that have literally been yeeted off a cliff, or actually dunked into a pot of paint. I appreciate people's skills are varied from good to bad, and we all have to start somewhere, but sometimes I think a simple research exercise into doing something would save a lot of hassle.

Being fair to my customer he wouldn’t have seen the muppetry inside, it didn’t help that the previous owner had also glued the bodies on!! There are so many good products available for glazing there’s is no need to use superglue with all the associated problems - there’s one poster on here who actually advocated it when I posted a reply to someone asking for suggestions what to use- I pointed out the pitfalls but was “politely” informed he’d never had a problem😗

8 hours ago, MRC_Jacob said:

Hi Jerry! How did you do the chipped paint effect on the 60s roof? 

looking really good!
J

Hi Jacob, I used some dabs of masking fluid over the primer before spraying the EWS red then peeled it off when dry leaving the primer to show through, cheers Jerry

Few things ticking along on the work bench with the WCR Mk1s finished- here they are being varnished,

And a couple of finished ones, they’re sitting a bit funny as resting on a spare set of bogies as they are having a bogie change by their owner

Got the shed plates for 47851 so they’ve gone on-

and started decals on the 60, bit of a what if nameplate on this one…..

and with its decals all done the weathering has started….

Last up nightmare for the week/month. Got two Railtrack 156s to respray. My customer got them of a certain web based auction site. The previous owner, in their infinite wisdom, has decided to superglue all the windows in as you can see frames m the fingerprints- whoever you are I can’t call you what I want on here but for flips (polite version) sake try another hobby!

Welcome back RM Web! It’s funny but this week I have been home all week and managed to get some stuff done so without making it too long here’s an update….long term resident GWR 166 finally finished

likewise WM 150 in debranded scheme

carrying on with DMUs the 101 respray into Regional Railways has had its yellow ends

47376 is also finished 

and a rework of Heljan 86609 with lots of little details added…

and again….

hopefully will get another update over the weekend with the WCR mk1s and EWS 60, cheers Jerry

For the first tim in ages I’ve managed to get some rail time so here’s what’s coming up, all boring at the mo but hopefully it will get better! First up is a 101 going from blue and grey into Regional Railways. I liked how the roof had been weathered so masked this out

and then a coat of white primer

Project two is four Mk1s going into West Coast Railways, here they are stripped down

One of the coaches had a different colour roof so all four refinished

The final project is a 60 going from 3 tone grey into faded EWS. First up preshading,

Then various shades of EWS to build a faded colour..

Hopefully can get on with these over the next week or so! Cheers Jerry

31 minutes ago, rob D2 said:

Oh dear ! I’ve only had one lost and one damaged  model in 20 years with rm. Do like a grimy gronk - so mundane but so sexy !

I’d had about 3 in 10 years then they did two on different days last week - fuming!!!

Finally an update - very little modelling time and what I have had has been putting 50008 back together as Royal Mail used it as a football….

Have managed to finish Colas 56090 which started life as 059 in EWS

last up my old gronk which has been lying around for ages and is being sorted in my “spare” time to become the depot pilot for Squirrels End stabling point.

1 hour ago, sb67 said:

Fantastic work there! Can I ask what lighting do you use to take your photo's? I'd love to get better shots of my stock and need a better lighting set up.

 

Many thanks.

Steve.

Hi Steve,

there isn’t a great deal of science behind my photos! The light is the one on my workbench I use for spraying - a round LED desk lamp which is above and to the right of the loco and then the pic is taken with my iPhone. I should try and do something better but it it all comes down to time! Cheers Jerry

Very little time again due to other commitments but the Hanson & Hall 50 is now done! 

10 hours ago, JackB95 said:

Chorrr. That 08 looks gorgeous! And I'm quite impressed to say the least about that African engine. That's quite some work gone in to it!

Gronk are always nice to do but the South African pair ( I only had one chassis so only one in the pics ) were a real challenge so we’ll pleased with them! 

Just to stir the livery pot another RES one on its way home..,,

10 hours ago, Ragtag said:

90 looks cracking, presumably a Bachmann respray?

 

Thanks - yes it is the Bachmann one - think it’s about the 6th or 7th RES one I’ve done with another in the queue. It’s a great scheme and really suits the Skoda. Cheers Jerry