Here are a pair of Mk1’s – a SO and a CK – these are again heading to Australia for my mate Graham. They have had the roof and underframe done to medium level, but the sides have been totally cleaned apart from residue in the door frames. It would have been nice to photograph these two coaches with the Class 27 that I recently finished – sadly my old photo plank is not large enough.

CK

SO

Here are two Darstead/Ellis Clark Thompson Full Brakes – one in lined Crimson and one in lined maroon. These are very nice and robust coaches and weather very well. Highly recommended.

Must admit these coaches would go well with the Heljan Maroon CCT’s. See previous post.

Crimson

Maroon

Here is a QQX in O Gauge by Heljan that was recently released. My Son purchased it to run with a Ex BG Full Brake on his Ashwell Moor layout. I have given it a light weathering, just to take away that ‘new’ look.

Here are the O Gauge bogie vans I purchased recently. I weathered them at the same time as I did the O Gauge wagons.

BR(S) Parcels Van

BR(W) Syphon

This is the first of the new Heljan CCT wagons I have numbered and weathered. This is a great little model and a really welcome addition to parcels stock 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.

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.

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.

This is the second batch of Dapol Mk1’s, this time four Maroon varieties, 2 X BSK, 1 X SO and 1 X SK, all have been renumbered as an East Anglian Set.

Exactly the same method was used on these as was used on the previous Blue/Grey set.

These are the first of Dapol’s new O Gauge Coaches I have weathered. Here we have a BSK, SO and a CK in Blue and Grey, all have been given a light weathering.

The first thing I did was to get a black wash into all door grooves and creases, this is what I call shadowing and it’s the main method I use to make rolling stock look less plasticy and more 3D. I wiped away any overspill after about five minutes.

I painted the wheel rims black to blend with the rest of the wheel. The next job was to blacken the very bright buffers.

Now out with the air brush and the use of Railmatch Frame Dirt, Brake Dust, Roof Dirt and Humbrol Black. After this I dry brushed a little self mixed dark rust on the main bogie springs and secondary springs, I also added greasy blobs to the buffer faces. Finally I air brushed a small amount of roof dirt and matt black on the roof with special attention to the vents and piping.

Well the verdict on the Dapol Coaches and how they weather – 9.5 out of 10 – super models. My only advice is be careful with the glazing, it does mist very slightly, but compared to other makes they are brilliant.