I have had these Bachmann Brass wagons for well over a year, and after much cleaning of the brass and undercoating, they have taken a back seat for a while. As far as detail is concerned, these wagons are very lacking of detail, on the good side is they are very sturdy and withstand handling much better when finishing and weathering.

The weathering is only about 3/10 to give a different slant when running with late bauxite ones already completed that were very very dirty!

Here are four wagons made by my friend Mike. I have painted, lettered and weathered them. They are all black and as running in the late 50’s and early 60’s. I have given special treatment to the interiors, assuming their last trip was being used for spent ballast.

This is a new BR Dapol Ex GWR Brake, it arrived with lots of ‘restriction workings’ in patches over the sides. I repainted the sides before renumbering and weathering it into an unrestricted class member.

This is my first work for over a fortnight do to being unwell, more items to follow soon.

Here is something a bit different. I was given a quite old 5 plank wagon kit. I looked through some photos of wagons in the late 1950’s to see what I could find and came upon a very well worn wagon being used as a ash carrier in a steam loco depot.

Just done a small weathering run of wagons and locos, here are the wagons:-

Here is a Heljan dogfish, when it arrived it was in yellow/grey livery. I repainted it to 1960’s black, then a medium weathering.

Private owner steel mineral wagon – medium weathering, inside and out.

Yes, I had to look it up too! A ZYV is a four wheel Cement Mixer Wagon. This was 3D printed by Graham and weathered by myself. Thanks go to Paul Bartlett wagons website for giving me a clue to what was required.

This wagon will appear on Morlock Heath, now owned by Graham, at the O Gauge Guild Show at Kettering on 1/3/25.

This seems to have got lost in the system! I did this about a week ago. Standard Grey 16T with coal load, using my standard five weathering colours. Some stippling, dry brushing, then washes and finally sprayed. I have included a close-up of the chassis for info!

These are the final two PCA’s in the rake of three. The same methods were used as in the original post. I was trying to have one light and one medium weathered, but I think they both turned out to be medium, thankfully they have subtle differences. All three are Australia bound to my friend Graham – enjoy Mate.

Just a light weathering on this brakevan, A wash and wipe with dilute matt black, airbrushed underframe and a little dry brushing. This is the latest product from Dapol and it is excellent – the roof is removable so that a Guard can be added – it also allows the veranda to be weathered easier.

This is the first of three PCA’s, I intend to do one lightly weathered, one medium and one heavy, this is the heavy.

Three main methods used on this one, dribbling a mix of paint and thinners, about 50-50%, airbrushing and dry brushing.

I researched lots of photos of PCA’s before starting, but I admit it was trial and error. Pleased with the results though.