scouser999

Blimey!!!! Good luck with it Paul !!!

Hi Paul.. By the sound of it you had a great time at Demu... Next stop Wigan?

It has been mentioned that the top of the nose was left unpainted or painted in a matt colour to stop the glare of the sun reflecting back off it and into the crews vision. Peaks had the same patch. Cheers

Cracking tale

Superb set of photos! Well done!!!

Hi Paul, The extra details on your two 40's look very good indeed.. its the attention to detail that pulls a layout together. The wire support for the signal and the rail shoes laying on the ballast are prime examples of your eye for detail! Great to see your now onto the embankments.. these will also frame your boards and give it depth..Brilliant!! Cheers

Hi, You will need to adjust CV148 and CV151 to the value of 4. Cheers

Lowering the body has made a big improvement Paul... A noticeable difference between the two in your photo. Cheers

I will never be bored of the 16svt sound !! The video shows the variation of colour on the embankment, it looks very realistic Paul. Steve.

Looking very good.. The concrete cable trunking is effective too!! Cheers

Looking good Paul... already, it brings another dimension to your layout! Cheers

Looks great Paul....as you know im a fan of Carrs ash ballast, i wish had used it when i started my layout! Cheers, steve

Wow... you will have Edge Lane finished soon, its all moving along really well!! Steve

Looking good Paul !! Its progressing well !! Steve

I am a little late to this... Your 85 looks the biz now Paul!!! The natural light helps so much when taking photos! Cheers

Hi Paul, How did you remove the paint from the windows and body sides? Cheers

Ahhh... Thanks for the correction guys!! Thanks for the info! Cheers

Hi Paul.. Your 85 looks a lot less dusty! To my eye it looks more realistic now. I do like the way you have captured the build up of grime under the crest. The bogies/ chassis area looks very good too..you have that area down to a tee!! On some of your earlier photos you can see the wheels.. on the wheel is that the brake disc? If so, for added detail may be a dash of silver on the disc? Just a small criticism, I would have as little as possible weathering on the front of the loco but each to their own. Would you use the Airbrush to do any future weathering? Cheers

Hi Paul, Is this your first attempt using your airbrush on the 85? Did you have any practice prior to this or did you jump in at the deep end? It looks good to me.. when I first saw it, it took me back to the 80's! So much so I dug out my old photos for a comparison of your model. I have happy memories travelling up n down the WCML behind these fine machines. School holidays permitting and limited finances my friends and I would buy our 7day Rail Rover ticket and hardly see our parents until the next week! One thing I did notice was on the body sides you have sprayed a dusty brown quite high.. this is what prompted me to dig out my old snaps! As I recalled the hot summer of 84 I was certain I had photos of 85's covered in this dry brown dust looking just like yours. Alas I could not find it, memory starting to play tricks I guess!! I did find a photo of a class 81 which shows the dusty side I was referring too (see below) A picture tells a thousand words as they say.. so here are a few more of mine. As you say, diesels are much more oily than electrics.. but as you can see they do get mucky! The roof collects dirt from the overhead cables, especially after it has been raining. The 85's have a small ledge/ rebate on the body side below the windows/ vents. This ledge would collect muck, rainwater would puddle and start to run down the body creating dirty steaks. These locos would have been used on passenger work which may have helped keep them cleaner as they pass through the carriage wash plant. I think you have made a good start on your model..as you have found airbrush alone sometimes is not enough. I find using a combination of different weathering techniques in layers like Bob states enhances locos. Powder, dry brush, washes all bring the loco to life. Steve

Camera phone photo of 70810 parked up at Seaforth Docks just outside the old container base on 30-05-14. Steve

Looks great Paul!! The natural lighting brings the best out of what you have achieved regarding the bogies.. dusty browns working into the oily engine block area. Brilliant! Steve

Looks very good to me too Paul. Will D270 have water tanks fitted? An airbrush would give you more definition of the bogie details.. brush painting mixed with powders can look a little thick and heavy therefore loosing detail in all the muck. You have done a great job weathering your bogies though!!! As for oil stains, I use Badab Black from Games Workshop. I picked up some more at the weekend only to find it has now been renamed as- Oil !!! Steve

Looking good Paul. The roof and bonnets are very realistic! Cheers Steve

Hi Paul, I agree with you regarding the steps... it is very difficult to add wear n tear detail that is so small in n gauge.. then again, I am viewing your photos in full screen so its magnifying any issues to extreme. Maybe try dry brushing it next time as it deposits less paint? Cheers Steve

That's one dirty Duff! Nice videos too! Your Hornby 08 does sound much better than mine did.. I had mine reblown by Biff to a 47, its a version 3.5 sound chip so I do not have the same start up as yours but I am happy to have it over the Hornby 08 sound. Steve