Darius43 Posted May 9, 2023 Author Posted May 9, 2023 14 minutes ago, Flying Snail said: Private Pike is looking very soldierly Thanks - the scarf was made by rolling out a thin line of Humbrol putty, flattening it and trimming it in place. Cheers Darius 5 minutes ago, Patrick Davey said: DON'T PANIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’ll tell mum! Cheers Darius 4 2 Quote
Darius43 Posted May 13, 2023 Author Posted May 13, 2023 Coastal Defence Train completed. I added Lanarkshire Models tail lamps to the gun trucks. Cheers Darius 5 1 Quote
Darius43 Posted May 18, 2023 Author Posted May 18, 2023 Started some Peco (Parkside) BR 20t Hopper wagon kits. Coal loads to be added followed by weathering (or vice versa). Then seven more to go… Cheers Darius 2 Quote
Darius43 Posted May 19, 2023 Author Posted May 19, 2023 Two more hopper wagon kits assembled - plus a BR 21 Ton hopper wagon (also Parkside). These are fun kits to build and go together well. Cheers Darius 3 Quote
Darius43 Posted May 20, 2023 Author Posted May 20, 2023 Decals applied followed by some weathering and coal loads. Cheers Darius 5 Quote
Darius43 Posted May 21, 2023 Author Posted May 21, 2023 Two more wagons assembled. …and completed. Cheers Darius 5 Quote
Darius43 Posted May 22, 2023 Author Posted May 22, 2023 Some haulage has been rostered… Cheers Darius 2 Quote
Darius43 Posted May 22, 2023 Author Posted May 22, 2023 First of five… Wonderful kit - goes together in about 30 minutes including parts clean up. With thanks to Provincial Wagons/Leslie. Cheers Darius 4 1 Quote
Darius43 Posted May 22, 2023 Author Posted May 22, 2023 Primer on. The detail on the resin moulded parts is superb. I’ve even got some model sugar beets with which to load the wagons. Strictly speaking they’re HO rather than OO but hopefully no one will mind… Cheers Darius 7 Quote
John-r Posted May 22, 2023 Posted May 22, 2023 Lovely work on the beet wagons Darius, they are a fantastic kit to build, well done Leslie. Can I ask what primer you used as I used Halfords red primer and I just think it looks a bit heavy, maybe I overdid it, anyway can't wait to see the finished wagons. Cheers John. 1 Quote
leslie10646 Posted May 22, 2023 Posted May 22, 2023 Thanks, Darius, they do look very well. However, I'm just the middle man - the Modelling Genius is Michael Rayner, who is EIGHTY on Wednesday! I must get a card in the post!!!! Having persuaded him to do the Bulleid corrugated wagon (not an easy modelling task) - they sold pretty well (my best seller); the next step was to copy IR, stack two bodies on each other and make a flat chassis to go underneath and Hey Presto a Double-height Beet wagon. Not content with that, we sell the flat on it's own ....... 7 Quote
Darius43 Posted May 23, 2023 Author Posted May 23, 2023 And then there were three… Cheers Darius 4 Quote
Darius43 Posted May 23, 2023 Author Posted May 23, 2023 Dunpaintin. Next step is to add the beets. Cheers Darius 10 1 Quote
John-r Posted May 23, 2023 Posted May 23, 2023 Fantastic looking,the colour looks really class, can I ask what colour and type of paint you used, it would be a great help to me as mine are in red primer limbo for the last couple of years. That's what I like about your work bench we don't have to wait too long for the finished result , cheers and thanks, John. 3 Quote
Darius43 Posted May 23, 2023 Author Posted May 23, 2023 (edited) Hi John, For the base colour I airbrushed Phoenix “Rusty Nails” Track Colour enamel mixed with a little Matt Black and thinned for airbrushing. Once dry I misted on a weak coat of light grey. Sugar beet loads added. Cheers Darius Edited May 23, 2023 by Darius43 7 1 Quote
John-r Posted May 23, 2023 Posted May 23, 2023 Excellent Darius, thanks for that, the beets really finish the wagons of lovely. 1 Quote
