Georges Workbench

[Georgeconna]

I use the Deluxe Odourless Superglue with Accelerator, Its in a Green bottle in Marks, E8.99 I use it for all the Clear parts especially on the Plastic kits!

 

Thanks for the comments as well.

 

Looking at it I should of put Door hinges on the Doors, but I will do that on the next one.

 

Cheers

 

G

[heirflick]

george, in all fairness to you ,she is a beaut! if you were to charge for labour etc - what would that beauty cost guving the time involved...and be honest!!!!

[Weshty]

Wow,wow,wow. Perfection. You ( and j.m.) have nailed it. Horse on a few cravens and laminates with a durty a class and you'd off!!

[popeye]

She looks beautiful. and very well finnised, great work.

[Georgeconna]

george, in all fairness to you ,she is a beaut! if you were to charge for labour etc - what would that beauty cost guving the time involved...and be honest!!!!

 

Thats a though one to fathom out HF.

 

I had bought this for a Friend along with 2 more for myself. He decided he could not do it so offered me E50 to build it. If you were to add in labour, Heat, Leccy, paints etc E50 would not Cover it really but even E50 extra makes it an expensive bit of rolling stock. It not a Golden age Dyno car but all in I would hazard around E150-E170 if you added in time. It Certainly does not pay to build kits TBH but I enjoy it and that the main thing. Ask me in two weeks as I will be starting some N gauges Autoballasters!!

 

Put it this way the ESB went up an extra E60 when I started this and the Brake vans!! The war office is not happy!!

[Georgeconna]

Heres the Latest on the BVs.

 

 

 

and the Glue to keep an eye out for...

[scahalane]

Superb work, I love the finish on that carriage particularly around connection gangway.

[Dave]

Stunning work George:tumbsup:

[Georgeconna]

Great day today, Wife at work, Kids away so I made a Start in the tranquil peace I had on these. These are kits from the N gauge Society of the Familiar Autoballasters however these may not be Irish, probably Railtrack but I will throw it on here as these are used on IR and some folks may be tempted or unaware these are available. You have to join the N gauge Socieyy to Purchase these and they have a fantastic kit selection and some RTR.

 

They came to me like this:

 

The formidable etch:

 

The underside of the Wagon:

 

and its in place but not glued:

 

The End Supports in place:

 

 

thats it for now.

[Dunluce Castle]

Very nice small fine detail there, looks good.

[Weshty]

Wooooooow!!! Lovely lovely kits George. The etch detail is damn tasty.

[Georgeconna]

Another Small bit done over the last two hours... Kinda Therapeutic this etch is...

 

 

 

 

Tim for bed now..

[RedRich]

They are smashing kits George, lovely work. The RMC JGA's from the society are a fantastic kit also.

 

Rich,

[Georgeconna]

Nearing the Finish line with the Autoballaters, These are gonna be Network Rail so sorry bout the BR Content!! Great kits though, Maybe we will see an Irish rake on Wellington Bheag someday...Come on Paul!!!!

 

Taken with a point and shoot after I applied a few decals.

 

 

 

 

 

They will be finished with a final gloss coat and then a Matt coat on top.

 

G

[scahalane]

God bless your eye sight and nimble fingers, mighty job!

[Glenderg]

God bless your eye sight and nimble fingers, mighty job!

 

I'm just scratching me head here when I see the tinlet for scale, stunning work. How the brake vans coming along, they look sweet as a nut. R

[Flying Scotsman 4472]

Nice work George

[Georgeconna]

Cheers boys, Just need to do the Duckets on the brakes and stick em on and a bit of Weathering and there done...well as long as the lads in the white coats stay away for a bit!!

[Weshty]

Wowza. What a fab little kit, great etches there, and great work there George. Mighty detail for an N gauge kit.

[enniscorthyman]

Hell of a job George,and great detail for such small wagons.

[Shinkansen]

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Exquisite work George. They're freakin tiny! Very well done. Could imagine these on an N-gauge Irish layout alright, 201 or 071 hauled. Now there's a thought! Tom.

Edited March 15, 2014 by Shinkansen

[heirflick]

george, any chance of showing us how to do the yellow strioes on the lookout on the breaks sometime please?

[Georgeconna]

Well the Ballasters are Done

 

 

and a Selfie pressie for me!!. Just Because...A Baccy 9F

 

And heres a tip, Using tin foil as a Superglue Reservoir makes the super glue last a whole lot longer!!

 

enjoy the weekend

 

G

[scahalane]

They turned out excellent, great job.

[Georgeconna]

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Hi lads,

 

 

Proceeding with Glacial progress on the Brakes so need to edge them over the line as I more stuff on to go!!

 

On the stripes I tackled them with some masking tape and that failed as the paint got pulled off the brass despite used etch primers, Tried Hand painting them and was not happy with the out come so I turned to my trusty aircraft decal box and pulled out an old extradecal Black Line set I had bought years ago, Well I got a few of em!!. You can get them From Hannants in the UK

 

So in the end I sprayed them Humbrol 69 (the wifes fav Paint colour) gloss yellow,after a few coats left it dry for a week of so and then the fun began!.

 

using a new blade I roughly cut the angles in the Transfers so as to make them match up a bit easier onthe Corners and cut them into 3 pieces an then lined each one up and evenly spaced them as best I could with out losing more hair. I used some setting solution to soften the decals, Its called Microsol and thenI will seal them in with a coat of Gloss varnish or Clear.

 

The one in the pic is still setting as I only put the decals on 5 mins beforehand

 

Thats it really. Sorry about the 1st piccy, dunno what happened. This modelling larks is a battle! Hope that helps.

 

 

 

 

All the best.

Edited May 20, 2014 by Georgeconna

[heirflick]

Great info there George - thanks and its good to know that you are still alive!!!

[enniscorthyman]

A fine job on the wasp stripes George.

[Georgeconna]

Finally got these over the line. Need a better way to attach the foot steps they are a right bugger to keep put.

 

[UP6936]

Those look great, especially the ir logo one. What where they used for in ir days do you know?

[heirflick]

stunning work as always George=D

[ttc0169]

Those look great' date=' especially the ir logo one. What where they used for in ir days do you know?[/quote']

 

I remember seeing one at Inchicore coupled to some oil tank wagons and being used for the regular Inchicore-Alexandra road-Inchicore stores oil transfer on this occasion being hauled by loco 210.

 

Fantastic job on those brake vans George.

[StevieB]

Are they for sale or for your own use?

Stephen

[Georgeconna]

SteveiB, They for a couple of Chaps and have new homes now. I am not taking up making kits anymore as I have got a mountain of stuff to get through and the time to build vs time I actually have is not quite working out!. If your looking for a brake van, Try DLSAnthony as he makes stuff for people I think still or Tony Mirolo?

[iarnrod]

So do you still do weathering George?

SteveiB, They for a couple of Chaps and have new homes now. I am not taking up making kits anymore as I have got a mountain of stuff to get through and the time to build vs time I actually have is not quite working out!. If your looking for a brake van, Try DLSAnthony as he makes stuff for people I think still or Tony Mirolo?

[Georgeconna]

Still doing that, Post most of the stuff on Face Book these days as its much quicker loading up shots etc....

 

Link is here: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Wonderful-weathering/111818828902939?ref=hl