Here we have a pair of Siphon G Bogie Wagons. Both needed renumbering as ones that had visited the Eastern Region during the Late 50’s – Early 60’s. After much research my friend came up with two numbers that I believe paid us a visit.

The renumbering was relatively easy, although spacing between the body slats had to be done with care. All other information panels etc. were as original Tampo Printing and they blended well with the new number transfers (HMRS).

Now we come to the weathering and my instructions were to have one ‘dirty’ and one ‘absolutely filthy’, I think I have achieved that. I started with my usual wash and wipe, and the first thing that made life difficult was the slats were vertical, but the vents at the top were horizontal. This meant the ‘wipe’ part of the operation had to be done in two parts, very carefully and slowly to avoid taking any paint from the crevices. The roofs were washed and lightly wiped, and then lightly stippled to create a mottled and distressed look.

It was then over to the airbrush and my usual four colours were used, the ‘absolutely filthy’ wagons was given a extra bodyside coating to ensure it was grottier than the other one.

After Airbrushing I did my usual Dry Brushing highlighting several areas of the bogies and underframe with dark rust and matching brake dust.

DIRTY

ABSOLUTELY FILTHY