Owens Model Railways

12 hours ago, Squirrel Rail said:

Managed a bit of progress this week. The local lines 153 has had its top fade sprayed,

and really pleased with the result

Yet another RES 90 has begun…..

and passengers into a pullman

Last up some completions, all nice easy jobs, weathering and re numbers 

 

 

 

Cor, looking fantastic, got my eyes peeled on that 153!

On 15/01/2022 at 20:48, Squirrel Rail said:

They’re from a Bachmann 158 supplied by the owner. They could really do with some mods but that wasn’t in the brief! This made your London Midland 150 look like a 5 minute job but worth it in the end

Oh right, interesting. Haha, I imagine you still have nightmares about that!

17 minutes ago, Squirrel Rail said:

Think I’m going to rename this the TFW work bench thread after all the 153s and the 158 as I have finally finished the last pair of TFW subjects. The longest project was the 175 which had been on and off the workbench for what seems like ages but here it is:

The other TFW project was an ex Anglia 170 in TFW with NHS  rainbows-

And rainbows…,

All the decals for these are by John at precisiondecals so big thanks for sorting these. As a change from units the GC 80 has all its decals and details painted-

 

Fantastic work! Where did you get the underframes for the 175? 

20 hours ago, Squirrel Rail said:

Few odds and ends over the past few days with the resin coupler and deflector having a test fit on the 450

60021 has been finished losing its Colas branding and having its Bustler nameplates added. No detail packs or weathering so it can be on its way home

and from the other side

Roof painting next on the 175 and 150/1 

then a couple of days later the silver grey doors on the 150

Last up TFW 170 getting it’s Anglia grey bottom

and then with the masking off

Hopefully get the red doors on in a few days so will update as and when!

 

Hi Jerry,

Where did you get the coupling and deflector on the 450 from? I've just bought 2 350s and neither have any!

Thanks.

16 hours ago, Squirrel Rail said:

Back from a few days in Scotland so catching up on prep whilst waiting for some decals and other bits. Not very exciting but here goes! The 175 has some funny perforations round the doors, don’t know if it’s part of the printing process but need to resolve them,

Didnt want to fill them so instead I have cut through them and used some plasticard infills:

And then cut and sanded them back,

I will prime a couple tomorrow to see what they look like. At the same time I’ve started getting this lot ready,…66 going from large logo to retro rail freight 3 tone grey, Mainline 170 to go into TFW, A 60 to go into GBRF rebranded Colas and hiding at the back another 150 for Owen!!! 

 

 

 

 

Great work as always. With talk of a 175 and 150, you've got me tempted with a TfW one... Maybe in the future!

Well, the LM 150 has settled in and it looks FANTASTIC! Such an incredible paint job. It looks right at home! Once again, a massive thanks!

48 minutes ago, Squirrel Rail said:

Well a very long running project has finally been completed, the LM 150/1. I had had the whole unit drawn so we could apply all the black and green round the windows but in the end masked and sprayed the lot. This one is going to be a one offand the other side

 

First time I've posted on RM Web but I must say, many thanks for your hard work, Jerry! I can't wait to have this join the fleet and there will be pictures a plenty posted once they arrive home!