Flying Scotsman 4472 Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 (edited) I went to the Bangor Show on Saturday and thanks to Warbonnet and A4 Mallard injecting me with the British steam Bug I was going to buy Tornado. A bit unsure I left without buying one as I just prefer my Irish stock but after sleeping on it I changed my mind. Now the question is do I weather it or not. This one I'm trowing out there to you guys. If you decide yes she will be lightly weathered not filthy. Fran at this stage is having his second heart attack=)) but its up to you. You decide remember very lightly weathered I promise Hopefully next on my list will be Hornby's The Flying Scotsman hHcwsb1HH10%3D Edited April 23, 2012 by Anthony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garfield Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 (edited) I don't think I've seen a mark on her in any of the photos I've seen. Maybe just a little bit of weathering around the cylinders and connecting rods, a little bit around the chimney and safety valve, and some water splashes around the filler cap? That'd make her look like she'd been working hard on a railtour for the day... Edited April 23, 2012 by Garfield Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BosKonay Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 I reckon a very light touch would look fantastic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warbonnet Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 What you should've done is bought a BR liveried A1 and gone mad! I'd be bad enough, but you might just kill Bren with the shock! http://www.southern-images.co.uk/lightbox/index.php?module=media&pId=102&id=4384 http://www.themodelcentre.co.uk/60124/prod_113.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Scotsman 4472 Posted April 23, 2012 Author Share Posted April 23, 2012 Ok so thats 2 for a very light weathering and Fran still can't get over the shock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRich Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Seeing that she is in as preserved condition Anto I would leave her untouched. Rich, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Scotsman 4472 Posted April 23, 2012 Author Share Posted April 23, 2012 Seeing that she is in as preserved condition Anto I would leave her untouched. Rich, Yes Rich I understand but you got to remember that she is probably one of the busiest working steam locos in the UK at present. I want to portray her as she is in real life. Not filthy but in a preserved working condition. One big let down with the model is the coal in the tender it looks nothing like coal. So that's one thing that will be addressed with real coal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRich Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Yes Rich I understand but you got to remember that she is probably one of the busiest working steam locos in the UK at present. I want to portray her as she is in real life. Not filthy but in a preserved working condition.One big let down with the model is the coal in the tender it looks nothing like coal. So that's one thing that will be addressed with real coal Don't be too hard on her then Anto, agree about the coal it's the one area that let's down a lot of steam loco models. Rich, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishthump Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Yes Rich I understand but you got to remember that she is probably one of the busiest working steam locos in the UK at present. I want to portray her as she is in real life. Not filthy but in a preserved working condition.One big let down with the model is the coal in the tender it looks nothing like coal. So that's one thing that will be addressed with real coal Have to agree Anto. A very light weathering would set this loco off perfectly. It just would'nt be right to have a spotless loco on a detailed layout like yours, it just seems out of place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heirflick Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 you know me any weathering anto, but even though she is preserved, she will have , after a few runs, dusty undersides and the tender will have coal dust esp around the footplate. so yes a TINY bit of weathering is called for! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hidden-agenda Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Yea go on you could,nt sleep if it was gleaming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Scotsman 4472 Posted April 23, 2012 Author Share Posted April 23, 2012 Right so it's looking like a small bit of weathering then. I hopefully will get round to it later in the week and I will post some pics up on my workbench for you guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djkonore Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Ye, go for it Anto, even if she's straight out of the wash bay she'd have some shadowing or some watermarks or dust or something. Those uniform block colours just would'nt look like that on the real thing. I guess the trick is to make it look more realistic, without actually making her look like she's been weathered, if ye know what I mean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Scotsman 4472 Posted April 24, 2012 Author Share Posted April 24, 2012 I think its going to be a challenge to get the look just right with out over doing it or under doing it I'm studying plenty of pics if any of you guys have any good photos of Tornado post them up here so we can have a butchers. BTW I do love a challenge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warbonnet Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Lots of photos on their own website http://www.a1steam.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&id=8&Itemid=170 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 There a bit of discussion here - http://www.newrailwaymodellers.co.uk/Forums/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=30414 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Scotsman 4472 Posted April 24, 2012 Author Share Posted April 24, 2012 If you look closely you can see a lot of dirt on the top of the boiler and the cab roof its a pity Bachmann never made the rain cover from the cab roof to the tender Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heirflick Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 jesus..for a minute there i thought that was your workshop anto! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djkonore Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 If you look closely you can see a lot of dirt on the top of the boiler and the cab roof its a pity Bachmann never made the rain cover from the cab roof to the tender [ATTACH=CONFIG]309[/ATTACH] Ye Anto, looking at the model, the front and the cab roof are a high gloss black finish. Where as, in that pic of the real thing, the top of the boiler at the front is grey, as is the cab roof... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Scotsman 4472 Posted April 28, 2012 Author Share Posted April 28, 2012 It does look grey Conor but in fact its not its a combination of smoke and ash rain etc and if you were to airbrush/weathering power grey onto the roof or boiler it would not look anything like the picture. Hopefully I will get a couple of hours tomorrow to make a start at Tornado. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Scotsman 4472 Posted April 28, 2012 Author Share Posted April 28, 2012 I fitted a TCS DP2X-UK to Tornado yesterday and I have to say although she is a beautiful runner I do feel that my Hornby steamers are slightly better runners at slow speed using the same decoder. They seem to be smoother but the Bachmann Tornado does have better pulling power up the inclines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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