Heljan Class 25/1 numbered and weathered in a medium condition.
O Gauge Class 25/1 weathered
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O Gauge Class 15
This was a purchase from a big online auction site by one of my friends. It was said to be Very Good and Boxed – in truth it was less than that – in fact a lot less. There was missing bits – there was broken bits – and after a couple of initial good running session – the motor stopped and would not work.
When I took the body off to check the wiring – five bits dropped out of the chassis – this included two bits that were originally missing. How did a sand box get inside the body!
After I attached two wires that had come adrift – it ran again. I would say it took at least four hours to get most things re-attached, or duplicates made. Sadly, even now there are still a couple of things missing.
I then had to strip off the original transfers as none were level and then I removed the makers plates that had been added in the wrong position with overzealous amounts of super glue.
I resprayed the mended areas, added new transfers and varnished the rehashed areas. I then gave the loco a medium to heavy weathering.
And the moral of the story – buyer beware.
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S Scale New Zealand Timber Wagons.
These wagons were made by Ian Hammond, I have only weathered them as they were running just before withdrawal in the 1990’s. These wagons were very run down by then and many had lost their numbers, extra ones being painted or chalked crudely on the sides. I have used chinagraph pencil to add the numbers, so could be changed if required. This batch of five wagons differ in many ways, many converted from existing wagons.
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Thompson Full Brake in O Gauge
This is a kit-built Thompson Full Brake in BR Maroon – as running late 50’s. It was given a wash/wipe with matt black and airbrushed with frame dirt, brake dust, roof dirt and matt black to give it a medium weathering. It will look good in a parcels train or milk train.
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Dutch Dogfish in O Gauge
Here are two Heljan Dogfish from the second batch recently delivered. I have given both a light to medium weathering with special attention to the inside of the hopper and the ballast shutes.
I felt I needed to make the interior much ‘grittier’ than I normally do, to add more realism – I hope it is a step forward.
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BR 3MT 2-6-2 82029 (OO)
This is a loco I purchased a long time ago. I super detailed it and used it on my steam depot layout of the time ‘Alex Bridge’. When I sold the layout and most of its stock, this Loco was overlooked and not sold. I have now given the loco a light weathering before moving on to its new owner.
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D8015 in Green weathered -OO
Here is a OO Class 20 D8015. I have weathered it as a ‘living with steam engines’ diesel in the late 50’s. I have left the headcode discs off so that my friend Ian can chose his own display to suit its duty of the day.
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20148 Weathered in O Gauge
My friend Graham is coming over from Australia at the end of the month and this is his Loco. It has been weathered to a light-medium level. I am trying to find a way of securely fitting the snowploughs that it carried for a time, problem is, it only carried outside ploughs both ends. As the supplied Snowploughs have a centre section and are all joined by a bar, experiments are taking place – but I may well need a good etch to do it properly.
All my usual methods were used, wash and wipe followed by airbrushing and dry brushing. HMRS transfers used with Railmatch and Humbrol paints.
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Final Batch of Dapol Mk1’s weathered
As the title says – the final batch – this time they are in BR Maroon. All have been renumbered and given my usual weathering methods. See the post before this one for colours used etc.
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Dapol Mk1’s -weathered in O Gauge.
This is the third batch of Dapol Mk1’s I have weathered – that’s over 20 coaches in total. This time they are the BR Crimson and Cream variety. I have to say that these are the best Mk1’s ever made – seriously better than those that came before.
All coaches were re-numbered using HMRS Transfers.
The work I carried out was as follows:-
1/ I put dilute matt black in all door creases and then wiped off any excess with a cotton bud.
2/ I did a wash and wipe on the roof to highlight the vents etc.
3/ I hand painted all the wheel rims with a matt black and brown mix.
4/ I masked all windows to avoid overspray.
5/ Out with the airbrush and attacked the sole bar, bogies, under chassis and buffers – I used three different colours, Frame Dirt, Brake Dust and Matt Black.
6/ I then dry brushed a dark rust on all springs to highlight.
