87023Velocity

Hi everyone, I am interested in the paint shades for what was originally the North Western Trains blue and gold livery which was applied to classes 142, 150, 153, 158 , 322 and 323. Did anyone ever produce these, Phoenix or Railmatch? Or is there a suitable match from Humbrol etc? Thanks Simon

Managed to get a bit more done on Virgin liveried 47853 tonight. Glazing, cab interiors, cab side handrails added. Bufferbeams need detail adding at one end. Also need to fabricate a long range fuel tank.

Hi Jules, Thanks for the comments on the resprays and also the air pipe moulding! I will get some ordered! Cheers Simon

47853 approaches approaches completion. Just numbers and data panels to apply then a coat of satin varnish will tone everything down. Virgin transfers are Fox, warning flashes and cantrail stripe are Railtec. A quick line up with the other 47s which feature on Dallam.

Thanks for the comments on the 47 guys! More progress on the current projects, 60006 the second respray into Corus silver is now complete along with detailing added to one end. As before transfers from Railtec and Fox. The paintwork on 47853 in Virgin livery has also been applied and just needs touching up then the gloss varnish can go on ready for transfers.

47712 has finally been re-assembled following the respray. Bufferbeam detailing added to one end and also lowered the body to close the body/bogie gap. Just need nameplates and also workout how to make the white pipework which was a feature of 47/7s and later 57/3s. With it being the weekend it seemed a good idea to run some drags. Cheers Simon

Hi Simon, thanks, yes they can be a bit fiddly at times, out of all the transfers it is the longest job to do. Cheers Simon

Bit more work done on the 2 latest resprays. 47712 is now complete for paint and transfers and has had a coat of satin varnish applied. May look at refitting all the parts back to 712 today. 60006 is almost complete for transfers, needs the 2 small beastie logos adding under the cab window, need to order some more. Both locos posed on the layout. Cheers Simon

The next class 47 for Dallam is progressing well. Fragonset 47712 was a regular 'spot hire' to Virgin Cross Country and Virgin West Coast. Just needs the cantrail stripe adding and data panels. Once that is done, next will be satin varnish and reassembly. The paint for Virgin 47853 has also arrived so may make a start on that over the weekend. Cheers Simon

92001 heads south with an Intermodal for Dollands Moor. 47761 waits to head back into the mail terminal.

Bit of a Brush theme this weekend. The Corus liveried 60 is complete for paint, next job is gloss varnish then transfers. The paintwork on 47712 has been completed, few little areas to touch up then gloss varnish and transfers. The conversion work for the 47/8 has started as well. Bodywork cut away and also the existing bufferbeam mouldings have been trimmed to represent the cutback versions. Still a bit to do with these mouldings.

Good morning everyone, bit more progress on the workbench. The NGS Mullets have had the underframe sprayed matt black (Humbrol 33). The 2nd Corus liveried 60 (60006) has been started and given an undercoat. The postman delivered 47522 this morning, within an hour it had been stripped of glazing, cab interiors etc, this will become 47853 in Virgin livery. Also the paint on 47712 will hopefully be started over the weekend. Cheers Simon

Duncan from Shirebrook has produced them, drop him a PM if you need some. Cheers Simon

007 looks pretty work worn there! Beastie badges on side too late for my era but would certainly make an interesting model. Cheers Simon

Thanks Rich, got 059 finished today with the addition of the etched plates. Also got the NGS Mullets primed and a coat of rail yellow applied. Also got a Loadhaul line up with 37710, just need a 56 now!

Following the arrival of Loadhaul 60059 and a spare hour this evening, a start has been made with adding the details etc. The bufferbeam detail has been added at one end with standard coupling at the other. Roof silencer primed ready for weathering, reason for this is I am not sure on the red rust colour, most looked sooty grey/black. Also the Loadhaul logo on the side, the orange part of the logo needed a base colour under the orange by the looks of it, it looks a little opaque. Rather than remove the whole logo and fit a replacement transfer, I just cut the required part from a Fox transfer and applied it over the original factory logo. The orange looks alot more dense and once varnished, should blend in. Cheers Simon

Evening all, Yet another class 60 has joined the Dallam fleet, this will be the 8th. 60059 in Loadhaul livery, was thinking of a renumber to 60007 but decided to stick with 60059. The detail will be added to one end and then weathered. Cheers Simon

Had a break from loco resprays and focused on some N Gauge Society wagon kits. The Seacows have had the main colours applied and certainly will make a colourful train with the shark. Needless to say, they will all be toned down and weathered. Also made a start on 3 YLA Parr/Mullets, also a picture of one a completed previously. I had bought these before the announcement by Revolution and decided to build them anyway. I have got a couple of the Revolution versions on order. Cheers Simon

56067 has now been reassembled following its partial respray and renumber. Both 56s here have had their buffers replaced with N Brass versions. The windscreen wipers are to be changed to a finer version, these will be swapped once the weathering has been done - as I will knock them off! Cheers Simon

Also and kit built items, although time consuming, I do get alot of enjoyment from building through to the last finishing touches. Cheers Simon

86249 County of Merseyside stretching its legs following a respray. Paintwork including the red and white stripes has been airbrushed using Railmatch paint. Transfers are from Fox, Intercity logo and Railtec, cantrail stripe, warning flashes, numbers, data panels and 3D nameplates. Buffers have also been replaced with N Brass versions. Will add bufferbeam pipework and weather.

Managed to get the paint and transfers applied on the N gauge society Shark. Just needs a coat of varnish, weathering oh and a rake of Seacows. The roof has had the correct rainstrips formed from plastic strip.

Decided to have a break from modelling on Friday evening and decided to have a running session instead. Here are a few pics including some of the recent projects. Cheers Simon

A nice NSE liveried 47 arrived today, it will be soon heading for the IPA bath to be stripped ready for respraying. It will be finished as 47712 in Fragonset black. Also made a start spraying one of the NGS Sharks into Loadhaul colours with wasp ends. In reality the majority of sharks in later life (all Loadhaul liveried ones did)had plated sides i.e. no planks. I considered trying to replicate but think it would be easier to build a new body from scratch.

Hi Rich, No, I did the whole band. The section of masking tape used when removing the numbers was binned then the whole stripe was masked off again and sprayed EWS gold as there is a slight difference between factory and Railmatch. Cheers Simon