timmycork Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 Hi lads, Said I'd post what I was working on, ye may have some advice for me. Got an airbrush set over Christmas and have just started trying it out. First off I tarted to smarten up my few buffer stops, resprayed the black and brushed on the red. Will put red led in at some point, think it improved them anyway. Quote
timmycork Posted February 20, 2014 Author Posted February 20, 2014 Also got a wagon from a friend, not sure where he got it, I took off the wheels And went about changing it. Could do with some decals and dirt Quote
Glenderg Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 Nice start Timmy. Get the jib in yellow and you're not a million miles from this girl... Quote
Weshty Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 Great pic Richie, Buttevant? 80's H&S for yez, with civvies 10 feet from a raised carriage. Mad! Quote
timmycork Posted February 20, 2014 Author Posted February 20, 2014 Great pic, health and safety is right, no hi vis to be seen!!! Was thinking of leaving it stationary, building an loading/unloading yard for my timber wagons, painting the jib would probably help it look better alright, what is the best thing to weather it with? Quote
UP6936 Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 Weathering powder, small amounts of paint, and dry brushing can be very effective Quote
josefstadt Posted February 21, 2014 Posted February 21, 2014 Great pic Richie, Buttevant? 80's H&S for yez, with civvies 10 feet from a raised carriage. Mad! Longford 1974. H&S hadn't been invented! Quote
Mayner Posted February 21, 2014 Posted February 21, 2014 The photo is a bit of a shocker although they killed few passengers CIEs employee safety record was nothing to write home about. Apart from the public wandering about the guy that looks like an Inspector and his side kick seem to be standing dangerously close to that wire rope if its under tension, at least the crane is clipped to the rails a practice long outlawed in the UK. Interestingly one of the figures seems to be wearing a hard hat and another high-vis shoulder panels. Apart from letting Sean Citizen have a wander around th guys p Quote
heirflick Posted February 21, 2014 Posted February 21, 2014 good info John - never new that the crane was clipped to the rails while in operation - would never have copped that in the pic either! Quote
Weshty Posted February 21, 2014 Posted February 21, 2014 The photo is a bit of a shocker although they killed few passengers CIEs employee safety record was nothing to write home about. Apart from the public wandering about the guy that looks like an Inspector and his side kick seem to be standing dangerously close to that wire rope if its under tension, at least the crane is clipped to the rails a practice long outlawed in the UK. Interestingly one of the figures seems to be wearing a hard hat and another high-vis shoulder panels. Apart from letting Sean Citizen have a wander around th guys p Ahh, 1974 would make even more sense then. As said H&S pretty much non existant. I thought that cable under tension was a cordon-off rope!! Yet probably the most dangerous bit there. Why was clipping to the rail outlawed? Quote
minister_for_hardship Posted February 21, 2014 Posted February 21, 2014 (edited) Ahh, 1974 would make even more sense then. As said H&S pretty much non existant. I thought that cable under tension was a cordon-off rope!! Yet probably the most dangerous bit there. Why was clipping to the rail outlawed? At a guess, it might bend rails out of alignment and /or stress rail fastenings if crane moved under load? Edited February 21, 2014 by minister_for_hardship Quote
Broithe Posted February 21, 2014 Posted February 21, 2014 Why was clipping to the rail outlawed? It's not really predictable what load the rail will take in an upward direction - too many variables.. Quote
timmycork Posted February 23, 2014 Author Posted February 23, 2014 Said I give weathering a go, here are the results, what do ye think Quote
Mayner Posted February 24, 2014 Posted February 24, 2014 At a guess, it might bend rails out of alignment and /or stress rail fastenings if crane moved under load? Apparently allowed on the Continent probably ok for lifting along the centre line of the crane, but don't attempt to slew unless the outriggers are fully extended otherwise http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz22Wty5Rks. If it clipped I would imagine a steam railway crane would take the track panel with it if it overturned. It doesn't take much in the way of lad to overturn, usually an outrigger that's not fully extended or blocked. Quote
heirflick Posted February 24, 2014 Posted February 24, 2014 Timmy, shes beautiful! whats the story with the wheels? Quote
timmycork Posted February 24, 2014 Author Posted February 24, 2014 Timmy, shes beautiful! whats the story with the wheels? Thanks, looking forward to showing my friend who gave it to me, I have the original wheels, like I said I had intended having it stationary for a loading/unloading siding, after seeing glenderg's pic it's hard not to want to recreate the scene!!! Think the wheels will be put back on!!! Quote
heirflick Posted February 24, 2014 Posted February 24, 2014 Thanks, looking forward to showing my friend who gave it to me, I have the original wheels, like I said I had intended having it stationary for a loading/unloading siding, after seeing glenderg's pic it's hard not to want to recreate the scene!!! Think the wheels will be put back on!!! go on and do it ya good thing!!! Quote
timmycork Posted February 25, 2014 Author Posted February 25, 2014 Got another bit done last night, beginning to look a bit better now. Heirflick will be glad to see it on wheels again! All I'm waiting for now is westy's pm about sponsoring a set of decals Quote
Glenderg Posted February 25, 2014 Posted February 25, 2014 All I'm waiting for now is westy's pm about sponsoring a set of decals Superb Timmy, but you gotta play the ol "rebel county" card if you're gonna get anywhere with sponsorship, methinks! What's the background to the model? Triang or something? R Quote
timmycork Posted February 25, 2014 Author Posted February 25, 2014 And here I was dangling the "for the good of the forum" carrot!!! Got no info on it except that it could be up to 30 years old, hope he doesn't mind the changes..... Quote
timmycork Posted November 20, 2014 Author Posted November 20, 2014 Could do with advice on how to make these look more irish, Picked these up on eBay for handy enough money Any suggestions?? Quote
rebelred Posted November 21, 2014 Posted November 21, 2014 Studio scale models do transfers like 'an Post' one example isyou could paint some green & apply the an Post transfers Quote
heirflick Posted November 21, 2014 Posted November 21, 2014 Got another bit done last night, beginning to look a bit better now. Heirflick will be glad to see it on wheels again! [ATTACH=CONFIG]12149[/ATTACH] All I'm waiting for now is westy's pm about sponsoring a set of decals lovely job of weathering on her timmy - well done Quote
burnthebox Posted November 21, 2014 Posted November 21, 2014 Hi timmy, she sure look's the part, well done Quote
timmycork Posted November 22, 2014 Author Posted November 22, 2014 Have found up the second wagon of that crane set so when I get an airbrush will have to try and finish it up. The an post decals look the part alright, will give it a go!! Quote
timmycork Posted July 5, 2015 Author Posted July 5, 2015 Haven't done much in a while but started experimenting on the lorries I picked up, here is the first try Quote
popeye Posted July 5, 2015 Posted July 5, 2015 Nice lorries. Who makes them & what scale are they? Quote
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