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Sorry I haven't posted for a while.  I was worried that perhaps with the Hornby programme, people would feel that things were getting a bit Tetbury centric. 

 

I've been keeping an eye to see if the old photos from the great RMWeb reboot were to reappear, but trying to work out which photo goes with which post is probably a challenge too far, so I thought I'd start reposting the really good ones from over the years.

 

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At the moment, I've continued to sort out rolling stock for other layouts.  Modern wagons are getting a bit pricey, so I decided to respray my own from some Oxford Rail wagons.

 

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They'll mainly be used on the Carterton project, but equally look good stood in the platform ready to be shunted.

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For me, this has got to be one of my favourites.

 

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I like the fireman’s shovel jammed inside the bunker handrail. You don’t often see that on a model. 

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How about something totally random today?  What about a castle at Tetbury? 

 

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A team of cleaners set to work on Beverston Castle ready for its return working. 

 

I know a castle couldn't work the Tetbury branch, but sometimes its fun to change reality.  Anyway, taking photos of this newly weathered model helps check if I've got the weathering correct.  (I guess the fella in the middle isn't quite sure as he's taking a closer look!)

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Sometimes it’s good to run something a little different. The Dapol Mogul has come out for a run on the layout.


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I know Moguls didn’t run on the line, but it does fit in nicely and gives a bit of variety.

 

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Something slightly different. I’ve been helping the Oxford and District MRC with their Oxrail2022 exhibition.  One of the jobs I was asked to do, was pull the exhibition programme together.  I was talking with the exhibition manager when he requested I used one of my Tetbury photos on the front cover of the programme. I was happy to oblige!

 

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Looking around  the usual Instagram and Facebook posts, I found a great shot of a Modelu figure stood on a brake van. It was so good, I decided that one would look at home on one of the brake vans in the collection.

 

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I’ve also been working on a Collett Goods for Carterton. However it came with a ROD tender. After a spot of shopping on the Bachmann Spares website, a new tender was sourced and resprayed.


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You wouldn’t know it was once Great Western green!

 

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Another loco that seems to suit Tetbury workings!

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That looks really good, I like the soot effects on the paintwork. The 2251 does look nicer with the small tender, I did the same thing with a Mainline relic recently, still a work in progress, it's meant to represent 2291 in 1938 condition.

 

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On 13/09/2022 at 18:09, Chris Chewter said:

trio of sisters on a trip on the platform might look good

 

On 13/09/2022 at 18:09, Chris Chewter said:

Perhaps they’re off to visit their aunt in Cirencester, or a trip to the shops in Swindon?

 

They look like nice ladies. I sincerely hope you sent them to Cirencester, not mixing with any rough stuff in Swindon?

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Had a busy afternoon weathering up wagons. 
 

First up was a pair of Dapol/Rails iron minks.

 

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These were given a wash of dilute black and rubbed off with cotton buds. The roof is smoke grey weathering powder mixed with t-cut to turn it into a light paste, and then rubbed off with cotton buds. Why t-cut? Well it seems to increase the working time over mixing with water, and has a longer working time than diluted paints.
 

The under frame is then given a waft of earth brown powder and fixed with a light spray of Matt varnish.


I also worked through a few conflats and containers using a similar technique, although the containers sides and roofs are only treated with diluted black.

 

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A bit of extra weight was hidden inside the containers to aid running, as the conflats are very light!
 

They will probably end up being run on Carterton, but Tetbury makes a great environment to make sure I’ve got the weathering correct!

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Another weekend and another batch of wagons. Again destined for Carterton, they’ve been trialled on Tetbury for effect.


Firstly, a couple of western Fruit vans, and an Oxford Rail planked wagon.

 

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Also, to increase the variety of vans, three general vans have been weathered up.

 

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I think they’ll do the job!

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In case your interested in how the weathering is done, you’ll need the following:

 

Black weathering powder

Dark earth weathering

Smoke grey weathering powder

T-cut

A box of cotton buds

Matt varnish

 

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I suggest you also have paper and disposable gloves to work on plus brushes to apply weathering powder.

 

Firstly you’ve got to get your wagon dirty.  Dip your cotton bud in the t-cut and then dip your cotton bud in some black powder. You then wipe the blackened cotton bud all over the wagon to get it nice and dirty.


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Believe it or not, that right hand wagon was brown!
 

Take a clean cotton bud and wipe off the black stuff from your blackened wagon.

 

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Once the cotton bud is dirty switch to a new clean one.  You’ll go through loads of them for a single wagon!

 

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Keep rubbing off the black in vertical swipes until you have the effect you’re after.  If the black won’t shift, then dip the cotton bud back in the t-cut and use it to loosen the black layer, but do that very sparingly or it’ll strip too much black off.

 

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Now that’s not bad, and you could stop there, but if you’ve ever been below the sole bar in a wagon, you’ll soon realise everything is dirty brown lower down.

 

To do this get your earth brown powder and a brush.

 

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You then waft it around the chassis.  Then using the brush, brush upwards to blend the brown into the wagon, or you’ll end up with a brown strip.

 

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The ends of wagons got even dirtier, so waft brown all over the wagon ends.

 

Again, you could stop here, but if you are going to handle the wagon, gently spray over with Matt varnish.

 

I like to powder weather the roofs after they’ve received a light spray of Matt varnish, as it gives a bit of stickiness for the powder to grip to, and leave a bit of texture.  Take the smoke grey and brush it lightly onto the roof in the direction it might take if rain was to run off the roof.

 

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Et voila. Weathered wagons. And not an airbrush in sight!

 

Nice!

 

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