Sean's Workbench

[Seanw12]

I weathered this myself did it in 10 mins what do you guys think?

[irishthump]

I think it looks nice and dirty!

[Seanw12]

Thx

[UP6936]

Looks good! If you can get clear gloss varnish, it will make the oil stain more 'oily' looking

[Georgeconna]

Great Start Sean, No harm is having a go, its the way to go!!

[Seanw12]

Thx

[David Holman]

Not bad at all! Trying to build up that sort of gunk on a tanker is not easy. How did you set about doing it?

Humbrol gunmetal [53] is a good colour, as is Metalcote gunmetal, as this has a bluish sheen useful for oily bits anywhere

[irishthump]

Not bad at all! Trying to build up that sort of gunk on a tanker is not easy. How did you set about doing it?

Humbrol gunmetal [53] is a good colour, as is Metalcote gunmetal, as this has a bluish sheen useful for oily bits anywhere

 

Mixing Metalcote gunmetal with a little ordinary talcum powder gives a lovely caked-on grease effect, looks great on axel boxes and buffers too.

[Seanw12]

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What do you think

[jhb171achill]

Looks great!

[Seanw12]

Thx

[BosKonay]

Lovely work ! I'd disable any of the youtube / stability / options on upload as they tend to make the videos give you motion sickness!

[Dave]

Nice work Sean:-bd

[Seanw12]

Thx

[UP6936]

Nice work, the grime on the cab roof looks particularly prototypical!

[Seanw12]

Hi guys,I'm thinking of buying a mk3 gen kit from studio scale models or silver fox models but before I buy one I want to see the kit,if anyone has a pic or two it would be a great help thx

 

Sean

[enniscorthyman]

Sean if you check page one of my work bench you will see some

photos a bit down on the page of my SSM brass overlay that I did.

[Seanw12]

Thx,what comes in the kit

[enniscorthyman]

Brass sides,roof detail parts.Most people use a MK3 sleeper coach

as a doner.I used a spare Hornby MK3 Res coach.To be honest its

a difficult build as a lot of cutting is required,but taking your time

and its possible.

Edited January 26, 2014 by enniscorthyman

[Seanw12]

Ok thx

[Seanw12]

Would I be better of to get it already made

[enniscorthyman]

Would I be better of to get it already made

It's up to yourself Sean,a rtr would be handy as the Silver

Fox MK 3 EGV is top notch from what I have seen.The kit

would be more of a long term project when you consider

the time taken with cutting,painting etc.

If the SF EGVs were around when I was looking at them I

know the rtr would have been my option.

[UP6936]

I would say get it RTR, any examples of the silverfox model made RTR i have seen have looked really good, as enniscorthyman has said.

[Seanw12]

Which mk3 gen van kit is better silver fox or ssm

[Seanw12]

What paints should I spray mk3 EGV

[Seanw12]

I just started my tara mines project here is some pics

And here's the finished product

Edited February 4, 2014 by Seanw12

[UP6936]

Thats really good! Who makes the wagon? Also are you planning to fit buffers?

[irishthump]

Looks the part!

 

I'd be interested to know the make of the wagon myself.... and what paint did you use?

[DartStation]

They are Lima PTA wagons - they are still to be found on ebay

 

Paul R.

Edited February 4, 2014 by DartStation

[Glenderg]

Hornby ARC wagons are the current variant from the railroad range. €10.99 in marks when I last bought one.

[UP6936]

Glenderg, do the hornby ones have buffers?

[Warbonnet]

Glenderg, do the hornby ones have buffers?

 

Nope.

[Glenderg]

No, but they can be easily fashioned from the ink tube of a bic biro, with a cocktail stick inserted into it. Drill a hole in the buffer beam, insert the cocktail stick and glue, slot the ink tube over the cocktail stick leaving 2mm of cocktail stick sticking out. The bufferplate can be fashioned with a bit of styrene with the edges rounded off. I have one of those wagons here I had a go at a few years ago, if posting it up would help? R

[Seanw12]

Yes I will

[Seanw12]

Here's the mk3 EGV kit