Ok... here we are, time for a brief update. This time, fewer words and more pictures! I’ve been working on the fuel tanks (still)... but I feel that these are now done. Detail was added using the Archer fine transfers – cast resin... 0.008†rivets (AR88014) to the underside of the fuel tank seem, at the ends of the tanks and to the sides below the tank mounting brackets (2 under each)... as seen in prototype photos. I’m going to admit, that this was quiet tricky given the confines I was working (especially at the tank ends) and getting these flat (and aligned) with the thin film that I’d cut was... er... prone to some vocal accompaniment.
However.., once painted over, the effect is nice – very subtle. These shouldn’t stand out – as they don’t on the real thing, but as with “the real thingâ€.... they are there if you look.
The tanks have also been painted... valves and gauge etc... as close as I could make out from period photos given that in most “period†photos these bits are all one colour – gunge colour. I wanted to start with the right colours... after which the light weathering will tone this back a bit... but not too much.
I’ve also painted the bufferbeams, screw link couplings, cab bulkheads and roof fans. The body has also, as already mentioned previously, been primed... and now the ends are primed white ready for some colour... dum de dum dum daaaaa.
One pic shows all this on the board... along with two suitably primed coach bodies that have been sacrificed as practice pieces. These will be blue with yellow ends before long... and we’ll see how well a) the paints goes on, b ) how good a finish I manage to get, and c) whether I manage to crack the accurate masking lark so recently discussed on a weathering thread on here... http://www.rmweb.co....__1#entry440174 and thanks to all that contributed to that one too.
Finally, a few gratuitous shots of the assembly... awaiting rolling into the paint shop. I’m quite pleased... I just hope that the practice I give myself with the coach bodies will result in a finish worthy of the effort so far.
Thanks for reading, and for comments... etc, etc, as always.
Any questions... please ask away...... Jon
[Edit - isn't so annoying when cruel photos show up mistakes... and I've just seen one. The rivets on one of the tanks in one location are under a fuel vent rather than a mounting bracket - oh bother - I think I may just have to live with that ]
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