RSS Fetcher Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Not much happening here lately, things tend to go in spurts, but there have been glimmers of progress in recent weeks. I had a fence in the foreground which for some reason didn't really work, although I couldn't quite say what it was about it that didn't click - maybe it was a bit too stark, perhaps. Anyway, browsing a model shop last week, I noticed some nice looking cotswold walling in the Hornby Skaledale range and wondered if that wouldn't do a better job. I bought a couple of packs (although one would have just about done) and ripped out the fencing. After I'd fixed the walling in place, I liked it immediately. It provided a soft visual frame to the foreground, but it isn't quite as "in your face" as the fencing was. I don't care if it's not the right type of stone walling for (say) Devon - it looks OK to me and under IMTS legislation that's all that matters. The Prairie is a Bachmann model that came DCC-equipped and was not a very good runner. I took it apart, removed the motor, cleaned a lot of gunk out of the gears, and then gave it a solid few hours of running in. Now it's much better - as good as my other Prairies, in fact, which have always been reliably satisfactory performers. I weathered it using acrylic washes and weathering powders, taking off the excess with cotton buds - increasingly I like to do without the airbrush if I can avoid it. View the full article Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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