Dempsey

1 hour ago, DJ Dangerous said:

 

Wow!!!

That is simply lovely.

How does it measure up beside an IR 141, 181 or 071?

Nice little runner, as smooth as the 071 in the background 

Just arrived a few moments ago and put to work

Not a fan of the silver and black myself but that being said the model you've shown looks very good weathered.

37 minutes ago, Strimmers said:

top class work

what method of weathering was this achieved with?

Just light dry brushing with small amounts and cooper and browns to give the effect of bleed through rust. Then watered down railmatch frame dirt with thinners and misted the model with a few coats. The over thinning allowed the paint to run and gives the streaking effect as if washed off with rain. 

Next on the weathering bench were my resently acquired weed spray wagons. Thought i had gone somewhat over board although accidentally however i did manage too find some images that show the real ones in a similar state. 

As always your thoughts and comments are appreciated. 

On 16/10/2020 at 9:01 PM, JasonB said:

Anybody can give a model a blast of an airbrush. But as Rich has said above, the trick is to try get it as close to what you're looking at, rather than what you think it should look like. You've nailed it, that's a top job. 

I have been guilty of doing that in the past but as the skills grow and grow I find the airbrush more useful for applying varnish or doing a full repaint. 

Appreciate all the feed back guys thanks. More to come on this feed.

Were the pocket wagons imported or built in Ireland?

Thanks everyone. Guinness liners next and I've 16 of them to do.

I really like them myself. The only thing I've noticed is if you attach the vacuum pipes the couplers seem to hit off them when turning . I dont know if its to do with the tension locks they come fitted with or is it dependent on the radius curve you use or if a different type coupler would be better 

Just now, RedRich said:

Excellent work. The best weathered models are always the ones where the modeller weathers what he sees on the prototype and not what he thinks it should look like. You have done the former.

Rich,

Thanks Rich, Google images is a great resource and of course the people who go out and share the pictures they've taken.

First in line of my weathering projects has been my 10 Tara mines wagons from Irish Model Railways which I've spent the last few days working on and I'm extremely happy with the results. 

First layer of dry brushing.

Second layer.

Airbrushing of the lid and along the upper portion of the wagon

Airbrushing of the lower portion of the wagons with frame dirt to finish it all off.

All that remains is to apply grease marks to the buffers and varnish.

Very happy with how they all turned out with a good varied look throughout the 10 wagons. Look forward to hearing your thoughts as always.

While still a novice at weathering i prefer doing it myself as you can get varied results where you can have a full lenght train without a uniformed factory weathering. Just that bit of realism and personal touch 

Absolutely amazing layout and detail. 

Thank you, it'll give me something to work off. Maybe do a few colour tests before hand

Dos anyone know the colour combination /codes for the original 201 hauled enterprise livery? 

Dos any know the colour codes for the original enterprise livery and the 201 hauled intercity livery? 

2 hours ago, RedRich said:

That's a very good job and on the containers also. Old saying but true is to always weather what you see and not what you think it should look like. You seem to have followed the first part. I like it.

Rich,

Although I didn't weather the inside of the wagons as they'll carry full length containers there will be a handful mixed in that will either be ran empty or with 20ft container or barrier that will have some weathering on the inside as they'll be seen. cheers Rich

2 hours ago, jhb171achill said:

Very well done, Dempsey, very realistic. What sort of paint?

I used dry brushing and appalled layers.

Copper colour first, Frame dirt next followed by roof dirt. I varyed between light to heavy depending on how used i wanted the wagons to look. Finally i brushed over each using the air brush with frame dirt.

Can not wait. It look really well up close. 

With the sudden amount of free time i have, i decided to spend it weathering the number of Dapol pocket wagons. Although having tried my hand at light weathering on my rake of resprayed mk3s i painted I wanted to go for a more varied and worn look. The results are as seen in the pictures. Thoughts, comments and suggests as always welcome.

Done!

Very best of luck to you

Respray project No.2 of mk3 couches is in full swing and even tried my hand at weathering both the couches and the class 201 which will be hauling them.

Three down, four to go and first attempt at weathering a loco done.

The first three in the make shift spray booth i.e. cardboard box. Decals applied and first stage of weathering done. I know it's not for everyone but i personally think it adds to the detail. I'm going for a these couches are not far off needing to visit the wash look. Had some mix left over so thought i'd try a loco so since 210 is going to be hauling this rake i figured i'd give it ago. Thoughts and comments as always appreciated. 

Have the weekend to myself so I'll be finishing the rest of my resprays, applying decals and some weathering to the frame. I'll post some pictures later of the completed work

thank you, you've been a great help