Daryl's Workbench

[enniscorthyman]

Great work there Daryl.

[daryl43068]

Cheers Enniscorthyman!

[daryl43068]

Hi All,

 

Sprayed the orange today, and with the black and the white stripes, it seems to have 'calmed down' (excuse the bad light)

 

 

 

I have also picked out the door handles and grab rails in black along with the window bars in silver, along with the gangway door handle,

 

 

 

And I have also weathered the roof. The silver patches are where the Maskol was. The rusty effect was created using Humbrol weathering powders (Iron Oxide, Rust and Dark Earth). I then gave the roof an overall dusting of Smoke weathering powder, with the odd stray Rust/ Dark Earth getting in creating some variation.

 

 

 

Next step is to gloss the bodysides ready for the transfers.

 

Cheers

 

Daryl

[JasonB]

Nice work Daryl,it looks great.

[scahalane]

Nice paint job, the orange looks spot on.

[The Derry Road]

First class piece of modelling sir, well done. TDR

[daryl43068]

Thanks for all the positive comments guys, really appreciate it!

 

Cheers

 

Daryl

[Noel]

 

Very impressive Daryl. On the pic above is it the light or were you testing two different shades of 'tan'?

[daryl43068]

Hi Noel, trick of the light. My light tends to wash out colours when you photograph models. The darker side is more true in real life.

 

Cheers

 

Daryl

[brianmcs]

nice, crisp finish on the sides .

How did you do the white lines?

[daryl43068]

nice, crisp finish on the sides .

How did you do the white lines?

 

Thanks I sprayed the white then used Aizu 1.0mm x 5m Micron Masking Tape. First time I have used this method for lining stripes, seems more straight and less wobbly than transfers.

[jhb171achill]

nice, crisp finish on the sides .

How did you do the white lines?

 

Those white lines are every bit as good as factory finish. Lining must be the most difficult thing to do convincingly; it lets down many a good model. Absolutely superb work on this coach all round, best I've seen.

[daryl43068]

Many thanks for the comments, very humbling

[The Derry Road]

Those white lines are every bit as good as factory finish. Lining must be the most difficult thing to do convincingly; it lets down many a good model. Absolutely superb work on this coach all round, best I've seen.

 

100 percent agree, daryl43068 your effords are to be admired, well done. TDR

[BosKonay]

Absolutely bang on job - lovely work!

[irishthump]

Absolutely cracking job! Can't wait to see the finished product....

[Dave]

That's a cracking job, great attention to detail that's paying off in spades.

[daryl43068]

Thank you all very much for the kind comments

 

Daryl

[daryl43068]

Hi All,

 

Applied the transfers today. The transfers are from Railtec Transfers and while I have used the transfers before, and they have been superb, these were a sod to apply. Anyway, on to some photos,

 

General view of the sides. One of the 'capacity load 5 tons evenly distributed', the lettering came off the transfer, and was too bad to carry on, so one of them has been replaced with a UK version, slightly different wording and a different size, but think I have got away with it.

 

 

 

The orange/red squares and warning flashes

 

 

 

And solebar lettering. Haven't got a clue what its for!

 

 

 

I couldn't resist an overall shot...

 

 

 

Cheers

 

Daryl

[Warbonnet]

lovely job Daryl, well done!

[craven1508]

Love it! vintage vans these, take a bow sir!

[Noel]

Class model

[JasonB]

Beautiful work Daryl,excellent finish with the paint job and transfers,worth all the work when you see it completed.

[flange lubricator]

Great modelling Daryl love the wrap around ends which were a feature on these vans in IR/IE era .

[scahalane]

Lovely modelling and paint work, well done.

[jhb171achill]

That is as truly outstanding as anything ever seen here.

 

Very well done, sir. Hats off, everyone!

[ttc0169]

This is one of the finest recreations of a GSV that I have ever seen,well done Daryl,it sure is a fantastic model both in the detail and correct colour shade.

