RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted May 22, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 22, 2017 There's been some movement on the toilet trouble front: http://www.physics-astronomy.com/2017/04/hubble-just-spotted-something-massive.html Post of the day....................................I needed special pants to contain the aftermath with that one. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted May 22, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 22, 2017 Best advice I can give is use lots of different shades, Off the top of my head I have about 4 different modern image shades (western roof grey, rail freight, falcon grey and another.) GW wagon grey, and Phoenix roof dirt. Roofs on the real thing were always different shades due to the different paint times, weathering etc. So mixing lots of shades gives a really good effect. Following Rich's advice I primed the roof with Halfords grey after masking.Great.Applied some Humbrol acrylic Sea Grey from their aerosol and then realised I'd masked over the sides but left the brown band at cantrail level so I've had to paint that back in using Precision coach brown.The roof is very light to my liking, does anyone know of a dark grey available in aerosol form please. I'm sure Halfords would do one. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Fatadder Posted May 22, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 22, 2017 I have laid off using grey primer for roofs for precisely that reason, i think it would need a couple of darker weathering washes to get an appropriate shade (though logically white must weather through a light grey stage on its way to the darker grey's that we expect to see.) As for spray paints, I have yet to try with anything other than the airbrush (and my go to shade there typically is a mix of a couple of different tins of grey). So far I have identified two good choices based upon matching modern locos against a Hawksworth coach roof. The first is Rustoleum Dark Grey (indicated as being a match for Railfreight Grey), its darker than the grey primer but still probably a touch on the light side for our purposes. I have a feeling it would probably work well with a black undercoat (something I will have a go with on an old coach shell when I find a can.) Another good choice appears to be Volvo Dark Grey (Halfords), the latter is posted as being close to BR Falcon Grey (ie Intercity dark grey), now comparing a couple of different RTR versions of Falcon grey against the Hawksworth, its a pretty close match. My intention is to buy a can and give it a go tomorrow, so I will report back. Worst comes to the worst, I am sure someone at RailEx will have the Phoenix or Railmatch carriage roof grey available. Though I do find both firms aerosol paints rubbish in comparison to Halfords! Assuming that I manage to get to the shops tomorrow (and they have the right shade in stock), I will try and get a coach sprayed up during the week and bring it along with me to RailEx... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted May 22, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 22, 2017 (edited) I have laid off using grey primer for roofs for precisely that reason, i think it would need a couple of darker weathering washes to get an appropriate shade (though logically white must weather through a light grey stage on its way to the darker grey's that we expect to see.) Worst comes to the worst, I am sure someone at RailEx will have the Phoenix or Railmatch carriage roof grey available. Though I do find both firms aerosol paints rubbish in comparison to Halfords! Assuming that I manage to get to the shops tomorrow (and they have the right shade in stock), I will try and get a coach sprayed up during the week and bring it along with me to RailEx... I've never got on with Precision aerosols otherwise I'd have bought their roof dirt grey. That Volvo dark grey sounds promising.They used to do mini aerosols too that were thrown away after using once but even those were poor compared to Halfords cans. Edited May 22, 2017 by gwrrob 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Fatadder Posted May 22, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 22, 2017 I know the feeling re the Phoenix, The only reason I've been tempted to try aerosols again is how good I've found the Halfords black and wartime (russet) brown. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post gwrrob Posted May 22, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted May 22, 2017 (edited) Some more shots of 4547 and some huts as inspired by the Sheep loving thread. Edited May 22, 2017 by gwrrob 23 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Limpley Stoker Posted May 22, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 22, 2017 She pulled out a light sabre, Which she tossed like a caber It was the Force, Just Awaken, that made her! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Limpley Stoker Posted May 22, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 22, 2017 I'll make sure it's changed in time for the bank holiday rush. Meanwhile.. 1006.jpg 1007.jpg Ooooo - I love the second picture showing your Hall amongst those convincing trees and shrubs at Tigley! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted May 22, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 22, 2017 Until I get a better ,more suitable shade of grey, here is the state of play with the all third. