Seanw12 Posted December 4, 2013 Posted December 4, 2013 I weathered this myself did it in 10 mins what do you guys think? Quote
UP6936 Posted December 5, 2013 Posted December 5, 2013 Looks good! If you can get clear gloss varnish, it will make the oil stain more 'oily' looking Quote
Georgeconna Posted December 5, 2013 Posted December 5, 2013 Great Start Sean, No harm is having a go, its the way to go!! Quote
David Holman Posted December 5, 2013 Posted December 5, 2013 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 Quote
irishthump Posted December 5, 2013 Posted December 5, 2013 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. Quote
Seanw12 Posted January 4, 2014 Author Posted January 4, 2014 [video=youtube_share;9BKPjXC_D6U] What do you think Quote
BosKonay Posted January 4, 2014 Posted January 4, 2014 Lovely work ! I'd disable any of the youtube / stability / options on upload as they tend to make the videos give you motion sickness! Quote
UP6936 Posted January 5, 2014 Posted January 5, 2014 Nice work, the grime on the cab roof looks particularly prototypical! Quote
Seanw12 Posted January 26, 2014 Author Posted January 26, 2014 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 Quote
enniscorthyman Posted January 26, 2014 Posted January 26, 2014 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. Quote
enniscorthyman Posted January 26, 2014 Posted January 26, 2014 (edited) 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 Quote
Seanw12 Posted January 26, 2014 Author Posted January 26, 2014 Would I be better of to get it already made Quote
enniscorthyman Posted January 26, 2014 Posted January 26, 2014 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. Quote
UP6936 Posted January 26, 2014 Posted January 26, 2014 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. Quote
Seanw12 Posted January 27, 2014 Author Posted January 27, 2014 Which mk3 gen van kit is better silver fox or ssm Quote
Seanw12 Posted January 28, 2014 Author Posted January 28, 2014 What paints should I spray mk3 EGV Quote
Seanw12 Posted February 4, 2014 Author Posted February 4, 2014 (edited) I just started my tara mines project here is some pics And here's the finished product Edited February 4, 2014 by Seanw12 Quote
UP6936 Posted February 4, 2014 Posted February 4, 2014 Thats really good! Who makes the wagon? Also are you planning to fit buffers? Quote
irishthump Posted February 4, 2014 Posted February 4, 2014 Looks the part! I'd be interested to know the make of the wagon myself.... and what paint did you use? Quote
DartStation Posted February 4, 2014 Posted February 4, 2014 (edited) They are Lima PTA wagons - they are still to be found on ebay Paul R. Edited February 4, 2014 by DartStation Quote
Glenderg Posted February 4, 2014 Posted February 4, 2014 Hornby ARC wagons are the current variant from the railroad range. €10.99 in marks when I last bought one. Quote
UP6936 Posted February 4, 2014 Posted February 4, 2014 Glenderg, do the hornby ones have buffers? Quote
Warbonnet Posted February 4, 2014 Posted February 4, 2014 Glenderg, do the hornby ones have buffers? Nope. Quote
Glenderg Posted February 4, 2014 Posted February 4, 2014 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 Quote
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