Another recent purchase, a Class 60 in Construction Livery. This Loco is 60019 Wild Boar Fell. The transfers are Railtec and the plates are Protoneo. It will be weathered later.
Class 60 Construction Livery
Month: November 2021
Heljan O Gauge Class 47 (4)
This is the last of this batch of new Heljan 47’s. This time it is of 47573 in NSE Livery. I am still trying to obtain the nameplates but since the release of the 47’s some nameplates have become very rare.
This item is still to be weathered.
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Heljan O Gauge Class 47 (3)
This is my 3rd Heljan Class 47 – 47482. After a lot of research I choose to do a Loco that was allocated to Inverness for a period in 1988. It received the Highland Stag Logo, but not snowploughs.
Weathering to follow.
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Heljan 47 – O gauge (2)
Here is my second new Heljan Class 47. It is now numbered and awaiting weathering. Quite a few bits to glue back on, but nothing missing. It will be my 47 for my three mid 60’s running eras.
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Heljan Class 47 -O Gauge
This is the first of my four Class 47’s from Heljan, Sadly they all came with bits missing or fallen off in the Box. I did however keep all of them as they were great runners and I could re-attach or fashion the missing bits.
I turned the Loco from a late 60’s machine into a late seventies Loco. I added Domino head code dots to the code panels, added the TOPS number I selected plus data and depot panels. I would like to upgrade the windscreen wipers from early to late if possible.
The transfers are all Railtec and Fox.
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BR(W) Peckett Class E
This is a Minerva Peckett that I purchased about three years ago for my then Industrial Layout NC&T. I have since sold that layout and was wondering what to do with the Loco. After a bit of research I found that the Swansea Harbour Trust used a Class E for Dock Shunting. This Loco was then taken over by the GWR and later by the BR(W) Region. The Minerva extras allow the Loco to be converted quite easily, so that’s what I did. The Loco will now run on my Mission Road Engine Shed with a few more BR(W) Locos I have purchased. I will weather it later.
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WW1 16mm Class A Wagon
This is a Slaters kit, made by Graham and painted and weathered by myself. It is to run on our SM32 Layout 4000 yards – Area 5. Straight forward kit to build, although some of the resin casting details were a bit flimsy. Always remember give these resin kits a good wash and scrub before painting as the mold release powder can cause painting problems.
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HEA Refurb
This is a Bachmann Brass O Gauge HEA that had seen better days. I think it had been dropped and generally not had a good life. I straightened the chassis and then started to refurbish the paint work which was very tatty and a bit flaky. I think that it had been painted over the original lacquer which later started to flake.
After a bit of TLC on the paintwork I repainted the worst bits by hand, mixing up a colour that was as near as possible. To stabilize the paint work I brushed on a coat of Johnsons Clear.
I then added the transfers, varnished and weathered the wagon. This was a cheap wagon and I did not want to spend very much on its refurb especially with the new Dapol HEA model due soon.
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3D Printed OCA
I have now finished Grahams 3D printed O Gauge OCA. I have painted, lettered and weathered it. I also added some line transfers to the inside of the wagon to represent the wagon doors. All went very well and the wagon certainly looks the part. I used Railmatch and Humbrol paints, Fox and Railtec transfers.
It is difficult to ‘lose’ the ridges from 3D printed items, but using several light coats of undercoat and top coat certainly help. The use of Matt Varnish also flattens the model even more.
See what you think – comments welcome.