Edited April 15, 2016 by ttc0169

[Junctionmad]

Hi All,

 

Sprayed the orange today, and with the black and the white stripes, it seems to have 'calmed down' (excuse the bad light)

 

 

 

 

I have also picked out the door handles and grab rails in black along with the window bars in silver, along with the gangway door handle,

 

 

 

And I have also weathered the roof. The silver patches are where the Maskol was. The rusty effect was created using Humbrol weathering powders (Iron Oxide, Rust and Dark Earth). I then gave the roof an overall dusting of Smoke weathering powder, with the odd stray Rust/ Dark Earth getting in creating some variation.

 

 

 

Next step is to gloss the bodysides ready for the transfers.

 

Cheers

 

Daryl

 

 

lovely lining, whats your technique

[daryl43068]

Thank you all for the kind comments, really appreciated and motivating!

 

Cheers

 

Daryl

[daryl43068]

lovely lining, whats your technique

 

Thanks Junctionmad, I sprayed the white then used Aizu 1.0mm x 5m Micron Masking Tape. For me it's straighter and less wobbly than transfers.

 

Cheers

 

Daryl

[richrua]

Wow. What a job ! Inspiring !

[Junctionmad]

Thanks Junctionmad, I sprayed the white then used Aizu 1.0mm x 5m Micron Masking Tape. For me it's straighter and less wobbly than transfers.

 

Cheers

 

Daryl

 

thanks , I shall follow that up

[Noel]

Thanks Junctionmad, I sprayed the white then used Aizu 1.0mm x 5m Micron Masking Tape. For me it's straighter and less wobbly than transfers.

 

Hi Daryl

 

Just to clarify, did you paint a white coat first, then place a piece of masking tape over the white where each strip should be, then paint the black and tan above and below the mask, and then pull the mask off to reveal the white stripe?

 

Or paint the black and tan first, then mask either side of the stripe location, and finally spray white along the two parallel masked tapes?

 

From reading your answer to JM I just wasn't sure which.

 

Cheers

 

Noel

[daryl43068]

Hi Daryl

 

Just to clarify, did you paint a white coat first, then place a piece of masking tape over the white where each strip should be, then paint the black and tan above and below the mask, and then pull the mask off to reveal the white stripe?

 

Or paint the black and tan first, then mask either side of the stripe location, and finally spray white along the two parallel masked tapes?

 

From reading your answer to JM I just wasn't sure which.

 

Cheers

 

Noel

 

Hi Noel

 

Yeah I sprayed the white, then used the 1mm masking tape to mask off the white. I then sprayed the black, masked that up, then sprayed the orange.

 

Hope that helps

 

Daryl

[daryl43068]

Hi All,

 

Had a bit of a problem with the final matt varnish layer. I used Phoenix Paints PAV82 Matt Varnish, which is ready thinned for airbrushing. Never had a problem before, but this time it went spotty. After searching the web, the problem is the varnish isn't mixed enough. I did mix it to (what I thought was fully mixed) and it obviously wasn't enough. The spotting it the matting agent not mixed in. The options were to start again, or as other folk have done, carefully rub the matting agent off with a white spirit soaked cotton bud, which scared the hell out of me!

 

 

 

Anyway I carefully flattened down the bodysides in vertical strokes with a very fine emery board, think it was 1000 grit designed for buffing nails. It has removed the spotty-ness and has accidentally produced some nice variations in tones on the bodyside. The photo above shows a sanded bodyside compared the the untouched one. I have ordered some Testors Dullcote, after people have said they have ha no problems and use it instead of Phoenix, Railmatch etc.

 

 

Anyway, I assembled the coach and temporally popped the glazing back in and took advantage of the nice weather for some photos outside.

 

 

 

The weathered ends suffered from the same problem, but have taken on a white dusty finish. Will have to play with it to try and remove the white dusty effect.

 

 

 

The weathering is Railmatch 402 Frame Dirt, with the axle boxes, buffers and coupling sprayed with Railmatch 403 Roof Dirt mixed with a few dropsof Humbrol Metalcote (27004). The steps on the fuel tank were cleaned slightly to represent scuff marks where staff climb up.

 

 

I also took the opportunity to weather my rake of Cravens. Nothing special, and using the colours mentioned above, plus Railmatch 412 Weathered Black on the roof. The bodysides are untouched.

 

 

 

And a shot of the GSV and Craven. When I've got a bit more time will get the big camera out to get a better depth of field.

 

 

 

Cheers

 

Daryl