This is one of my quite recent purchases, it seems to have jumped the system a bit! I have given the loco a medium weathering of grime and dirt to indicate by this time it did not see much cleaning, if any. I have used a little gloss varnish around the water filler tank lids, indicating a recent top up.

I have done a refurbishment and weathering of this rather rough Black Five. It has not been an easy job as the bulk of the loco has rather crudely been put together with super glue and epoxy resin instead of soldering! I have continued using these glues doing refurbishment as I had no other choice. I am very pleased with the outcome considering the constraints – it will look good sitting on a Steam Shed Layout – a lot of running could cause other problems.

This is a Loco I purchased about four years ago, when it arrived and was tested it proved to be a poor runner. After various attempts to rectify it, it has now been repaired by my friend Ian Hammond and now runs perfectly. I have now weathered it to a medium standard and it now joins my growing BR(S) fleet 1955-62.

I recently purchased this loco – it needs finishing, hence a good price. The work that needs doing is as follows. Fit fall plate, add coal, paint safety valve cover, paint chimney cap. paint dummy valve gear, add footplate crew and finally a medium weathering.

Another Loco I have had for a while and have just got around to weathering. This is a very old Kit Built Loco and is a runner, but the build standard and detail is poor. It has been refurbished, repainted etc, but it is very much a background filler on my Steam Shed Layout. I only paid £100 for the Loco, so I am quite happy to have it on display.

I have already weathered my first three Terriers as recently posted. This is the last one of the four for my Steam Depot – BR(S). A bit different to the others as it is in a special livery and named ‘Brighton Works’ this was a Works Pilot in the late 50’s- early 60’s. It did however retain its original BR number 32625. This is a very light body weathering as it was well looked after, the underframe was just a bit heavier weathering. It did not go far from the works – but I will give it a few outings on the branch line. Crew and marker discs added, plus extra piping.

Another purchase, a 2-4-2T Aspinall 2P number 50621. Needs finishing and weathering. I just love small to medium tank engines.

Here are three Dapol terriers, two have Westinghouse Brake and the other does not. The one without WB also has the enlarged coal bunker. I have assumed the two WB fitted were mainly Passenger Locos and the other was mainly freight, hence the weathering differences. Of note is that all three have been fitted with a ‘Spark Arresters’ on the chimneys. I researched each one and verified fitment with actual photos from the 50’s and 60’s.

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Here are a pair of the Dapol B4 that I have weathered, all the usual methods used, plus one extra – I thought the plastic body was a bit shiny so I coated them with a 50-50 coating of mixed Satin and Matt Varnish before weathering. I have weathered one Loco ‘light to medium’ and the other ‘medium to heavy’. See the difference with the photo of them side by side.