Graham's Workbench

[irishthump]

Piko tanker wagon….

 

[murphaph]

That's very nicely done. The mottling especially.

[irishthump]

8 minutes ago, murphaph said:

That's very nicely done. The mottling especially.

That was done by giving the model a coat of Testor's Dullcote then airbrushing a coat of a grimy brown mix of Tamiya paint. When that is touch dry, use a soft brush moistened with 50/50 IPA and water and start to remove the paint in downward strokes. The mottling occurs when the Dullcote reacts with the IPA.

[irishthump]

Weathered a couple of Lima Mk2's over the weekend. Although their obviously not the most detailed models they can be made to look pretty presentable and they run very well.

Weathering was mainly enamel washes with a little dusting of the underframe and bogies with the airbrush.

 

Edited December 18, 2022 by irishthump

[flange lubricator]

A very under rated body which can be improved with a little work but still is not too bad nice weathering job.

[irishthump]

Oh and I almost forgot! It was a VERY merry Christmas.......

 

[JasonB]

28 minutes ago, irishthump said:

Oh and I almost forgot! It was a VERY merry Christmas.......

Good stuff. They're a fantastic wagon. I'm sure it won't be long before you have them weathered up   

[irishthump]

9 minutes ago, JasonB said:

Good stuff. They're a fantastic wagon. I'm sure it won't be long before you have them weathered up   

I've a huge backlog of stuff to be weathered, but I think a couple of these will be bumped to the top of the queue!

[JasonB]

On 29/12/2022 at 8:23 PM, irishthump said:

I've a huge backlog of stuff to be weathered, but I think a couple of these will be bumped to the top of the queue!

Definitely worthy of skipping the queue. 

 

[irishthump]

Finally got round to weathering the first of my fertiliser wagons. I went pretty easy on the first one, just some washes and weathering powders. 

 

[Gabhal Luimnigh]

Nicely done.

[popeye]

Great work, I must get my own done.

[irishthump]

So being off sick from work is proving to be damn productive! Got a second fert done today. Repainted a few more panels on this one for variation….

 

[flange lubricator]

They look brilliant.

[irishthump]

Loco 132 finally gets some weathering. Hoping she’s suitably filthy for her mid 80s timeframe.

 

 

[irishthump]

So running mate 126 was up next. Same techniques were used to give the impression both 121’s had been double headed for some time.

Forgot to mention I fitted body mounted Kadees to both locos before weathering.

 

[Galteemore]

Great work. Ready to haul the Sligo Mail! 

[Gabhal Luimnigh]

They look great.

[irishthump]

Got 2 more of my ferts weathered today, so that’s half the rake of 8 done. 
Also did some containers.

Took these pics outside rather than on the layout as the lighting in my attic isn’t the best.

 

 

Edited April 27 by irishthump

[irishthump]

Nice way to spend a bank holiday Sunday! Assembled and painted a couple of Dapol mineral wagon kits that I had lying around. Weathering to follow.

 

[jhb171achill]

Your weathering skills are picture-photo-perfect accuracy!

[irishthump]

More Dapol kit madness….

This time a Prestwin cement wagon. I have a few of these kits so I decided to build one to get the feel for it. Effing nightmare! Instructions were useless as the part numbers on the sprue were unreadable! Looks ok when finished though and I’ll build the rest when I get the chance. 
 

[patrick]

I must have gone through about twenty of these kits just for the underframes and have on occasion considered actually complete one just for fun.

[irishthump]

54 minutes ago, patrick said:

I must have gone through about twenty of these kits just for the underframes and have on occasion considered actually complete one just for fun.

Yeah I think I bought them for the chassis too! But in the end I thought it was a waste to hack them up, they are a nice little model and I run BR stuff on my layout all the time so these will fit in.

[irishmail]

42 minutes ago, irishthump said:

Yeah I think I bought them for the chassis too! But in the end I thought it was a waste to hack them up, they are a nice little model and I run BR stuff on my layout all the time so these will fit in.

When you think how old the molds are for these kits, must be over 50 years now since the original Kitmaster ones came out then taken over by Airfix and now Dapol they still make up into a reasonable model. 

I have a few of the Dapol 16 tonners and they sit well next to the Parkside version.

[irishthump]

3 minutes ago, irishmail said:

When you think how old the molds are for these kits, must be over 50 years now since the original Kitmaster ones came out then taken over by Airfix and now Dapol they still make up into a reasonable model. 

I have a few of the Dapol 16 tonners and they sit well next to the Parkside version.

Yeah as I said my only issue was that the part numbers on the sprue were illegible which resulted in some guesswork and a couple of parts being glued arse about face!  The actual quality of the kit is quite good.

[irishthump]

Finished the other two Prestwin kits and all three are now weathered.

Also weathered the 20t mineral wagons.

 

[irishthump]

Recently picked up a second BR blue class 20 and weathered it over the weekend. I made this into a dummy unit by removing the the drive shafts as my other Class 20 has DCC sound and I’m not buying another sound decoder just yet!

The last pic shows the two locos double-heading.

 

[DJ Dangerous]

On 5/5/2024 at 7:53 PM, jhb171achill said:

Your weathering skills are picture-photo-perfect accuracy!

Stunning photo-realism, pure nostalgia gold!