This loco sand wagon was painted over six months ago and this weekend I have managed to weather it, I could not find a colour photo of this wagon so I have done my own interpretation. This was a long lived wagon and lasted in this livery until the early sixties – although meant for filling Steam Locos sand boxes, this one lasted long enough to sand Diesels.
Catching up with some O Gauge weathering as well – very diverse subjects.
GWR Van
Industrial Loco
This is one of very few O Gauge P.O wagons I have weathered – it is a Slaters or similar with pre-printed sides. The plank joins are not as deep as some other brands, but I managed to get some semblance of shadowing in the joins – sadly this model has no planking on the inside and it shows and looks flat! I was given this to weather many months ago, but slowly catching up. If this was my wagon, I would definitely give it a full coal load.
At last I have finished this Parkside O Gauge Kit – I purchased it nearly six months ago and it has been pushed back many times, it is now finished. It will be used on my O gauge steam layouts.
This is the last couple of wagons from my recent weathering work – just did the dry brushing over the weekend.
This is a NIU Models OO Kit. It was made and painted by my friend Ian Hammond. His instruction to me for weathering was ‘very dirty and neglected’ as they spent long periods in sidings. My aim was to try and weather it so that it retained that very sturdy and bulky look.
The first batch of wagons weathered this year. With kinder weather this week, I ventured out to the garage to finish off some wagons that have been about for some time.
This is a tale of two Loco 7T Sand Wagons in O gauge. The first one was purchased as a kit at an O Gauge ‘meet up’ at Bury St Eds. last year. I duly passed it to Graham for assembly. It has now arrived back for me to finish, it will become number 600023 a Ipswich wagon that lasted until about 1962, and was used to top up Diesel Loco’s as well as the earlier Steam Loco’s.
I saw the second wagon on the Steamline Website for sale and purchased it as it was again a locally based wagon at Yarmouth Vauxhall. Both Wagons were made from Connoisseur Kits by Jim McGeown.
This is a re-weathering job as they came factory weathered. I have to say that Bachmann did a very good job – but they looked very ‘flat’ and a bit ‘light’. I did my usual wash and wipe with Matt Black and then re-sprayed the underframe using four colours rather than the original one colour spray.
Getting the Matt Black in the boarding gaps really brings their appearance to life.
These Brake Vans have been sprat and winkle fitted and weathered. They are to be added to the stock of Lowe St, my recently sold layout which is now owned by Nick.