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted May 22, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 22, 2017 Mentioning no names but there's a few on here that are fans of the GWR moguls. Thanks to Neil Dimmer on the E-list we have these fabulous photos to share. https://railway-photography.smugmug.com/GWRSteam-1/Churchward-Locomotives/Churchward-Tender-Locomotives/Churchward-4300-Class-Mogul/Churchward-Mogul/i-fLXKMmm 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted May 22, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 22, 2017 Did they ever have heavy sabres a long, long time ago? There were some long-toothed tigers a few years back, they must have been quiet heavy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted May 23, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 23, 2017 I know the feeling re the Phoenix, The only reason I've been tempted to try aerosols again is how good I've found the Halfords black and wartime (russet) brown. Car aerosols are my first choice but it's not so easy to match the names of the colours down here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Clearwater Posted May 23, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 23, 2017 I too shall be at Railex on Sunday. Hope to meet some/all during the day! I'll be with my son so our navigation of the hall may be somewhat following Brownian motion principles! David 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Bridge Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Car aerosols are my first choice but it's not so easy to match the names of the colours down here.Another example of two great nations divided by the same language.Do you still call car paint Duco? When we arrived in Melbourne in '69 the English didn't know what a condom was!! They were called a Durex, which everyone in Oz knows is a roll of cellotape. Most embarrasing for my young Bride. Keep going with the shades of grey, lucky youre not in Victoria, they used to ban yucky things like that. Loving the craic, Rich. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted May 23, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 23, 2017 Another example of two great nations divided by the same language. Do you still call car paint Duco? When we arrived in Melbourne in '69 the English didn't know what a condom was!! They were called a Durex, which everyone in Oz knows is a roll of cellotape. Most embarrasing for my young Bride. Keep going with the shades of grey, lucky youre not in Victoria, they used to ban yucky things like that. Loving the craic, Rich. Colloquially yes, but as a brand it's not seen much nowadays. The most common brand is Dupli-Color. Despite appearances, Duco is not an abbreviation for Dupli-Color as far as I can tell. If you want to get rid of pencil marks make sure you ask for an eraser not a rubber... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted May 23, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 23, 2017 Colloquially yes, but as a brand it's not seen much nowadays. The most common brand is Dupli-Color. Despite appearances, Duco is not an abbreviation for Dupli-Color as far as I can tell. . My suspicion, confirmed by Wikipedia, is that Duco was a DuPont trademarked lacquer product from the 20s. I think I had heard it mentioned on a video about restoring GM FT103 (aka The Diesel That Did It), but this is all some way from ANTB! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post gwrrob Posted May 23, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted May 23, 2017 I do like these recent pics Robin, but I am a little concerned that they will be withdrawing the goods facilities at Brent shortly. Those vans have been stood unused outside the goods shed since at least the start of the month. Made me realise that weve not seen any shunting/ goods activity for some while! Panic over Tony as plans are afoot with more brown vehicles..... 22 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ian Hargrave Posted May 23, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 23, 2017 Panic over Tony as plans are afoot with more brown vehicles..... DSCN1021 (2).JPG DSCN1021 (3).JPG Ahhhhh.......sepia ! Pass the horsehair... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted May 23, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 23, 2017 Pass the horsehair... I think that might be quite uncomfortable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mulgabill Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 I think that might be quite uncomfortable. How else are we going to make some hedges? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted May 23, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 23, 2017 There's been some movement on the toilet trouble front: http://www.physics-astronomy.com/2017/04/hubble-just-spotted-something-massive.html What if the planet had been called Hisanus? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgman Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 What if the planet had been called Hisanus? We'd probably all been wiped out by now ! I. Zal Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgman Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 (edited) That said I do believe his latter day cousin Juan Sheet may have something to say about it ? W.Iper Edited May 23, 2017 by bgman Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post gwrrob Posted May 23, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted May 23, 2017 An unoffensive pannier number 3796 sits in the early evening sunshine. 22 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted May 23, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 23, 2017 Panic over Tony as plans are afoot with more brown vehicles..... DSCN1021 (2).JPG DSCN1021 (3).JPG That's two of your five a day Rob 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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