UP6936's workbench

[UP6936]

I got some of the humbrol weathering powders recently, so i have been having a go at dirtying up a TTA tanker and a Class 25.

Before i apply the powders, i treat the area with a wash of MattCote and enamel thinners to make the dry-brushed powder stay better. I don't use this method on large areas such as roofs or bodysides hoever, as it could make it too wet-paint looking, in my opinion.

I have put a good few pictures of each item up so as to get a good view of the finish. apologies for the strange lighting in the pictures of the tanker, my railway room has very bad lighting, but i learned my lesson and photographed the 25 in the kitchen (where i was doing the work).

i am awaiting the arrival of some satin spray varnish to seal the powders fully

 

[Mayner]

Nice and subtle just brake dust and road dirt. Is the Class 25 the Hornby model?

[UP6936]

Yep the 25 is a hornby model. I own two of them and they are both quite old and were bought fairly cheap so I thought it would be good to start with. I think it looks a lot better with a coat of weathering, it doesn't look bad next to my 111s anymore

[heirflick]

nice weathering on the 25 - she really is a nice looking loco, apart from the big couplings! any of the old hornby locos i had i removed them all and it really improves the models!

[UP6936]

Heirflick , I was thinking of doing the same. Did you put kadees on your locos?

[Warbonnet]

Yep the 25 is a hornby model. I own two of them and they are both quite old and were bought fairly cheap so I thought it would be good to start with. I think it looks a lot better with a coat of weathering, it doesn't look bad next to my 111s anymore

 

Some of the more hardcore British outline modellers say it's a better model than the newer Bachmann one for body accuracy, especially the cab area...

 

Nice job on the weathering!

[UP6936]

Thanks for the kind comments guys. Warbonnet, I never knew that! Wonder what happened that Bachmann got it wrong?

[Warbonnet]

Thanks for the kind comments guys. Warbonnet, I never knew that! Wonder what happened that Bachmann got it wrong?

 

I know, I've seen models with Bachmann drive train and body with Hornby cabs. A lot of work but nice end product.

[UP6936]

some more weathering pictures, this time a US outline boxcar. I bought these cars as a lot of 4 kits on ebay a while back, and they looked a little bland so i decided to weather them.

1 of them donated its chassis to my home made track cleaning wagon, and has been modelled as an old car in use as a shed. the car pictured is a running one, and i still have 2 to do

 

 

 

[UP6936]

A new project started:

A model of the NIR mk2 DVTs that ran with hunslets on the enterprise

 

The base model is a Bachmann mk2 brake