Something a bit different! Many of this type of loco were taken into WD stock during WW2, they were worked very hard in service and care worn and unkempt. I have tried to bring this condition over in the model. This is a OO Loco renumbered after research.
I guess this should read, re-weathered as it was a factory weathered Loco, by Bachmann. I also renumbered it to an actual BR loco. It arrived as 90773 which was a preserved import. It is now 90771, a North Eastern Engine.
This is a Loco made by ‘OO Works’ and very good it is. My task was merely to number it and give it a light weathering.
Here are the balance of the OO wagons for Peters Western Region Layout. These are Vans, Grains and Brakes. I have also included a photo of Peters Layout so far.
This is the start of the wagon weathering on Peters Western Region OO Layout – open wagons and tank wagons first, others to follow.
Here are 5 locos I have weathered for Group Member Peter to run on a WR Layout that is awaiting completion. All are a medium weathering. Hopefully Peter will let me take some photos of them on the layout when finished. I am in process of weathering the wagons for the layout at the moment, they will appear here later.
I have already added these Locos to my Face Book Page, but I forgot to put them on here! These started off as three new Locos all being ‘The Round Tabler’! I have renumbered, renamed and weathered all three as I remembered them in 1998-2002. Sad to say that these locos do not feature in any future plans and as such are surplus to my requirements.
I recently refurbished my OO and O Gauge photo planks, they are several years old and needed some TLC. I also put photos of the O Gauge plank on a superb website called – Realistic Model Railways – it is a very friendly site and cultivates ideas for yourself and others. Anyway a kind gentleman suggested that I should try a ‘curved’ corner on the plank – this was to improve the photos and cut down on sharp shadows formed by the corner. I think I have seen this method used on a few layouts over the years.
I intend to re-do both the O and OO planks when I get time – but in the meantime I had a go at the suggestion on the OO plank and ‘patched’ it in – did it work. Yes it did, thank you kind Sir.
Before
After
Please Note – this was quickly done and the replacement will have a photographic background. By the way the Tamper was scratch-built 40 years ago by myself and a friend.
My photo planks were looking a bit tatty, so I decided to freshen them up a bit. A clean and then patch up on both, finished off the new backscene on the O Gauge plank. I have left the hand painted backscene on the OO plank. Added quite a bit of groundcover bushes and grasses on both. All I need to do now is become a better photographer!!!!
It is my ultimate plan to produce two new planks, twice the size and much more detailed with photographic backscenes.
O Gauge
OO Gauge
Here are two more of the older OO Class 47’s that I detailed many years ago. With a good weathering and wheel cleaning they can still look and run very realistically. One end has been detailed and the other has tension locks.
47708 Waverly
47582 County of Norfolk