Broithe Posted May 23, 2023 Posted May 23, 2023 On 22/5/2023 at 10:53 PM, leslie10646 said: Thanks, Darius, they do look very well. However, I'm just the middle man - the Modelling Genius is Michael Rayner, who is EIGHTY on Wednesday! I must get a card in the post!!!! Having persuaded him to do the Bulleid corrugated wagon (not an easy modelling task) - they sold pretty well (my best seller); the next step was to copy IR, stack two bodies on each other and make a flat chassis to go underneath and Hey Presto a Double-height Beet wagon. Not content with that, we sell the flat on it's own ....... 4 Quote
Darius43 Posted May 24, 2023 Author Posted May 24, 2023 Two more completed. Beet loads to follow… Cheers Darius 4 Quote
DJ Dangerous Posted May 24, 2023 Posted May 24, 2023 All you need is @Noel's friend's working beet loader and you're laughing. You're a machine, Darius, defying the balance between quality and quantity by impossibly meeting both criteria! 1 2 1 Quote
leslie10646 Posted May 24, 2023 Posted May 24, 2023 He's not finished yet - I've another parcel of kits to send to him in the morning! Quote
DJ Dangerous Posted May 24, 2023 Posted May 24, 2023 11 minutes ago, leslie10646 said: He's not finished yet - I've another parcel of kits to send to him in the morning! Maybe I should buy some of your kits which you can "accidentally" send to him, and once he posts the finished work on the forum, you can say "Oh sorry, my mistake, those forty wagons were for DJD and I need them back" ... 1 2 Quote
Darius43 Posted May 25, 2023 Author Posted May 25, 2023 How I did the beet loads. Load support “tables” made from 2mm thick card and glued together using pva. Tabletops painted black (to stop any light card colour showing through) and tables dropped into the wagon. Neat pva applied to the tabletops and beets spooned on - pressing them in gently with fingertips. Beets secured in place using diluted pva - sort of ballasting with beets. Loaded wagons join the rake. Cheers Darius 6 3 Quote
Broithe Posted May 25, 2023 Posted May 25, 2023 2 hours ago, Patrick Davey said: Superb on every level! Unbeetable! 4 Quote
Patrick Davey Posted May 25, 2023 Posted May 25, 2023 9 minutes ago, Broithe said: Unbeetable! I had thought about that one, but I thought it was too obvious, even for me! 1 2 Quote
Flying Snail Posted May 25, 2023 Posted May 25, 2023 15 minutes ago, Broithe said: Unbeetable! Sweet! Very tasty work there Darius (trying very hard to avoid the 'b' word ) 1 2 Quote
Darius43 Posted May 25, 2023 Author Posted May 25, 2023 Simply the beets. With apologies to the late, great, Tina Turner. Cheers Darius 3 Quote
Darius43 Posted May 25, 2023 Author Posted May 25, 2023 Made a start on one of these this morning Cheers Darius 7 Quote
John-r Posted May 25, 2023 Posted May 25, 2023 1 hour ago, Darius43 said: Made a start on one of these this morning Cheers Darius Now your talking, my absolute favourite of Leslie's wagons, that's because I remember seeing the real wagons many moons ago. Once again Darius very well done and would you mind telling me what colours you are using to paint,thanks. 1 Quote
Darius43 Posted May 25, 2023 Author Posted May 25, 2023 Hi John, I plan to use Phoenix enamel BR rail grey cut with a little blue - as I did with the two that I made previously. Cheers Darius 3 Quote
Darius43 Posted May 25, 2023 Author Posted May 25, 2023 Spoil wagon painted and decals applied. Cheers Darius 5 1 Quote
Darius43 Posted May 25, 2023 Author Posted May 25, 2023 Light weathering applied. Cheers Darius 9 Quote
Darius43 Posted May 25, 2023 Author Posted May 25, 2023 Not sure if this has been posted before. If so, here it is again… https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-moving-motorways-the-spoil-train-to-belfast-1967-online Cheers Darius Quote
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